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under the surface is not too interesting for videos, except to see some different presentations work.
i’d try Pop-R’s early, then some buzz baits around the deep edges, and shallow edges. Then get out some frogs around and through any visible weeds. Try skipping some frogs around and under docks.
If you know how to skip Senko’s, show something different on video and skip some docks.
Any decent lake should have enough action with the above to edit a respectable 30 minute show.
Good Luck,
Jack
We were thinking along the same lines, Jack, but were surprised to find that the bass on this day wanted nothing to do with topwaters — spooks, frogs, poppers, etc. We tried ’em all with no luck, on this lake and another we trailerd over to later in the morning. After the sun got up, we indeed switched to a dock bite and had great success skipping docks — but with creature baits rather than Senkos.
The water was so green and algae-stained, Senkos did not move enough water to help the bass locate them, so we skipped Lake Fork Craw Tubes and Trigger X Flappin’ Bugs. I also caught one or two on a Powerbait 10-inch worm with a curled ribbon tail.
Skipping was the ticket, as the bass were hiding waaaay back under the docks, in the hardest-to-reach spots. Very few came from pitching/flipping to the first foot or so under the dock edges.