CaptainSolo
Senior Member
I, like many others, am very spoiled these days by having a nice boat to get me to the best fishing areas, but I also live in a place that has a lot of small lakes that you need to fish from shore. Here is a cool article on some techniques for fishing from shore:
http://www.sweetwaterblog.com/blog/2015/6/23/its-a-shore-thing
I don't get to shore fish all that much anymore, but other than the info that was in the article, I also like to have a topwater rod handy. Usually the lakes that I fish from shore have a lot of shoreline cover, so I pretty much stick with one bait all around- a hollow bodied frog! Usually I just use a 7' MH baitcaster with 30 or 50 lb test braid, which I can also use for other techniques, but a simple solid black hollow bodied frog seems to be a killer all around topwater for shore fishing, and I can not only fish it over thick grass, but walk it in open water and around isolated cover.
Even though I'm fishing from shore, another thing I like to use is a mobile mapping app, so I can see the depth contours from where I'm fishing. Sometimes it doesnt help much if there's not many options as far as access, but Ive also been able to bypass a lot of unproductive water by using it and looking for the areas with the most dynamic structure.
What are your favorite ways to fish from shore?
http://www.sweetwaterblog.com/blog/2015/6/23/its-a-shore-thing
I don't get to shore fish all that much anymore, but other than the info that was in the article, I also like to have a topwater rod handy. Usually the lakes that I fish from shore have a lot of shoreline cover, so I pretty much stick with one bait all around- a hollow bodied frog! Usually I just use a 7' MH baitcaster with 30 or 50 lb test braid, which I can also use for other techniques, but a simple solid black hollow bodied frog seems to be a killer all around topwater for shore fishing, and I can not only fish it over thick grass, but walk it in open water and around isolated cover.
Even though I'm fishing from shore, another thing I like to use is a mobile mapping app, so I can see the depth contours from where I'm fishing. Sometimes it doesnt help much if there's not many options as far as access, but Ive also been able to bypass a lot of unproductive water by using it and looking for the areas with the most dynamic structure.
What are your favorite ways to fish from shore?
