Got out Sunday morning. Alone in my prowler, as out of 5 invitees, I could get nobody out with me... 
Anyhow, picked up six bass and 1 crappie. Found fish in the top 2 feet of the water column, still in the deeper water, but very close to shallow water. Wind was a problem, and was blwoing me and my little boat all over the place. All fish were caught on the same presentation: A suspending Rattle Trap (yep, you read that right, suspending) style bait maed by Cordell (suspending spot). I fished the lure just like a jerkbait with rod sweeps, and long pauses. The suspending action would hold the bait right there in the fishes face.
I tried other presentations (jerkbaits, super shallow cranks, and even jigs), as sometimes the bass would just slap at the bait; missed several strikes, and several bass came in hooked on the outside of their mouth, telling me that I was not dialed in all the way to what they really wanted. Varying the retreive, and the other presentations did nothing. The one presentation I wanted to try, I did not have the baits with me, and that would have been flukes and/or senkos. They are an easy bait to hold in that top 2 feet of water when fished weightless.
With my son as a cub scout, I should know to always be prepared! Won't make that mistake twice!
No pics today, sorry! Hopefully you will find the info helpful to your pursuits!
Anyhow, picked up six bass and 1 crappie. Found fish in the top 2 feet of the water column, still in the deeper water, but very close to shallow water. Wind was a problem, and was blwoing me and my little boat all over the place. All fish were caught on the same presentation: A suspending Rattle Trap (yep, you read that right, suspending) style bait maed by Cordell (suspending spot). I fished the lure just like a jerkbait with rod sweeps, and long pauses. The suspending action would hold the bait right there in the fishes face.
I tried other presentations (jerkbaits, super shallow cranks, and even jigs), as sometimes the bass would just slap at the bait; missed several strikes, and several bass came in hooked on the outside of their mouth, telling me that I was not dialed in all the way to what they really wanted. Varying the retreive, and the other presentations did nothing. The one presentation I wanted to try, I did not have the baits with me, and that would have been flukes and/or senkos. They are an easy bait to hold in that top 2 feet of water when fished weightless.
With my son as a cub scout, I should know to always be prepared!
Won't make that mistake twice! No pics today, sorry! Hopefully you will find the info helpful to your pursuits!
