What bait is best for dam fishing?
Large swimbaits are a lure I love throwing around dams. Often times the currents require a heavy lure to pull through the water. The fish in these parts of the lake come to feed on live shad and minnows found throughout the area. Match your swimbaits with the live bait in the area and catch your next monster bass.
How do you catch bass in a dam?
Usually very deep water is best fished with soft plastics or lipless crank baits that put out plenty of vibration that bass will pick up on their lateral lines. Long casts towards the wall with a slow lure and a hopping retrieve down the rocks will produce fish as you work your way along the wall.
What are fishing dips?
Looking at these base flavours I have linked the following dips to match.
- Spray – Paint (Spirits)
- Wha ! ( Aniseed)
- Bass + (TCP)
- Almond Supreme (Almond)
- Vampire Spray (Garlic)
- Raptor (Banana)
- Krismis / Honey extreme ( Honey)
- Strawberry Jam / Lodewyk (Fruit, Molasses)
Should I fish above or below a dam?
So the fishing is good for trout year-round below the dam because of the constant water temperature and cold fronts don’t bother the trout as much as bass and other fish. The tailrace section also produces consistent trout action because a constant supply of food passes through the dam and flows off the river banks.
Can Bass live in dams?
The natural breeding behaviour of Aussie Bass involves migrating to estuarine or salt water for breeding which is why they won’t successfully breed in dams and will need to be restocked every few years.
What is TCP dip?
Catch-a-Lot Sticky Dip (honey/tcp) are a carefully blended mixture of extremely high-end concentrates, flavours, colours and fragrances. Assuring the angler of a very thoroughly tested and proven dip to attract fish and to better catches. Catch-a-Lot Dips comes in a clear plastic 50ml bottle with a grey screw cap.
Do trout like dams?
The summertime tactics also catch trout throughout the fall. Trophy fish become a little easier to catch again when they start moving closer to the dam to spawn. Then, the cycle starts all over again, which makes the waters below a dam one of the most dependable places to catch trout year-round.