Did not get on the water til 11:30 due to buying and installing a critical motor part on the way to the lake. Day was awesomely beautiful with some wind but I loved the fact that I had to shed almost all the heavier clothing I brought along. At one point in the day I caught 6 fish on 6 consecutive casts! I was also picking up others about every third cast. Unfortunately the largest of these was about 2 inches long and the smallest about half that size! Caught 'em all on a Silver Buddy and they were shad. I got in a cove that had a west wind blowing straight into it and the afternoon sun on it. Water was 52 in the back of this cove while the main lake was about 48. Half way back in the cove I began marking lots of larger fish and I threw every thing at them including "the fly". That's when I went to the buddy and slayed them. They were so thick in the back you could not help but snag one.

I had no other bites all day but I do have some info from two others I talked to late in the day. One guy and his buddy had one bite between the two of them for the day-a 5.5 smallmouth he caught on a bluff wall. He caught it on a spinnerbait. He thought it was a freak loner.
I wish I had had a freak!

As I was getting out for the day I talked to two guys from Cinn. who had three largemouth; a 5.5 he said got off right at the boat, a 4, and a 2. What was really interesting was how and where he caught them. He caught all of them at the very backs of a creek arm in 1.5-2ft. of water. He said he fish a Lucky Craft bait called a Harry 90 or 80 or something like that. I have almost no knowledge of this brand other than the fact that they exist, due to the 17.00 price tag. This one looked long and skinny with a big bill. He said it was made to run at 15ft. but he was bouncing it off the bottom in that shallow water. One of his fish was on a jig by the way. They fished 2 hours.

Thanks again to Elwood for the call and tips. It's not your fault I didn't have any Lucky Craft baits! Hope this helps someone........Now where can I squeeze the ole family budget to buy some 17.00 cranks? Does Justin really need to spend all that money to go to collage?