Fishing deep marinas

Marcus - graduate

The lakes I fish have deep marinas. 20+ feet deep. I usually fish them with rigs I can get down deep like drop shots, Texas rigs etc. Can I be successful catching fish higher in the water column? Do you think swim baits or spinnerbaits would work 2 or 3 feet below the surface? I’m just trying to figure out the best way to power fish and wether fish will come up from deep to hit my lures at the surface.

Thanks in advance

May 3, 2021 07:43:21 PM
Jason Admin - admin

Certainly, baitfish feed around the underside of dock floats, which also warm faster (since they are usually black and absorb heat). There are certainly times that a bait in the top 3 ft of the water column will get a reaction strike from bass under floating docks. In clearer water, they will certainly move 20ft up to eat the right lure.

May 31, 2021 10:42:35 AM

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