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Try a shakey head or a drop shot. If that doesn't work then those fish need to see a swimbait ASAP! ;D

WTG! Love those shakeyheads

I've been to Casitas and Table Rock. So my list now is: 1. Guntersville 2. El Salto 3. Champlain 4. Falcon 5. The big "O" Interesting It might be a little more touched once I'm done with it. Whoops that came out wrong :-?

Mattlures soft bluegill or 10" texas rigged worm. 8-)

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

For the wake jr, mattlures bluegill, and spro shad I use a Dobyns Gen 1 795ML swimbait rod. The best small to medium swimbait rod on the market IMO. I throw swimbaits with 20-30lb mono or copolymer. Now for the DD22 and redeye shad, I don't fish DD22's but a 7'-7'6" mh moderate action rod would be good. And 12 lb flouro would be about right for deep diver. I fish lipless cranks on a 7' mh fast action rod with 30 lb braid so I can rip it out of the grass. Hope this helps Just curious but why do you throw swimbaits with braid? :-?

Definitely pick up some Mattlures swimbaits, those will get you the big boys for sure. And to add to your list throw in some 10" worms, supersize your lizards to 8", and get some FROGS! Hope that helps

Very informative post! I've always shied away from fishing cranks in weeds, but now I might give it try thanks to you.

Use a sabiki rig. Its a saltwater rig that has between 8 and 10 hooks with little pieces of tinsel flash stuff. You cast it out and reel it in, its an awesome way to get baitfish in saltwater so I don't see why it won't work here.

I'm going on vacation soon so I won't have any time to fish the rest of July. But when I get back I'll have plenty of time to fish, problem is I'm shorebound. The lake I usually fish has moderately clear/stained water. The structure is long points and underwater humps and roadbeds. The cover is laydowns, grass beds, and chunk rock/riprap. I've never fished this lake in August before so I don't have any previous success to go on. I know this a big question, but where would you start looking to find bass and what lures would you use? If I haven't given enough info please let me know. Thanks

Glad to have you here

Yup I got mine on sale for $65, put a symetre 1000 on it. Sweet combo

Yes! Thanks to you sir

Raul is right on with that info. But i do have a suggestion for a good quality dropshot rod, check out the BPS Extreme 6'8" ML spinning rod. I have this rod and it is awesome for dropshotting.

Take a little gander down the post topics. Someone beat you to it :