It's been hot (the weather not the fishing), we caught a little break from the heat Thursday and Friday with some afternoon thunder bumpers. We(family) decided to head down to the camper for a little break for the weekend since school started. I woke up early expecting to have to grind out a long day for 5 keepers, (I like to fish against myself to do better than the previous trip, Sounds lame but that's what I do. Self made one man tourney ) Anyways, I head to my favorite first spot and I decided to do something different, I laid the top water rod down and picked up my worm rod and fished out in front of the cove and fished into it instead of directly heading into the back and fishing out. 2nd cast I caught a 1 3/4 almost 15 inches. 4 cast I landed my first keeper, 10 minutes later 2nd keeper in the boat. 3 fish in the first 20 minutes since leaving the campground. I fished into the cove and I had a limit within a hour, Not a big stringer probably 10-12 pounds for 5. I was into the cove and pitched a texas rigged Yamamoto 5 inch redshad sinko next to a point on some lilies and Bam! I caught a heck of a cull 5.5 lbs. I fished until 11ish and I was able to cull my entire first 5 boating 11 total and only losing one. My personal best cumulative 5 total 15 pounds and some chance. Pictures of the bigger ones below. The pattern that I used is fished flats along weed/grass lines 6 to 8 foot of water except the lily pads which has milfoil and hydrilla mixed about them. Used 5 inch red shad sinkos and dark colored blue and dark red plastics (worms and big lizards).

that water looks beautiful, and ripe for the pickin', nice bass

Sounds like a great time! Congrats

Good Pattern. Instead of driving over and spooking the bass, you hit them on the way into the cove.

  I have to force myself to do that more often,because I know the better fish will be holding on the deeper weed edges.

Nice going.

Nice Hawg! Sounds like a fun day on the water! 8-)

Excellent  and you gave'em a smorgasboard to pick from...

Big O

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