You're all invited...

[Chris Goddard]

Just coming in on this thread I saw some of the "Nests" you refer to and the ones I saw were inhabited by bass. Not sure which sort (? largemouth?) but certainly bass. The ones I saw were at the lake at Seaworld by the big lift thingy!!

 

 

Chris

[davidP]

JMW:

Newt,

What methods would you recomend trying for these fish as the lake is never fished and seems to have alot in it?

There's an article by Mr Bagwell on just this very topic here

[davidP]

As a further thought on the above, I've caught a few species of tilapia in Africa that are very similar in habit to the US bass, and more often than not they attack a lure not as food but simply because it's in their territory and they want it out. You'll possibly experience a lot of hits without connecting because the fish is simply charging the lure rather than swallowing it. In these instances a worm drawn slowly across the nest normally does the trick (although the purists will hate you)

[Newt]

Chris - largemouth. Smallies do it deeper and in rock.

 

davidP - exactly the reason I recommended soft-plastic crays & salamanders. Egg eaters and the fish hate em. The hits will be mostly "protect the nest" things but a bass seems to think it might as well make a meal while protecting.

 

But certainly a worm will attract most times. And we are real shy on purists over here except for a few fluff-for-trout folks.

[JMW]

Cheers guys! I will give it a go.