River fishing is really a kind of hunting for “fishy water.” To be successful in finding bass, the river angler must know how to read the conditions. Water conditions and structure available are important to the river bass angler. Heavy current and a lack of structure generally mean no fish. Bass generally lack the energy to fight a swift current for more than a few minutes. To overcome fast water bass will stay behind some structure in the slack water or eddy and wait for the current to wash food to them.
T
he environment on big rivers is forever changing. Every flood re arranges the bottom structure by changing deep channels and washing along new obstacles. A good rule of thumb is that unless you fished a certain are recently you may never have fished it, as it exists today.
That is not to say that you cannot have a honey hole. Honey holes are where water temporarily slows or stops. These can be areas such as eddies behind snags, below sandbars or following a cut in the river bank. That is where the fish are likely to hide.
Along the shore line it is important to look for shady areas on water. It can be beneath a tree overhanging or a boat piling. Areas around old boats or wrecked barges attract bass. Wooden structures and brush piles are especially good locations for bass.
Continue reading this article at this LINK…..
—–
Join ODU Magazine on Facebook here at this LINK…..
Join ODU Magazine on our Twitter fishing site here at this LINK…..
Join ODU Magazine on our Twitter hunting site here at this LINK…..
.