Big spotted bass are some of the coolest bass anglers can catch. Catching the big ones can be tough, however, as there are often a lot of smaller spotted bass that are more willing to bite, especially in summer. A lot of those smaller spotted bass will position high in the water column and chase bait around and will be more visibly active. But a lot of the bigger ones are there too, and often, you just have to get a little deeper and change to a presentation that matches how they are feeding. In this video, Jason shares his tips on scanning for fish around bridges, relations to shade, baits like small swimbaits and drop shots as well as spy baits and how he works them and then talks about being aware of the forage and how the fish are feeding in the area and trying to match that, especially in clear water.
As a bonus, Sealock dropped a camera down on a Phil Hunt Custom Lures “W” Glide glide bait to give us a look at what exactly was swimming around those bridge pilings. Some pretty amazing and eye-opening stuff for anglers.
Check it out and let us know what you think of it in our forums!
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Currently working as Senior Advisor to Wired2fish. Former COO and Publisher, Jason Sealock came to Wired2fish shortly after inception in January of 2010. Prior to that he was the Editor-in-Chief of FLW Outdoors Magazines. He worked up from Associate Editor to Photo Editor and finally Editor in Chief of three magazines FLW Bass, FLW Walleye and FLW Saltwater. He set the content direction for Wired2fish while also working directly with programmers, consultants and industry partners.
Sealock has been an avid angler for the better part of 40 years and has been writing and shooting fishing and outdoors content for more than 25 years. He is an expert with fishing electronics and technologies and an accomplished angler, photographer, writer and editor. He has taught a lot of people to find fish with their electronics and has been instrumental in teaching these technologies to the masses. He's also the industry authority on new fishing tackle and has personally reviewed more than 10,000 products in his tenure.
He has a 30-year background in information technologies and was a certified engineer for a time in Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, and HP.
He mostly fishes for bass and panfish around the house. He has, however, caught fish in 42 of the 50 states in the US as well as Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada and hopes to soon add Finland, Japan, Africa and Australia to his list.
