Anyone fish main lake bluffs

[ShilohRed]

Anyone fish main lake bluffs in the winter time? With the drops and ledges on them. They would have to hold plenty of fish in the cold winter. Also would warm the water faster on days with sun and no wind.
Also how would you fish them?
Pete

[Billbob]

sloooow

[KARL]

..usually fish for stripers in winter.. :D ..will do more crappie this year....plan on drop-shot with jig/minnows for starts...good luck to you...

[J White]

Have heard of folks getting real close to the wall, and casting parralel
to it, with a jig, letting it fall in an arc down the side - but I ain't got
enough patience for that!!!

[Eager Beaver]

2 ways to fish the bluffs that I know of and 1 is cast paralle to the bluff with a jig and count down and the other is use a slip float with either a jig or Minnow.

[David Waters]

I caught some bigguns along the bluffs on Wilson last early spring. In 45 feet of water sometimes. Caught them tightlining. They hold fish. I just lost a lot of rigs, but worth it knowing I might catch 15" fish

[Bushrod]

Here on Norris Lake in east TN we fish the rocky bluffs during the winter drawdown...as well as the main channels...you're right...the bluffs do warm during the day and draw baitfish...cast small crankbaits/buzzbaits close to the bluffs...or try jigging along the dropoffs with Man-O-Lures, etc.....surface baits like Pop-Rs have worked well during the early mornings/late evenings....have caught some nice smallmouths and a couple of monster freshwater drum these ways...now that the cold front has moved thru and the wind has died down, I'm gonna try 'em this afternoon....will let ya know....good luck to ya.....

Bushrod:-)

[JIM 1]

About 10 days ago son and I limited on Truman Lake (Missouri) on channel bluffs, outside bends. Using 1/16th oz jigs we cast next to the bluff wall and let the jig fall on a semi-tight line. There was not a distinct "peck" or bite, the line just "loaded up". Good graphite rods and a sensitive line are essential for this type of bite. We caught about 2-4 fish per bluff, except for the last one fished, it was a honey-hole with several nice fish coming off a break between slab and chunk rock on the bluff face.

I think this pattern will hold till the freeze, as the channels were loaded with shad that had moved out of cove back-ends.

[ShilohRed]

Thanks Guys I will try them. I know I ahve caught some nice crappie when I was bas fishing. And draging bandit crankbaits down them.
Pete