The 3 SUMMER Bass Patterns You Need! (kayak edition) Bass Fishing Video

This is the key to master the hottest summertime bass fishing of the year.
If you can stand the hottest summer temps of the year, you can find yourself in some of the best bass fishing imaginable.
Deeper. Thicker. Current.
Say it out loud.
Repeat it in your head.

In this Ike in the Shop, I’m out in the Wilderness Systems Tactical Pro 128—my go-to kayak for power fishing—and I’m grinding through brutal summer conditions: 95° air, 88° water, zero wind, high sun. It’s miserable.
And it’s perfect.

Because when you know where to look…
You can still smash ’em.

This is the summer code I live by:

Deeper – Cooler water, more oxygen, bait hanging deep, and big bass stacked.
Thicker – Mats, laydowns, docks, lily pads. Shade is life. Lily pads? Sunbrellas for bass.
Current – Flow means cooler water, steady food, and ambush zones for aggressive fish.

These three zones all have one thing in common:
OXYGEN. FOOD. SHADE.
That’s what the bass are hunting when the water’s boiling.

Whether I’m frogging mats, flipping wood, or dead-sticking a soft stick bait in 7–8 feet, this is my go-to strategy when it’s hot as hell—and it works everywhere.

Say it. Beat it in. Fish it.
DEEPER. THICKER. CURRENT.

Baits Featured In This Episode Of Going Ike:
Missile Jigs Ike's Mini Flip Flipping Jig
Berkley Powerbait Shape 108 Craw
Molix Pop Frog
Berkley Powerbait MaxScent The General
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