Dam Walls

[seadog]

What are the best lures to use around dam walls. Alot of dudes seem to hit the dam walls and stay there for awhile.

Ive always thought, ya too deep, but what the hell would you be throwing there.
Jigs, swimbaits..Any tips.

[pomerob]

Seadog, dam walls often have drop offs and fence lines as well as humps, roads (that were used for construction) and all sorts of structure. Very often they have large area of shallows on the side before deep drop offs. these shallows hold large quantities of fish and some big fish due to the easy access to deep water.

For the deeper structure and drop offs you can use various rigs such as texas, mojo and carolina but use a bit of a bigger weight. For the fence lines use a crank bait and the shallows use your standard bank casting rigs. If you manage to plot the roads and find concreate posts on the side a drop shot can be very useful.

I also like to take a very light rig with a split shot and let a plastic float down the drop offs. make sure you have your eyes glued to the line as you often wont feel the bite and the only way to detect it is by watching your line.

I am sure everyone will have there own methods of approaching dam wall, this is just my 2 cents worth. Hope it helps.

[bassmaster]

Hey Seadog

I think what the guys are fishing is the banks and debris that would be around the sides of the dams walls. I doubt they would fish the wall itself but I could be wrong. Most dam walls hold fish in the corners as they are good ambush spots. If you wanted to fish the wall though I am sure you could throw a number of things including jigs, senkos, swimbaits cranks etc...

[Terminator]

The rip-rap of a dam wall can hold heaps of fish. Weightless flukes and senkos are deadly. Crankbaits and spinnerbaits also work well. I personally don't fish weighted baits on rip-rap much due to the fact that you are going to get snagged plenty!

[Guest]

radio control

[robfisher]

radio control

Radio Control? Am I missing something or have you been drinking and posting? ;-)

[pomerob]

Haha, Fishton is buying a carp king radio control boat, dropping a DD22 on the one side of the wall and cranking it back as fast as he can :lol: What next.

[Guest]

It was great fun, and produced some amazing fish, but it's just too much of a hassle and from a security point of view it was making the guys very worried. :lol: :lol:

[pomerob]

After seeing you underwater pictures the other day I was thinking about an RC submarine, strap a video cam onto it and bobs you uncle. Have a look what is at the bottom :lol:

[pomerob]

It was great fun, and produced some amazing fish, but it's just too much of a hassle and from a security point of view it was making the guys very worried. :lol: :lol:

Did I hit the nail on the head. Wow. I have heard off it before but dont remember it coming from you, but yet again my memory is like a sive even without half a bottle of whisky 8-)

[Guest]

I didn't use a Karp King though, it was a high speed hydroplane with a clothes peg on the rear wing to hold the line.

[joe]

You go boy.

[robdog]

Talk about exploring all the options 8O