Breakline: Specific fish holding spots
Three tiers on the same edge
Fish can set up on the top edge to feed shallow, cling to the slope, or sit at the base. Also check for suspended targets some distance off the slope. Run the same rig through the three tiers in sequence, and record which tier gets bites rather than only noting the depth under the boat at the time.
For example, if an 8-foot flat drops to an 18-foot basin and bites come from the 11-foot slope, the boat can be in 18 feet but the bait needs to travel along 11 feet. If a wind shift later produces bites only on the top edge, start the next round on the top edge; don’t stubbornly grind the base just because it produced yesterday.
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Breakline
Any clearly defined location—where depth or bottom composition changes abruptly, such as a weed edge, a slope dropping from a flat into a river channel, or a clay-to-rock transition—bass will use as a stable depth reference.