39 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

you gotta decide what those lures are for yourself. It’s just what you like to use and what you have confidence in. There’s a bit of knowing the lake too. 

 

^^this^^

 

Sometimes you just gotta throw it out and see if it'll work.

 

This is a cage fight. There are no rules.

Most of my topwater mentality is to get out there ahead of the usual bite windows and start casting and casting and casting lol. I like the early morning topwater bite, which means a very early start with some good hot coffee! I’ll usually get into some nice fish by 5am into sunrise. After that things can cool off a bit until about mid morning and then later when the wind and clouds pick up or even when the storms come in…..covering as much water and spending as much time as possible fishing is a recipe for great success! The usual things mentioned also apply like cloud cover, air temp, wind speed. etc, all of which come into play throughout any given day (or even any given night). The key to it all is to be out there fishing!