| Fish will congregate
along bluffs like this when the water is deep. Here
you could jump off the top of the hill into 35 feet
of water. Notice all the cracks and crevices for fish
to use as cover. Catfish will work their way into the
cuts and sit there until it's time to eat. Crappie,
Bass, and bait fish will also use the rock wall as cover.
Here is a photo of a crappie
that was caught against a bluff in water that was close
to 100 feet deep.
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| One of the
tricks to fishing a bluff like this is to figure out
the depth at which the fish are holding. Knowing how
fast a lure sinks can be very important. Once you figure
out where they're at, you can fish parallel to it and
run crank baits, jigs, tubes, or spinners along the
bluff. Another way to fish it might be to throw slow
falling plastics at it and let them sink. It the water
is deep and the fish are closer to the bottom, you might
need to add a little extra weight. Live bait would be
a sure fire way to figure out if the bluff is holding
fish. |
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