Four hours this morning, what worked, what didn't....

[Bubba 460]

 

On the water at 7:am. Started out with a blue & black senko around pilings, 30 cast with diddly squat to show. Switched to a cranberry wacky, WHAM, first cast, a 16" bass, third cast a 14" bass. Personally I've never done as well with a Texas rigged senko, a wacky seems to out fish it 5 to 1. Wood cover and grass are basically the only place where a senko "might" prove better than a wacky but then there are weedless wackys or just go with a worm.

 

Caught a few more on the wacky then tried top water. Light fog drifted slowly across the lake with early sunlight flickering off the water. Picked up a rod with Whopper Plopper ready to go. Cast parallel to a gradually slopping shoreline in about 5 feet of water. Fifteen  minutes later, nothing. Switched to a Sprinker frog over grass, "Hmmm, guess they don't want top water this morning. Picked up a 4" Z-Man, StreakZ curly tail on a weedless Ned head. Second cast "BAM", a 14" bass then several more including another 16" bass. Caught them hopping it along the bottom or swimming it over grass. Next I tried a craw colored spinnerbait, that just turned out to be nothing but exercise. Tried a square bill but after a half hour that only produces a 3 pound pickerel and a badly frayed line. Back to the wacky for two more bass then time to go. Ended up with 9 bass and the pickerel. Hey, beats a jab in the eye with a sharp stick.