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<blockquote data-quote="Jmed" data-source="post: 4759748" data-attributes="member: 13887"><p>off shore/ ledge fishing can be as fickle as any pattern. The fish move a lot, like by the minute. Most folks dont realize how they affect a school, especially when they catch a fish this time of year, sometimes the whole school will follow the fish and essentially move the school. one of the worst ways to move a school is long-lining. Most ledge fish on the TN river relate to irregularities. Pay attention to hard spots (shells or rock), inside and outside channel swings, and my favorite is off shore islands and river bars. If you spot bait with fish under them in 15-25ft right now chances are bass are around. Also, try adjusting the color pallet and contrast on your scanning sonar. My favorite is the blue pallet with about 76% contract on my Lowrance. Bass look like tic tacs to me on side and down scan, where other fish look like either little dots or long returns made by catfish, etc. The past couple of weeks the ledge bite is been on fire. My best catches have come on scroungers tipped with hogfarmer spunk shads 5.5, big worms, and crank baits. That bite is going to peak soon and the fishing pressure, heat, and eventual stratification of the river will slow it down by July. So now is the time to go learn it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jmed, post: 4759748, member: 13887"] off shore/ ledge fishing can be as fickle as any pattern. The fish move a lot, like by the minute. Most folks dont realize how they affect a school, especially when they catch a fish this time of year, sometimes the whole school will follow the fish and essentially move the school. one of the worst ways to move a school is long-lining. Most ledge fish on the TN river relate to irregularities. Pay attention to hard spots (shells or rock), inside and outside channel swings, and my favorite is off shore islands and river bars. If you spot bait with fish under them in 15-25ft right now chances are bass are around. Also, try adjusting the color pallet and contrast on your scanning sonar. My favorite is the blue pallet with about 76% contract on my Lowrance. Bass look like tic tacs to me on side and down scan, where other fish look like either little dots or long returns made by catfish, etc. The past couple of weeks the ledge bite is been on fire. My best catches have come on scroungers tipped with hogfarmer spunk shads 5.5, big worms, and crank baits. That bite is going to peak soon and the fishing pressure, heat, and eventual stratification of the river will slow it down by July. So now is the time to go learn it. [/QUOTE]
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