I've been fishing this pond lately and today i decided to fish the creek that runs off from it. Started out with a topwater mouse and had a few small blow ups. Switched to a biffle bug on a weighted jig hook and caught a few smaller bass. Finally switched to a fluke ended up catching a 8 pound bowfin, 3ft gar, and several more small bass before a bigger bowfin broke off and i called it a day. 

Where I live it's hotter than a fire cracker. I'm up early in the morning at the crack of dawn fishing my favorite spots. My best results are coming from the venerable Culprit and Zoom worms in Red Shad and June Bug worked slow and fast TR dragging them, hopping them  and swimming them at different paces.

 

The plastic worm is the old reliable go to bait in the dog day Summer days. Here, we are experiencing temps in the upper 90's with a heat index of 105 plus.

 

The Old School Basser...

I have caught several nice fish this July drop shotting in 8-20 ft water mostly around creek channels. I've caught very little shallow except a few early on Spooks.

Squarebills and t rigged worms for me.

SWIMBAITS & FROGS !!!!!  

So the bowfin I caught. This is a smaller one than the one I previously posted about. He hit a top water mouse. The bream was pretty solid. He hit a 6" trick worm. And the bass was on a biffle bug in my home pond. I've had good luck this summer so far.