T
ime on the water has proven many
things over the years I have been
fishing; nothing has become more
prevalent than the ability to catch fish on
some very specific structure and a very
specific spot. Many areas of your lake can
qualify as hot spots the issue is finding these
areas that become havens for fish to hang on
and feed on.
The way to do this is to understand some
very basic principles of locating bass. The first
thing to look for is underwater points, today’s
technology and the use of Navionics mapping,
underwater points are very easily defined on
your map. The next thing is to be aware that
not all the area of a apparent hot spot area like
a hard bottom, or shell bed holds fish; in fact
the area holding bass can be as small as the
size of your boat; it can easily be somewhere
in the 10 by 20 feet in size. Meaning that when
you do fish an apparent hot spot and you get
a bite the area your fishing can narrow down
to a very small window, and your job will be to
stay on the small area to keep the fish biting.
It’s also very possible that the area is very
specific to the proper fishing angle so work the
spot fr