Quote Originally Posted by brettw View Post
last thought, I see how they stack up, if you catch a few, then it stops, stay there and fish deeper
Yeah, or move off for awhile & come back to it.

I'll tell you how I'd fish it .... weedless jighead/plastic stinger grub - swim the jig at 8', 10', 12', & 15' depth levels - then Vertical Cast the jig, dropping it down to ~25' & bring it up through the tree branches.

Unless they're holding to the cover as tight as a tick, they'll likely move a few feet up or to the side to grab a bait. But, with them being in the upper reaches of that tree, I don't think they're holding "tight" (as in burying themselves into the heaviest portion).

And if they are Bass .... you'll likely know on the first cast. With approx. 20 of them suspended over that tree, you'll get a reaction from one of them ... out of sheer competitiveness between them.

... cp