Typically, any time you find grass you will find bass but what if you are faced with vast expanses of good looking vegetation

Bass love grass and bass anglers know the power of fishing around vegetation

Summer 2018

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season, you are limited to what you can throw when the grass is very thick or if it is matted on the surface.

“When it is very thick, about all you can do to fish it effectively is to punch through the grass or use a frog on top of it. The great thing about these two techniques is that they are big fish techniques and you can catch both numbers and big ones doing either technique.”

When fishing scattered, patchy or emergent grass, there are many more ways to effectively target

vegetation. Combs prefers a vibrating jig, lipless crankbait, swim jig and squarebill in these situations.

“Early in the year, you can also fish a lipless crankbait through this vegetation without hanging up too much,” he shared. “Fishing a lipless, allows you to cover plenty of water and quickly move through a grass flat. I’ll also fish a squarebill like a Strike King KVD 1.5 over the top of grass early in the year.”

Throughout the year, he will use a swim jig and vibrating jig like a Strike King Pure Poison as they

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