Schooling bass ... how to approach it?

bwhite · 11-24-12, 02:52 PM

OK ... I fish a 731 acre lake (Mill Creek Illinois) and the bass there seem to school up A LOT. When they do it seems as though the banks are bare of any fish and there can be twenty or more schools of bass chasing shad in the middle of the lake at any time. I can catch some on buzzbaits and things but they seem to be smaller fish. The banks are covered in (moss,grass,scum) and most wood (besides a few laydowns that stick out beyond the moss is covered. My question is how should one approach this? Am I a fool for chasing small schooling bass even though they are everywhere? And where are the LARGE bass? AND whats a good technique to find the BIG bite?

11-24-12, 02:52 PM	#1
bwhite BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 3	Schooling bass ... how to approach it? OK ... I fish a 731 acre lake (Mill Creek Illinois) and the bass there seem to school up A LOT. When they do it seems as though the banks are bare of any fish and there can be twenty or more schools of bass chasing shad in the middle of the lake at any time. I can catch some on buzzbaits and things but they seem to be smaller fish. The banks are covered in (moss,grass,scum) and most wood (besides a few laydowns that stick out beyond the moss is covered. My question is how should one approach this? Am I a fool for chasing small schooling bass even though they are everywhere? And where are the LARGE bass? AND whats a good technique to find the BIG bite?

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