Went to the swamp pond today.  Started at about 11 AM with partially cloudy skies, lots of sun(low 90s), windy-off/on, and water temps at 85 degrees throughout the 3.5 hours I fished.  Got a 4 lber right off and then followed two 3s, another 4, and another 3 with a couple of dinks and keepers(no pics) thrown in.  

All of them were caught in 2-4' of stained water.  I watched the second 4 lber suck the Swimming Senko in as she moved right in front of the boat.  Two of the Bass took me into some of those pads you see in the background.  All were caught on a weightless, #222 Swimming Senko rigged on a 4/0 GY Sugoi hook.

First 4 lber

3/11

3/10

Second 4 lber

3/3

Dan

Weightless???

There you go again Dan, catching good numbers of hefty LMB's while defying the "proper" fishing technique.

Wait............which cologne were you wearing?????

I'll bet that's your secret.   Right?

Yes, of course.  

How else could you have such success on a weightless swim senko.  Even GY himself uses weight with the swimmer.

I'll bet it was Ralph Lauren right?  A conservative classic.

Well, I'm glad we got that settled.

Nice fish by the way.

d.

Nice Fish! I might have to try out a bag of swimming senkos.  

Avid:  What a memory you have!  Actually, it was Michael Kors for Men 8-)  The SSs work either weightless or with a weight.  I caught another 3 lber but no pics as she flopped off of the scale's hook before I could grab her.  The SS was all they wanted there today out of all the other baits I tried.

Thanks nc.  Give them a try.  They are not as 'fragile' as the original Senkos.

Dan

gaw, i gotta get some senkos... :-/

Hey Dan

How are you fishin that swim senko ..... steady retrieve, stop and go, lift drop, or what?

WTG! That swimming senko is one of my favorite lures.

That trip down south is lookin better all the time.  Way to go!  Think my fishin's over for a week or so.  Temps are supposed to hit 100 all week.               deb

Thanks again y'all.

520dvx:  Since all of those were caught in very shallow water, the movement didn't make that much of a difference.  For instance, I saw that second 4 lber ahead in about 2' of water and off to my right as I tossed(half way between a cast and a pitch ) the SS out ahead of my little boat.  I just pulled it towards me and killed it right next to the Bass.  She moved over to it and just sucked it in with no other action from me or the SS.  Most of the time, I just let it fall a foot or two and then I raise my rod tip upwards and draw the SS back near the top and then I let it flutter down on semi-slack line.

Dan