You want something they can feel and see but won't spook them. So for super-shallow vegetation, I recommend a hollow body frog, floating worm, soft-plastic stick bait with a tail spinner, toad and soft swimbait.

Shallow water fishing is one type of the many types of fishing. Shallow can mean many different things; shallow lakes, shallow rivers, and most common to fishermen is the shallow ponds with high concentrations of moss. There are many different baits and fishing lures for shallow water fishing such as.

They stay shallow — typically less than 8 feet — until hot summer days push water temperatures into the high 80s. That's when they start to move out to deeper, cooler water where they stay until the shallower water starts to cool again in the fall. Food is what really dominates the lives of bass.