Good morning! This is my first post here so thanks for having me! Last night I was fishing a tree top that had fallen in the water in the river. I was working a Zara Spook through the top and a monster largemouth nailed it. Within seconds, he had shaken the hook and left me with that empty feeling. My question is... how long should I wait til I return since I have him located?... and, should I try the spook or something different? Thanks.

How Y'all Are?  

Any time you miss a bass on top water immediately follow up with a weightless worm

Thanks man.  I have never done that, but I hear that is the trick.  However, I usually throw the same topwater after a miss and more times than not, the bass continue to hit it until they are hooked (this bass actually missed it twice before he got a mouthful).  Going back to where I have located this bass, do you think I should use the spook again or something different?  He may remember that spook had hooks!

By the way, is that weightless worm a trick worm?

Weightless worms are the way to go man!! Texas rig em' with no weight.  

Where are you -what state? Where in the season are your fish right now?

By the way, is that weightless worm a trick worm?

I imagine that would work.  However, the standard answer at this forum is a Gary Yamamoto 5 inch Senko or a Gary Yamamoto Fat Ika rigged with the skirt up.  

The bass don't care which worm, the bass believe they have killed whatever was on the surface and engulf it as it falls.

Welcome aboard!

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