Bass Won't Cross Shallow

 Bass Will Not Go Shallow To Go Deep

This Buck Perry diagram (top) from 1973 is one of my favorites. It represents a "guideline" that a bass will not go shallow to go deep.' 

In other words, it won't swim over a shallow ridge just to go back down deeper on the other side and keep swimming toward the shallows. Why so fascinating?

(Not to mention that Mr. Bass has no clue that something might BE over there).

To build upon that, here is an excerpt from John Hope's highly regarded book, "Trackin' Trophies," originally published in 1994 and again in 2001. 

In case you aren't familiar with John, he placed radio transmitters in a bunch of giant bass and tracked their movements over the course of several years.

Excerpt from his book:

"On the Big Caney arm of Lake Fork, there is a submerged roadbed that crosses the north end of Big Caney cove. This roadbed is within five feet of the surface and will have moss growing all the way to the surface most of the year.

Radio tagged, mid-depth living bass were found to not swim over the top of this roadbed to the other side. When the mid-layer bass hits the side of the roadbed in eight feet of water or less it turns and feeds parallel to the roadbed."

Pretty amazing everything the early pioneers of the sport figured out well over 50 years ago, without any of the modern technology available today.