Thread: learning the montlake cut

I think CK and Koke covered just about everything there is to know about the Cut lol. There are a few staging areas that the bass use. If it's a decent spring they'll be up on the "break" of the flats by April. When they are staging I've always done best casting white spinnerbaits along the breaks. They'll hit grubs and crankbaits as well but they don't seem to hug the bottom at that time so I use a spinnerbait to cover all depths.

After the spawn LM and smallies will school up in the morning (before light) and chase young of the year perch and squawfish along the seawall. That's when the crankbait bite can be pretty amazing. Those docks will hold some nice bass then as well. Topwater poppers (Pop R's) in a silver or blue back/chrome sides color work great. There's a nice hole back in there that the crappie spawn in as well. On the NW side by the UW hospital there's structure that holds crappie almost year round. From a boat you can find the rock humps out there. They just move up and down in the water column out there. There are some good smallie spots along that whole side as well. I think that are feeding on perch and smelt.