So I got off work early today and decided to go fishing since my gf went to her parents house.  I went Williamsport WMA here in TN, it was a beautiful day high only about 70, with sunny sky's, but windy.  I fished from 2-6  had one dink on and he got off 10 ft from the boat, but what really made me mad was that the bass were schooling all around me bustin' shad.  

I went there last week, they were doing the same thing, and I was killing them with a rat-l-trap on a windy, cloudy day.  Today I went at them the same way I did last week with the trap, but had no luck at all.  Last week, I used a chrome w/ blue back trap, and thats what I started with today.  I also tried other colors I had but no luck.  I tried everything I could think of that resembled a shad to get a bite, topwater, flukes,  rapala original floater... but couldn't get a bite.  It was kinda weird because the people on the bank were watching the action and they couldnt get a bite either.  Can anyone give me some suggestions on what else I could have used?  Did the sun have some thing to do with it. .  

This had to be my most frustrating day ever,  I jsut kept getting madder and madder. >

So I got off work early today and decided to go fishing since my gf went to her parents house. I went Williamsport WMA here in TN, it was a beautiful day high only about 70, with sunny sky's, but windy. I fished from 2-6 had one dink on and he got off 10 ft from the boat, but what really made me mad was that the bass were schooling all around me bustin' shad.

I went there last week, they were doing the same thing, and I was killing them with a rat-l-trap on a windy, cloudy day. Today I went at them the same way I did last week with the trap, but had no luck at all. Last week, I used a chrome w/ blue back trap, and thats what I started with today. I also tried other colors I had but no luck. I tried everything I could think of that resembled a shad to get a bite, topwater, flukes, rapala original floater... but couldn't get a bite. It was kinda weird because the people on the bank were watching the action and they couldnt get a bite either. Can anyone give me some suggestions on what else I could have used? Did the sun have some thing to do with it. .

This had to be my most frustrating day ever, I jsut kept getting madder and madder. >

Try riggin up a senko/trick stick with a 3/0 EWG hook weightless and twich it around the surface. I had some luck with that setup the other day when they were bustin the surface.

You had some nice choices though......sometimes they just want the "real" thing.

I have had some luck with busting bass recently throwing a white Senko Swimbait, but quite frankly, it's not THAT MUCH different than a fluke. So, it sounds to me like you tried everything I would have. Sometimes those guys just won't hit an artificial.