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Now your talking about my home waters where I've been fishing for almost 60 years.. I love fishing the Atchafalaya Basin. Great video by Greg Hackney.

As much confidence I have in using a jig, I have to agree with this 100%.

Depending on the depth of the water slow roll a 1/2, 5/8, or 3/4 oz. spinnerbait along the bottom. That has been very effective for me for many years.

I'm headed up tomorrow and will be staying until the following Sunday. Our house is on Six Mile Creek but I also really like Housen Bay. Thinking I might try the Indian Mounds area while I'm there. Being from south Louisiana I'm most comfortable in 10-12' of water or less. I may do some experimenting but will most likely rely on my strengths in shallower water. Any info would be greatly appreciated. If I don't do any good the first 2-3 days, I'll probably head over to Sam Rayburn. Mill Creek Park is only 30 minutes from the house.

The first bass I caught on a plastic worm was a Creme Scoundrel with the spinner harness in 1962 when I was 10 years old. I caught several bass that day and I was then doing every odd job in the neighborhood to earn money to buy more.

Absolutely. I use a 5/0 Mustad Denny Brauer Grip Pin Flipping Hook for punching and have not had any problems.

The Buzz Tail Worm is made by Producto Lures out of North Carolina. It's basically the same as the Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Worm. I have not tried this lure but I have used several of the Producto Lures products ovedr the years and have found them to be of top quality. https://www.productolure.com/

Generally when I'm fishing a flat I am fan casting with a rattle bait to search for bass and keeping an eye on the depth finder looking for any type of irregularity. When I find the fish, I'll slow down and fish a jig and texas rigged plastic.

1/2 oz. Oldham's Jig with a Gene Larew 4" Salt Craw trailer. I might have to sneak in a couple of slip sinkers and hooks because I like to texas rig the salt craw also.

I don't know what percentage that crawfish make up of a largemouths diet but I am a firm believer that a bass will never pass up a crawfish if it's available no matter how much other forage is readily available. My most productive soft plastic lure for the past 30+ years in the freshwater marshes in south Louisiana has been a Gene Larew 4" Salt Craw in black blue glitter/blue claws which I use as a jig trailer and on a Texas Rig. When I heard that Pradco had bought out Gene Larew I got online and bought every pack I could find.

I can guarantee you the second is a Clark's Water Scout. They were made in Springfield MO beginning in the 1930's. Eventually the lure was sold to Charles Spence with Strike King Lures and were made of wood for several years before they changed to the plastic model. The originals are a collectors item. Search Ebay for Clark's Water Scout. The third lure is a Bomber Waterdog followed by a Hellbender and then another Bomber Waterdog

Caught this 6 1/2 lb. in Housen Bay today on a KVD 1.5. Fishing has overall been good the past couple of days. Most of the fish we've caught have been on shallow crankbaits, swim baits, rattle traps, and a few on texas rigged plastics. Everything I've caught has been relating to cover on the edge of creek channels in 6-10 feet of water. (Had to do a little first aid on her. She had swallowed the crankbait so deep there was some bleeding from the gills.)

Just because the water is clear and shallow does not mean that there aren't any bass living there. All a largemouth wants in life is a place to live and something to eat. If there is adequate forage and heavy cover like wood or vegetation in clear shallow water, the bass will be there also. I've had great success fishing a shallow crankbait (squarebill) in these situations.

I fished Six Mile Creek yesterday and had 8 keepers out of a total of 14. All of the fish were caught in 6-10 feet of water on a Rattletrap (Chrome/Blue Back) and a Watermelon Red Trick Worm. I fished from the bridge over Six Mile Creek all the way to Miles Creek. Never noticed any schooling activity or any schools of shad moving around. Basically just kept moving around and picking up one here and there. Just about to head out for the afternoon and want to check out Housen Bay today. My wife and I are will be here until next Sunday. Lucky for me she likes to fish almost as much as I do.

If I'm not mistaken I believe that is a Whopper Plopper in the color called Yoda.

I'm usually using a Rage Bug on a Texas Rig but I have used it as a jig trailer at times. My best colors are Blue Sapphire Black Blue Swirl Black Neon Watermelon Red Glitter Summer Craw

Same here. I can count on one hand the number of fish I've caught on green pumpkin.

I throw it on a 7' Diawa Dean Rojas frog rod with 50# test braid.

I started using the Pad Crasher Jr. this year and have had good results. It's a little difficult to throw on frog tackle but it will catch fish.

I've had a great deal of luck on a back spinnerbait with black nickle blades on a bluebird day in the fall and winter. Also like Bluebasser86 pointed out a black spinnerbait with copper blades works well in dirty water.

Exactly the same with me. I'm never without a jig and a Texas Rig on the front deck. I let the fish tell me what they prefer that day.

I have been using the Strike King Hack Attack swim jig exclusively for a couple of years and have been very pleased with the results.

1/2 oz flipping jig 3/8 oz. swim jig 5/16 Texas Rig Flipping Tube 1/2 oz. Single Spin Spinnerbait Buzzbait KVD 1.5 crankbait

Oldham's Jigs makes a Black & Chartreuse jig (color #03) that I have used for many years in heavily stained to muddy water conditions. I can vouch for the quality of Oldham's jigs - I've been using them for well over 20 years. And the price for the Trailer Hitch jig at $2.85 is hard to beat. https://www.oldhamjigs.com/image-gallery.html