Yes, I said finesse and swimbaits. I alternated between throwing a High Power Herring and Jackall Flick Shake worms on 1/16 oz. wacky jigs. I threw several colors of worms, and that didn't seem to matter much. This may sound strange, but I used the swimbait as a search tool, covering flats with sparse weeds. I caught several bass this way, but nothing noteworthy, save the one below, lol. All I can figure is it was merely defending a nest with eggs or babies. The biggest of the day, pictured below, followed the herring, but wouldn't commit. No matter, it exposed itself, and the finesse tactics got him to the boat. I used a Pinnacle Tournament Class Perfecta DHC5 Rod / Performa XT spooled with 20# Sufix 832 and 12# Seaguar Tatsu for a leader. The rod is tippy enough to toss and skip the light baits, but plenty of rear end to control a big fish. I had one last drag stripping run when I got it to the boat, and the reel performed flawlessly. I did get a few minor wind knots, but that's to be expected with braid and light baits, mixed with wind. Water temps ranged from 59 in the main lake to 66 in the shallow coves. Air temps in the high 60s, N/NW winds around 10 mph, clear skies. Fished from 9 until 3.


All in all, a nice day on the water. I think I boated 8 bass and lord knows how many rockies. Top notch equipment provided a hassle free fishing experience.



 

Sweet pics and sounds like a nice day... I was inside doing homework

Nice fish John - looking forward to your long range feedback on the rod and the reel.  Especially when it comes time to service it.

Sweet looking fish.

Nice fish John - looking forward to your long range feedback on the rod and the reel.  Especially when it comes time to service it.

This is my 3rd season with it. All I've done is oil the roller bearing.

Nice fish man

Got to love the attitude from those rockies! Great looking bass too.

Nice fish...the Return of the Jedi shirt makes it even better!

Nice fish

Not a fan of the city dump John had horrible luck there as did my kayaking partner as you already know. Had some good laughs that night between him getting crapped on 2 seperate occasions in one night and me flipping the yak. Ill fish it again hopefully I find the bass you post and talk about.

I just hope I can find five like the fish above for a Tx on July 14th.  Even though my PB NY largemouth comes from there, that place owns me too.

There are some siebert spinner baits and a boomerang braid cutter by the sand bar near the stump field just laying there some where lol........

There's a rod holder, anchor, numerous tools, and a '67 Chevy pickup out there as well, lol.  Heck, I graphed a half of a sailboat or something yesterday. 

Another shot of the rockie, and some shots my GF took of me fishing.

 

 

 

Nice fish.  Nice shirt too.

Flick shake ?!?!?.............that doesn't work

Hey J notice nobody said nice shorts.