My situation bank fishing today. The SUF professor and team allowed me to make quick changes as it’s Nov in central Texas and the water temp was 82. Fish were literally in the dirt on the bank 😂. Got out the of the Kayak. Came home to neighborhood pond and caught a few. The one shown on freeloader but most of the catch came on that ole mood ring!!

Let the building begin.

Caught a couple 2.5lbs and my first striped all on chartreuse hybrid Hunter

30-40ft is the sweet spot for me right now.

Here’s the bait I used today. Today we caught maybe 10-12 or so all in 30-40ft. Next week I’m going to try the middle range 6-12ft and catch some fish on reaction baits.

What’s everyone being for Halloween?

Whoops! Bound to happen eventually.

Happy Halloween Gang!…..Baits > Candy all day!

I went out today to work on locating where the bass were in the water column off rocky points; in clear water without electronics. I learned so much by basic process of ellination starting out using the 3xd to 5 xd and ultimately settling in with the 6xd crawfish color. I found that the fish were right in the light penetration zone where they were most active. I was throwing a 7-6” cranking rod; I’ll often use a 7-4” also both pair with a 6:3:1 reel with 12 lb. Seagaur fluorocarbon line. Although I did catch a few small ones as I was working my way down the water column it was 100% obvious once reaching the light penetration zone as it related to the quality and quantity of fish I was catching vs the 2 shallower zones the 3 & 5xd baits would yield. In this optimum zone the fish were mostly 2-3lbs with an 4 lber here and there. It took me about an 1-1/2 to work through this process of working myself into the optimum zone that were always looking for during pre-practice and honestly practicing during the tournaments. I also found that using the square bill right along the transition from clear to stained water on into mostly stained water was also a good bite. I wasn’t really keeping up with weight ti truly know the best five weight but I’d say 13-14lbs., I did catch a 4-13lb kicker though. This was the first time I took this approach to breaking down a body of water but feom the results I’ll sure go about it this way more. This was most helpful for me so I hope it may help some other fellow SUF team members