I was wondering if ya'll were at a tournament, say 7 A.M-3 P.M. and the high temp for the day was suppose to be 93 with partly cloudy skies with wend 5-10 mph out of the south west on a lake with ALOT of standing timber and hydrila/coontail weed in water 8' deep and less. I myself like to stick with a pb&j color jig with a crawbug, or a shaky head worm. What are the 2 you would throw?

What's the water temp?

What's the visibility of the water?

80-85 degrees water temp, water color a little stained, but still fairly clear.

Red eye shad in whatever color the forage base is and a t-rigged power worm (7 or 10") depending on the size bass that you are catching.

Throw a crankbait or some type of bait to get reaction strikes first for your limit then target the timber with that jig.

Jig & crawworm

      Brown/green, cinnamon, black/blue, camo, Smoke

Lizards

      Watermelon/Red, Green/Pumpkin, black/blue, Camo

Senkos & worms

      Watermellon/Red, Camo, PB&J, Black/Blue, Cinnamon

Concetrate on the grass nearest  the deeper water.

Crankbaits have been nailing fish 12-15" long but on this paticulat tournament there is a 4 fish limit of 18" and over. I also always have a lizard (YUM, watermelon/redflake) on texas rig. I catch a lot of fish on this lake, (Bone Creek Lake) in South East Kansas, but for some reason just haven't found the big bite this year.

Baby Brush Hog (Green Pumpkin) and a Shallow to Med. Diving crankBait...Shad or Chart.

Also, what is the best way to fish 18-25' of water?

During tournaments, I like to get a limit fast, even if they all weigh one or two pounds each. To do that, I rely on a rage tail shad, a fluke, a popper, and a shallow diving crankbait.

After I get those first 5 fish, which I can usually pull off during the am bite, I will switch to carolina rigs, deeper crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and jigs to start going after bigger fish.

If the bite is tough or I miss out on a limit during the first morning strike, I'll keep with my game plan, which usually means points, vertical structure, or matted grass. If the bite is tough, I'll scale down those aforementioned baits. But I usually stick to my guns and go down swinging for the fences.

Out of the two baits you mentioned, I'd say keep both jigs.  Try both and figure out which they would prefer.  For the grass, a 3/4oz tungston flordia rig weight with a rage tail craw would be my go-to.  If the bass were bigger, I'd go with a 10 inch worm or strike king iguana.

Yeah, usually with the A.M. bite on a usual saturday tournament i throw a hornytoad of hydrilla and usually get a 5 fish limit pretty quick. Our usual satuday tourny's limit is this: 5 fish, under 13" or over 18". 13-18" fish have to be released.

Now on this tournament, which is a yearly tournament, there is a 4 fish limit of over 18" fish.

Texas Rigged Plastic & Jig-N-Craw in the hydrilla