If you go back and look at alot of Texas top 50 bass and alot of early SAL's, you will  see a spinnerbait has nailed some giants.

   I like to fish 1-2oz oldham spinnerbaits cast about 40-50 yards allowed to sink to the bottom and slow roll big spinners in creek bend and tank dams on bottom.

In June on Fork, if you worked the bridges, any of the 4 major bridges with this technique, your gonna get close to an over.    Parallel each pilings and cast 20 past them, allow it to sink and work it back.

I stay 20 away, and cast under and past and work the other sides and move to the next, swim baits and cranks cover the upper water columns.

In August, alot of those bass setup deep on Fork, a good spoon takes alot of bass in 30 ft of water in August.    Most throw the spoon in cold months, that spoon works well in the deep late summer.

  On Fork, the yellow bass or what the locals cal bar fish hit those spoons and go nuts, thats when big bass go nuts and hit the yellow bass, often resulting in big ole bass.

   

   

OK. Let's say you like minnow baits like Rapala Minnows, Lucky Craft Pointers, etc. Before you tie on your lure, slide on a bobber stop about three feet and tighten it down good and then put on a small glass bead, followed by a clevis and #00 or 1 spinner blade of you choice of color.Follow that with another bead and then another bobber stop. You now have a little spinner blade on your line. Tie on you lure. The bobber stops allow you to adjust the spinner blade distance in front of the lure. Now, there a lot of ways to do this, putting a spinner out in front. This is just one. On a steady retrieve it is very nice and twitched, it's a killer. Two points...your lure looks as if it is in pursuit of food, just like a real little fishy, and not just swimming around aimlessly in a non-fishy manner, and it is something different the bass haven't seen. Just try it sometime. Just throw it out there and try to make it look like your lure is going after that little spinner. Do it this spring. I dare you.

OK. Let's say you like minnow baits like Rapala Minnows, Lucky Craft Pointers, etc. Before you tie on your lure, slide on a bobber stop about three feet and tighten it down good and then put on a small glass bead, followed by a clevis and #00 or 1 spinner blade of you choice of color.Follow that with another bead and then another bobber stop. You now have a little spinner blade on your line. Tie on you lure. The bobber stops allow you to adjust the spinner blade distance in front of the lure. Now, there a lot of ways to do this, putting a spinner out in front. This is just one. On a steady retrieve it is very nice and twitched, it's a killer. Two points...your lure looks as if it is in pursuit of food, just like a real little fishy, and not just swimming around aimlessly in a non-fishy manner, and it is something different the bass haven't seen. Just try it sometime. Just throw it out there and try to make it look like your lure is going after that little spinner. Do it this spring. I dare you.

Wow, interesting, I'll keep it in mind!

Fish a Ribbit under the water.

In what situation would you prefer to do this?

Usually in more open water, like down a weed line or a flat. Above submerged vegetation too. I'll cast out and let is sink instead of starting the retrieve right away. Sometimes I'll even jig it in that spot for a while. If there's no taker, I'll start swimming it like a swim bait. You can't really do it the whole way back though, but I've gotten a good number of hits right after the toad re-surfaces and begins to buzz again.

Sometimes I'll let it sink, reel it fast to the surface, buzz it for a bit, let it sink again, swim it and buzz it again. I get a lot of hits this way too.

Sounds like a similar technique used in trolling for trout or kokanee.  I believe they are call cowbells.

Trip down memory lane for you Tony.  How about dragging a sammy behind the boat, twitching it just enough to make it walk while your fishing partner trolls back up a certain slough for another pass. 

Sounds like a similar technique used in trolling for trout or kokanee. I believe they are call cowbells.

Trip down memory lane for you Tony. How about dragging a sammy behind the boat, twitching it just enough to make it walk while your fishing partner trolls back up a certain slough for another pass.

Yes Sir, that was a nice day.  I think about it and that slough often.  Should produce better all the time.

Fish a Ribbit under the water.

In what situation would you prefer to do this?

Usually in more open water, like down a weed line or a flat. Above submerged vegetation too. I'll cast out and let is sink instead of starting the retrieve right away. Sometimes I'll even jig it in that spot for a while. If there's no taker, I'll start swimming it like a swim bait. You can't really do it the whole way back though, but I've gotten a good number of hits right after the toad re-surfaces and begins to buzz again.

Sometimes I'll let it sink, reel it fast to the surface, buzz it for a bit, let it sink again, swim it and buzz it again. I get a lot of hits this way too.

Thanks, sounds like a real good way to do it!