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Fishing deeper river and estuary structure
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lure into the strike zone where the bait and fish are holding, before finally refining your presentation until you find the most productive lures for the different species and locations being fished.
penetrating into the deeper water.
Retrieves
If the structure, bait and fish are scattered over a wide area, you can often drift and cast to cover ground, ensuring your presentation is in the strike zone.
Next time you’re fishing your lo- cal, don’t forget what’s lurking in the deep.
At times the structure is a small oa- sis in a desert of featureless bottom, such as a wreck, rubble patch, ledge or timber snag. In this case, you can position your vessel down-current and cast back past the structure with the aim of your lure sinking down to intercept the strike zone.
See you on the water...
Sweetlip love a downsized plastic, such as a Z-Man 2.5” Slim SwimZ or GrubZ.
Another option, if the current is slower and you have your lure weight correct, is you can position the boat directly on top of the structure and fish your lures vertically with small lifts and pauses in the strike zone.
The focus is first on locating the bait, fish and structure in deeper water, with many anglers spending a fair amount of time sounding an area prior to even casting a rod.
It’s then a matter of getting your
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