I like to fish the J-Walker early in the morning around and through a shad spawn, because the bass will be feeding on top of the water
On day one, after recovering from our beer-fueled dehydration, we found that hooking a high-end peacock was similar to a muskie quest: Youre going to put in a lot of hunt time and make tons of casts, but even with a week on the water, theres just no guarantee that a big girl is going to play
And then it will give when the bass makes a run, keeping those treble hooks from tearing out of its mouth
As the water gets cooler I will start fishing more brush with a squarebill crankbait, a squarebill is like the 4x4 of cranks and can be worked through cover that round bill baits will get hung up in
Its lower density and near-neutral buoyancy make it ideal for fishing topwater lures, float fishing, and jigging
Reaction lures has been equally, if not more impressive