I spent a few hours on pool 6 today and this evening. Caught lots of small-smallmouth pitching jigs to rip-rap with good flow. Didn’t hook anything over 14″, but lots of little ones and several cheap thrills when big sheepshead sucked in my jig. We got one largemouth, a crappie,and my partner caught a nice sauger just off of some riprap. Ne eyes. We did try a couple wing dams with no luck, but I spaced out buying some leeches when I was at Gander Mtn this morning and the fish had NO interest in bare plastics. One plastic that did do very well on the riprap smallmouths was a creature type thing called a “Baby Brush Hog.” They have a nice slow drop on a 1/8 ounce jig and the bass hammered it. I think I ordered them from Bass Pro Shops (Zoom baits).
FWIW-I did locate and buy that St Croix Avid 6′-8″ MXF. Nice stick!! It was just was I was looking for. It has a bit more authority that my 6-6 medium, so they make a nice 1/8-1/4 ounce “one-two punch.” Thanks for the feedback on that.