Brian’s advice, Fishing with intention: on my last day of vacation today , I set out to catch an offshore bass. Drove boat around till I found shad and bass on the side imaging. Since I don’t have forwarded facing sonar…I positioned the boat upwind of the fish…and drifted through while jigging a 3.5in xzone swammer. Success! I caught offshore bass for the first time at Tims Ford. Thanks for the encouragement!

There be days like this… all those disturbances on the water are shad balls in Dry Creek on Tim’s Ford…. I could see shed everywhere on the side imaging, but could not beg a bite. There was nothing hitting the surface and no organized schools of larger fish.

What tells me more about what should work…my lure or my retrieve? I found another good one this afternoon. Different lure this time (Zman willowvibe head with 4.5 Spunkshad). I picked it up after working a lipless crank bait for an hour in same area…no bites. The retrieve was to cast up to bank and work it up and down off bottom into deep water…bass would hit it falling or while laying on bottom. Does this tell me I should be fishing a different lure?

Tims Ford…rocky points…stealth blade