So after the early sqaurebill bite died off this morning and the 102 degree sun came out we headed for horizontal cover and or deep water. We started fishing a marina and was pitching into and around all of the boat houses and boats. Started off good catching 4 quick ones. I was throwing a 3/8 oz jig and my father in law was throwing a 1/4 t rigged red shad worm. We were in about 20 FOW. Im assuming the fish were suspended because our lures were only falling about half way down when we were getting bit. After those quick 4, there was nothing. We fished the entire marina probably pitching into 100 spots multiple times. Finally called it a day as it was WAY too hot with no cloud cover. As soon as we pulled away, 2 guys fishing a tourney came in where we finished at and pulled in 3 quick ones before we made our way out and around the corner. It got me to thinking, what was i doing wrong?

My question is, what do yall use for suspended fish in a situation like this? Should i try a 1/4 oz jig so it falls a little slower and stays in front of there face longer? Or am i over thinking it and just need to shut up? I just keep picturing them pulling in bass where i pitched to 6 times in a row without a bite. Thanks yall.

Things like this happen to everyone it could have been a lot of things, lure color, size, fall rate, sometimes making a few pitches with say a green pumpkin jog gets you nothing switch and throw a t-rig worm or senko or something that doesn't resemble a jig. I always have my 2 jigs tied and a senko to follow if I don't get bit where I know fish should be, also try a bigger senko like 6 inch as bass seem to be more apt to go for an easy meal if it is big when it gets very hot