Early spring, water temps 52-58 in flats leading into spawning areas. Slow roll, lift and drop seem to work the best. If you can find grass a few feet high with another couple of feet of water above the grass the tick and rip it off the grass. 1/2 Red Eye Shad in crawfish or sexy shad or chrome with blue or black back are pretty the only 3 colors I own and will cover most situations. Pretty deadly at Ky Lake and other river type impoundments again when the water temps hit just above 50 which won't be long.