RE: Tips for fishing from shore/banks
My biggest bass I hung up was off the shore. For many years during my college poverty years I fished off shore.
!. i eventually bought some waders.
However here are some tips I'd like to give ya.
1. I use to cast ...move 10 feet to the right cast move 10 feet to the right etc. etc until I found the, fish. You will be surprized how much water you can cover.
Actually my mounted bass was caught off the shore. 7 pounder fisrt cast in my church clothes. He got stuck in hydrilla and I waded chest high to get my 25" bass.
2. Rooster tails are great depth finders. Cast and count 1000 1... 2000 2 etc. It's pretty close to the water depth.
3. Look for air bubbles surfacing.
4. Watch for gulls feeding on surfacing shad, Fish will be there too.
5. Fish the pond side on a windy day where the wind is in your face. Bait is being blown toward the shore and the fish know it.
C7