A few bass but a lot more short strikes

[basskicker]

Had a Dr's appointment midday so decided to sandwich it with some fishing. Decided I would kill a few hours and try new water so ventured to Potash Lake. Looked promising until I got on the water and realized I should have charged the battery for my depth finder so I was fishing blind. Tried the some isolated pads but fish seemed to be active a little further offshore. Tried to move out deeper but only got some short strikes on a chatterbait. Got the morning skunk!

Headed to the Dr's and hit the dirty river for 3hrs. The fish seemed to be non committal here as well. I was throwing some topwater, some jerkbaits and a slew of different worms at em. White whacky worms were getting a good reaction but the fish weren't taking the whole bait, just holding on to it for a nice run and letting it go. I finally hooked into one around 3pm on a tiny torpedo and it was foul hooked. Got up to a bridge and hooked into a healthy 15" fish that did not want to be hooked and had 3 fierce jumps and I was surprised to see it stay on until I got her close, another foul hooked fish. Caught a few cookie cutter finally the right way, on the worm before calling it a day.

What would y'all do differently to get these fish to commit. I stayed with the white because it was getting a reaction, should I have gone to a smaller presentation, a grub or tube in white? Would you change up the color? Any thoughts would be appreciated, always trying to learn.

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