Types of Vegetation and How to Fish It by Glenn Walker, Page 2

Summer 2023

s summer temperatures climb and the

amount of daylight extends, bass start to

seek cooler areas and easy meals. One way that a bass can accomplish both objectives is to position

themselves in and around vegetation. When a bass

lives in an area with vegetation, they stay cool and are

putting themselves in position to get a good steady diet

of baitfish and sunfish.

Vegetation in a lake or river can mean many things

and does vary depending on location, but likely you can

find one of these types in a lake or river near you.

Here are five common types of vegetation that can

be found in most lakes or rives, that will attract bass:

COONTAIL – For me coontail is one of those weeds that can hold that magical school of bass holding offshore. Yes, some coontail does grow in shallower haunts, but in my opinion, coontail gets good and holds a lot of bass when it is in 12- to 20-feet of water.

Nice, lush, green coontail means the water is full of oxygen, bluegills are likely roaming around, and the nice tall stalks give a bass the ability to back into it or sit in and look up, just ready to fill their belly.

I really like the benefit of fishing a Neko-rig around the coontail, as I can change the rate at which it sinks by the size of the nail weight in the tail of a soft plastic stickbait, like a Zoom Zlinky, Yamamoto Senko, or X Zone

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