Bass In The Slop

FinalCover275 Many anglers think that once the summer heat is gone and the days aren’t as long that the frog bite has died off on the favorite lake or river.  That is in correct, some of the great frog fishing an angler can experience in a year occurs in September.  As the vegetation is still present and the natural forage to a bass, both frogs, baitfish and bluegills is still living in that cover, so they bass are still there feeding!

Slop as it is referred to by anglers, is when vegetation forms a large blanket like coating over the water.  There are several forms of vegetation that can create these vast regions of slop… Read more

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fields.  Lily pads that were once scattered across the water have taken an area by storm and now have other forms of vegetation filling in the open water pockets that once existed.  Duck wart is another example of vegetation that can make up some prime areas for slop fishing.  These areas look like a sea of green floating a top the water.  Duck wart can either be very thin or thick, based on how much vegetation is bunched up below.  The other forms of slop are either grass lines that been folded over and are now lying across the top of the water and the last sloppy area are areas where the wind blows any form of debris into a secluded pocket or corner.  

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