Fishing Calm Bluebird Sky Conditions

[Fishes in trees]

Tournament fishing - go with what you know - not really the time to be experimenting.   Are you the boater or co-angler?   If you're the boater - go with the previous suggestions.  Co angler - I'd be going low & slow.   Depending on how fast your boater is moving I'd be throwing either a Brewer Slider Pro head on 10 lb Abrazx.   I'd use either a Green Pumpkin magic paddle tail worm for clear to lightly stained water and a red shad paddle tail worm for a heavier stain.   If he's moving the boat faster I'd be throwing a jika rig  half to three quarter ounce on 15 or 17 lb Abrazx, with some kind of creature bait on it.  Lately a couple of creature baits have worked best for me.  Brush hog in the green pumpkin with orange flakes and the Netbait Mad Paca in Alabama Craw or Green pumpkin magic.

The main thing I'd be thinking is low & slow.  Bring plenty of water & don't get dehydrated.   Sunscreen up.

[bagofdonuts]

If there's a deep grass edge you can try a big/heavy jig with rage craw or similar trailer. Pitching to the deep weed line ala Greg Hackney. Throw slack to the bait and let it fall fast to the bottom. Couple hops and do again. Key is the fast fall,

["hamma"]

the first day of bluebird skies I find the hardest and toughest day to fish. a small bait worked slow seems to produce some. I saw this yesterday and a ned rig worked better than a curly tail grub. A few days after the front passes thru is almost ideal. The fish have conditioned themselves and are on the structure still but more acceptable to a presentation. They may want small baits still but moving a bit faster seems to produce better than slow. At least this is my take on it.

[clh121787]

Skippin docks. Or deep points. Fished a power plant lake last weekend. 90 degree water. 100 outside. Slayed on deep points and deep current breaks down current side of bottom structure. I'm talking SMASH Fest.  I love it when they get balled up in summer time. Nothing like catchin 7 pounders on bfs setups and 8 Pound test. In deep open water.  Feels like you're fighting a freakin tuna.  

[Fish4bigfish]

Doesn't matter to me this time of year I am fishing ledges, deep points and drop offs

[ClackerBuzz]

i break out the spinning gear and make extra long casts w/ wacky senkos.  i'm talking 90-100 ft casts w/ an exposed round bend hook.   also i use weed beds as a screen.  i hide behind them like a wall and 45 deg cast to the sides, then the front edge.