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Matt Reed: Tips for Fishing Shellbeds

By Pete Robbins
BASS Insider
(Archive)

Updated: July 1, 2009, 1:30 PM ET

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As the temperature begins to rise and the season changes to summer, bass fishing fans begin to hear a lot of Elite anglers talking about shellbeds and how the hard bottom they create is often critical to an angler's final position on the leaderboard. However, many weekend anglers are hazy at best when it comes to finding and fishing these bass magnets.

Elite Series pro Matt Reed points out that, when given the option, he will always fish a shellbed because of the winning potential they afford. He explains that as the shallows get warmer during summer, bass are drawn to the deeper shellbeds as a result of the cooler water temperatures and harder bottoms found near them.

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