Shameless plug here for the baits that consistently produce for me no matter where I fish.  The dropshot is king in Michigan, the Senko has been the top producer for me in Florida and here at home the Ned is a go to.  I used all 3 this week on the Rappahonock River here.  My Ned rig was a 4 inch Senko, my dropshot was the Scope Shad and my Senko was a 5 inch tipped with a screw in Bullet weight to counter the ripping current.  There are a lot of plastics manufacturers out there but I always end up back with Yamamoto Baits.  Often imitated, never duplicated.  For added show, a seaplane skimmed our heads and set down in front of Hicks Landing.  That was pretty cool.  

Beautiful river and bass!

Those bass look big and healthy! Wild about the seaplane! I might have to go on shore and change my shorts if that happened to me!

Going back out tomorrow.  I don’t think they have put on the fall feed bag yet.  That can be a magical day if you hit it right. 

Nice haul, @TOXIC. When I was out later afternoon

early eve with one of my sons last week, we were 

seeing a lot of shad runs, not a lot of jumping. But I did

catch a nice bass throwing a Z-man swimbait past the

boils and through it. My son caught a hefty bass that

spit the hook right at the kayak as he was reaching for

it. Another shad run. The 4.75 I caught had a fat belly.

Been eatin' good.

7 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Going back out tomorrow.  I don’t think they have put on the fall feed bag yet.  That can be a magical day if you hit it right. 

For sure.  Catch the right water temp and a day that they are feeding and it can be a lot of fun. The downside is the clock is ticking. Not really a problem down here in FL though.  🤪