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Sometimes reds can be piled up on one shoreline.
So how do you know you’re not missing that one shoreline?
Generally speaking, you should fish 100-200 yards of a shoreline before picking up and moving to another one in that pond.
You should pick up and leave when it’s clear you cannot get a good approach due to:
- really thick grass
- too shallow water
- not seeing any bait or fish activity at all
It’s a gamble between striking gold and saving time.
NOTE: You should have already watched the referenced video in this lesson, but here it is anyway for the sake of brevity:
My personal experience says they’re on the bank, but do you ever hit the middle of some of these shallow ponds? Especially 2-3′ depth.
It’s worth a look, for sure.
However, in saltwater ponds I don’t usually bother, unless the water is super low.
If there is any kind of cover in the middle of pond, like aquatic grass, I will definitely fish that.
This we usually find in the fresher water ponds.