The big bass are definitely starting to hit. The week before last I was catching short fish after short fish, this week I have had lower numbers but way more keepers. Since last saturday I have had several over five, and one over 6. Still no patterns are producing any better for me than others. I have caught the bigger ones on sallow crankbaits of points, jigs on drops, lizzards in backs of bays, and spinner baits on lips of drops.