Turkey Swamp Bassin'

[Fluken-Around]

Originally Posted by crustyangler17

fished the entire front end of the lake and the cove to the right of the boat dock. started out with a jitterbug. nothing. switched to a watermelon texas rigged weightless worm. a few hits but no commitments. tried a buzzbait for about an hour. useless. finally, put on a watermelon senko and caught a small bass on my first cast under the boat rental dock. missed a hit on my second cast, caught an even smaller one around 9" a few minutes later. missed about 3 more hits then caught a third baby bass for the remainder of the day and swithed back to a jitterbug during sundown (which i regret, i should have stayed with what was producing the most). these bass are REALLY small, which explains why i lost so many fish, along with 3 senkos.

either way, i think topwater fishing sucks.

Top water fishing is very productive!! You just need to know how to fish them first of all and you need to know the time and place to use that presentation!!

What do you think all those fish you see exploding on the surface are doing? EATING STUFF ON THE SURFACE not just jumping for fun!!!

Get away from jitterbugs. Plenty other top water choices that are much more natural and productive!!

[AJFISH13]

Jitterbugs work, you just have to fish them right. If there is a good amount of surface activity, chances are topwater fishing will work. That being said, we had some this morning and it sucked. Good luck.