I just spent 4 days fishing Stick Marsh and my best lure was the Matt Lures Baby Bass.  I was throwing it on a 7'  MH BPS Extreme Rod, Rick Clunn 6.3 - 1 reel using 50lb braid.  

I caught my PB 6lb 12oz, 3lb, 2lb, 4lb 10oz, 5lb 2oz and 2lb.

I followed Matt's advice and performed maintenance on the lure.  I glued all of the entry points and lubricated my lure.  After each fish I inspected the lure and mended each tear using mend-it.  

On Friday I got a bite and upon retrieval found that the Baby Bass was missing it's TAIL!   >  Darn fish!

I would just cast it out into a stump field, keep my rod up and reel it in a moderate speed.  Enough to get the tail to kick but not drag the bottom.  I think I got my first fish in the first 10 casts of the lure.  

Thank you Matt for making a great lure!  I am going to have to hit Greentops to buy a couple more!

Here is a picture of my 5lb 2oz fish!

I can't wait to try this lure out in Virginia!

Here is one 4lb 10oz:

Tpayneful Thanks for the kind words and thanks for sharring. I am glad you like the bait. Yeah I hate the tail biters. Not much you can do about it. You feel a bite and swing and some little 3lber is swimming away with your tail. Its ok though, I'll make more  

Tpayneful, nice catch.  It looks like you were tearing it up with that lure.

Try that lure at Hunting Run Lake and you may duplicate your Florida trip with just a short drive.

Thanks Matt for the great lure!  I couldn't get the Blueguill to catch any after the Baby Bass was done but it was really windy.   The wind caused the Blueguill to turn on it's side.  I will have to spend some time with that bait this spring as well!

Rondef, we all might want to try that out on the Potomac this year!

Wayne, I will give that a try!  I heard some guys in Weekend bassers were tearing them up with a Swimbait last fall!  Luckily a buddy has an all electric  boat!

Matt, can you post a pic of the lure he is talking about so I can see what it looks like?

They sell them at www.***.com.

Here is a picture of the lure:

Mine looks just like it......just missing the tail