Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Deep - Try texas rigging a 10in worm over the cliffs and dropoffs. Also, try a deep running DD22 crankbait on light line (8-10lb).

During the summertime, I always recommend a slow approach. Despite the fact that a fish's metabolism speeds up because of the warmer water, they are searching for colder water and tend to be more sluggish so as to not burn as much. By not burning as much, they tend to eat less. In essence, they are searching for a bigger bang for their buck and so a large worm provides that big meal without exhausting as much energy.

Now if the bite seems totally shut down, you can make your presentation smaller, especially if you are fishing clear water. This can be done with light tackle, such as light flourocarbon line (because it sinks better), a smaller weight and smaller hook and worm.

Since Beaverdam is pretty well stained, I would try dark worms and jigs first.