re: Deep water bass fishing

I fish the TN River system almost exclusively, and you can get into some deep water on those lakes. We C-rig humps that are surrounded by deeper water and try to find areas with a good amount of current in the Summer. If you can find a channel with shallow water or structure close to deep water, you are onto something. We also switch to night fishing Jun-Aug. Fish move up shallow and feed at night. Usually go with big baits in deep water. I rig worms and use the old pig & jig combo a lot. Dark colors, like black and blue work best on anything but a bluebird day. If Sunny, I go with more natural colors like watermelon seed and other greens. Coolest thing about it is you don't know what you will hook, spots, smallmouth and largemouth all in similar areas.