I know what you mean about the drum bite!

I was at fork during the elites. I was out in areas away from those guys trying to learn. the high water and change in weather made it challenging. 

Destiny Siguenza, please use any and all photos that I post here. 

Did a Bass Champs on Ray Roberts. It was a struggle with this being the only good fish. Rising water with a high pressure and blue bird skies did not help. Still had a great time!

Got a team tournament on a home pond this weekend. 

Kevin Skovenski I do use a craw style bait mostly but one of "secret" riggings is to take a fluke style bait and rig it sideways. So instead of going through the nose and out the top, go through the nose and out the side. it gives the look of a dying fish floating down. How many times have you seen a dying minner float "upright"? most fish float on their side when they are dying so in my mind the fluke rigged that way give a more natural appearance. 

do not let the water color decide for you. The ball and chain will ALWAYS work!