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Originally Posted by FishAddict
I hear you but I can throw a rock and almost hit it so it is really inconvenient to go elsewhere. It can definitely be maddening, but normally I have kind of a seasonal progression I can work my way through, but it just was really sideways for me today.
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I understand completely. I live about 3 minutes from Bledsoe Creek. That's why I used to fish OH exclusively. I had just started bass fishing and just purchased my first boat. I was kind of intimidated to try new lakes. I fish JPP, Center Hill, and Dale Hollow most of the time now. I spend a lot more in time and fuel to travel now but it's worth it to me. It's an hour to JPP, an hour and 15 to CH, and 1.5 hours to DH. I can tell you that traveling around has made me a much better fisherman to. Before I left OH I was intimidated by fishing any deeper than 10 feet. Now fishing 20-40 feet is very normal. One tip for OH this time of year that I can give you is to fish marinas. A lot of post spawn fish will get under the marina docks and suspend in 20-30 feet of water. My best bait was swimming a jig. I would pitch it as far back in those slips as I could and just yo-yo my jig back just under the floating docks. A spinnerbait and a hollow body frog work good as well. The marina fish don't get near as much pressure either. Hope this tip helps you out on catching more fish. Good luck on the Hick.
P.S. A really big jig with a really big hook can be better than a smaller one. Get the biggest chunks you can find for the trailer and don't thread it on the hook. Just stick it through the chunk part as close to the edge as you can. You want that chunk as far away from the head of the jig as you can get. It makes a big presentation but the flat side of that chunk catches a lot of water and slows the fall rate a lot on that big jig.