Do this to reach fish hiding next to the bank
As a well-aged fisherman, I am like a well-aged wine, one that gets a bit better with each passing season. (My fishing buddies think of me more as aging catfish bait.) But the net effect is the same: Like the infinite number of monkeys sitting in front of an infinite number of typewriters, occasionally my time in a belly boat pays off with something useful. In this case, I’ve found a quirky way to ambush some fine fish that have been safely hiding in shallowest water they can find. I’m not conceited enough to think there aren’t other anglers experimenting with something similar. (On the other hand, at least one of those social media geniuses should have spilled these beans on Facebook or something before now.) Regardless, let me tell you about a new (to me at least) tactic to adapt gear meant for "forward facing sonar" and deep water to fish Colorado’s notoriously shallow, weed-choked shorelines. If you fish gravel ponds and other small bodies of water along the Front Rang...