It’s a common frustration of those fishing for bass: Suspended bass can be awfully hard to catch. But if you heed the advice of Big Bites Bait pro Jeff Kriet, you’ll opt to fish with a drop shot. This line of thinking may not conform with most anglers’ practices, but hear him out. In this revelatory Wired2Fish article, Kriet lays out four essential tips to consider when angling for supended bass:
“I truly believe there are always more fish suspended than there are related to the bottom,” Kriet said. “Unless I’m bed fishing, I’m always watching my Lowrance for any signs of heavy bait activity. Schools of bait will show up as big balls on your sonar, and that tells you bass are nearby. Shad don’t just travel in balls—something is pushing them into that position.”
While he catches plenty of fish drop shotting in the middle of these bait balls, his biggest bass often come from elsewhere. If he notices a ball of bait on his graph, he’ll slowly circle the school looking for big, rogue bass.
“It’s definitely possible to catch big bass simply targeting bait balls, but sometimes the biggest fish tend to hang out away from all of the action,” Kriet said. “If you see arches on your graph that are 10 or 20 yards away from the bait pod, it’s probably a big one.”
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