| Many people think it is impossible to fish for bass | | | | flow of the water as often times bass will sit in |
| without a boat. This simply is not true. There are | | | | the calmer water waiting on their prey to go by. |
| many places to fish for bass from the bank. | | | | Rivers can also provide excellent bank fishing but |
| Some are easily accessible and some are not. But | | | | the good spots are usually a little harder to get to. |
| they are there waiting for you. | | | | You look for the same things you would look for |
| The first place I learned to fish was a medium | | | | in the smaller creeks and streams but you may |
| sized farm pond. My father took me there just | | | | have to hike a ways through heavy growth to |
| about every other week during the summer and | | | | get there. I suggest you wear a fishing vest as it |
| we pulled many bass out of there. Ponds can be | | | | will make it a little easier to get through the |
| found throughout the countryside but now a days | | | | growth. One more place on a river that I have |
| most are on private property and you need to | | | | found really produces is what I call an eddy pool. |
| ask permission. Look for vegetation and structure | | | | Find a place where the water is moving really fast |
| to improve your chances. | | | | and look for pockets of quite water either |
| Another good place very similar to the pond is a | | | | alongside the fast water or immediately after. |
| abandoned strip mine. These can be found | | | | These pools will contain all kinds of fish either |
| throughout the Midwest and provide excellent | | | | resting for the next leg of their trip or waiting for |
| bass fishing. Again look for vegetation and | | | | the bait fish to arrive. |
| structure but with strip mines the water can be | | | | You can also fish lakes from the bank looking for |
| very deep making finding the structure a little | | | | the same structure you would look for in a pond |
| more difficult. | | | | or strip mine. Areas of growth or trees in the |
| Creeks and streams that have a steady flow of | | | | water make the best choices. This is probably my |
| water are good for smallmouth bass. Look for | | | | least favorite place to bank fish due to the |
| trees in the water as they provide excellent | | | | difficulty of finding and getting to a good fishing |
| cover for the bass. Also look for breaks in the | | | | location. |