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I didnt even see the bait. I have caught bass guarding fry with Texas rigged lizards.

I use out dated 2D sonar . Bass like to use points, humps channel drops and those can be easily seen on any sonar. Brush piles ,cover and fish arches are easy to identify too. Bad part is, all those classic offshore spots get hammered.

When I get past say 8 foot all the way down to 22 foot , Chartreuse or Fire Tiger have been my best colors. More natural colors shallower. I like the gold foil and perch that Rapala uses.

Murray picks are in Thompkins Christie Lehew New Robertson

Often you just have to play it by ear. I once went through a brushy area with a buzzbait and no takers. Conditions were pointing to buzzbait but you cant force bass to bite. I went back though with a Bomber Prop A, a more slower, finessey top-water and nailed them [first time using that lure] . I remember the year was 1987. Sometimes I remember years but cant remember yesterday. That lure has been a staple in my repertoire since.

If I'm junk fishing down a bank I generally cover water fairly quickly [I'm not a KVD type burner] and pick apart cover encountered.

I dont mind them not catching bass every cast. I want to see them work for the bites. Ive caught lots of bass ,so watching non stop bass catching is boring to me.

They can be a little Barney Fifey at times. I know a guy , who doesnt fish, take his kids fishing for once in his life. They had a few fish on a stringer and got ticketed for not having separate stringers.

I use it more than anything. 5/16th oz weight is my benchmark. There has to be enough weight to easily cast and pitch into the sweet spots.

I use those for carp fishing.

Bomber Long A with the silver flash inserts. I've been using those things since they were first introduced. Big fish crushers . The three hooked one, dont know the model number. Cast easily on bait cast gear with 12 lb test.

Whatever jig I can cast/pitch the best is the one I'm going to use. 3/8th with trailer is a good weight for my wormin rod. Best colors are black skirt brown trailer or vice versa.

The deep cupped Colorado's did not spin well for me as the leading blade. I might not be as proficient a caster than most of you but I almost always throw a 1/2 oz bait because its the size my spinnerbait rod handles best . If I have trouble with placement then it makes no difference what the components are.

I went out for the first time this year yesterday. I was a little rusty on detecting bites with a plastic worm and missed several. It took a couple of hours to get back in the groove. A lot of times the bites are not felt . I just try to pay attention and be ready when it happens.

I am among the worse at fishing frogs. I even have a dedicated frog rod , it dont matter. I set the hook too soon or too late.

I didnt know it but evidently I wear the wrong underwear, eat the wrong pizza and drink the wrong beer.

Now for my next total flop team at the St Johns river. I'm posting these so you guys will know who not to take. Chris Johnston Milliken Livesay Cobb Martin

Got out for the first time this year today. Caught about 30 but none worthy of a photo. Water temps were in the mid 60's .Most bass were caught on a worm and top water. Yum Dinger and Bomber Prop A .

My team is pretty awful too but only dropped 2 percentage points so its bad for a lot of folks.

Soft plastics weighted and weightless, beetle Spins, Storm Thin Fin, Buzzbaits , spinnerbaits have all worked well for me in ponds.

I was thinking the same thing . Also a couple of those lures looked like decoys

I thought it was stunning. Seen it twice now. This time a solar flare could be seen with the naked eye. Now I wish Betelgeuse would hurry up and explode.

Pretty tough conditions. I fish shallow with a black jig and a black spinnerbait with copper blades. Why copper,?I couldnt tell you but it works.

19 bass s a little surprising. I make my own and usually retire a bait after about 30 bass. Not always though . If the wire is getting bent up rather easily then I go ahead and retire it early.

I think we have a winner.