At this time of the year many large bass select feeding stations along the shaded riverbanks well back under the over hanging limbs of large oak trees. I catch many of these bass by drifting poppers well back below the over hanging limbs. Here are several tactics I use, depending on the amount of clearance I have between the limbs and the water.
If the limbs come down within 3 to 4 feet of the stream I can usually shoot my popper well back under the limbs with a tight side arm cast.
If the limbs hang down to within a foot or two of the river I use a grasshopper cast with a low side arm cast which caused the popper to bounce along the surface to reach the feeding stations. This is much like skipping a flat stone across the surface of a pond.
When the oak limbs hang all the way down to touch the surface of the river we often find many large bass feeding in these practically fenced in areas. Here I find the closest upstream opening in the tree limbs possible and use a tight regular cast to punch my popper through this gap straight into the river. I then feed extra slack and the current will carry my popper to the basses’ feeding station and I have him.
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