Oh I know! Mike sent that to me about three minutes after that guy caught it.

And Yes Billy, the water looks like a cross between pea green soup and brown gravy due to heavy fertilizing.
On a good day there might be 18" of visibility. Mike told me a couple years ago he didn't have any confidence in a big Colo spinnerbait and that he had never done any good on one at his lake.

I pulled one out one day with him and had two 12's and an 11. I left one with him and he caught a 15.5 a few days later on the bait I gave him.

I hear you Skeeter Man. Every time I fish a dropshot rig I feel like I am purposely targeting small fish. If I fished tournaments regularly I would force myself to become proficient at it. I think it is one of, if not the most effective technique for enticing heavily pressured fish into biting.

But I go back to my analogy of the ribeye and the carrot stick.....

All I'm gonna say is heed James Biggs' advice.

Couple darned good fishermen only caught 12 fish up to 5# in a full day? Yup, shooting fish in a barrel.

The 13.3 was caught last Sunday. She survived the broken jaw

Nice 13.3! Congrats to that angler!
Probably one of Mike's yearling bass attacked that sunfish-lol!!!

Ken,

I want to go with you sometime and fish nothing but 10lbs test or less with spinning tackle.

Here on Lake Athens, I routinely catch nice bass on ultra-light gear, a 5'6" rod, and using a small Creme grub you'll often see at Walmart. My record, so far, is a 4 lbs. bass and a 26" long catfish.

I am curious how large I can go with . . . the 2 lbs. braid I use.

The big issue? Fish will run me into the pads and tie me up. I haven't had the line snap yet. Drag settings, of course.

If you've never experienced the bass bite on small baits, give it a go just for kicks. It'll surprise you. Try it some day when the bite is very slow.

My rig below. Brad

This is why I use Zoom finesse worms for big bass:

My only concern with catching DD bass on ultralight gear is one has to play the fish carefully, and for quite a bit of time to land her. This may result in increased mortality of the really big fish.

Is that an invitation or a challenge James?

Man I hate finesse or drop-shot fishing with spinning gear-ughh- (no offense intended for all those that love it).
I'll do many things to catch big bass so if that way was the best odds game then I would do it, but it's not so I'm glad I don't need to fish that way. Maybe if I did love it then my chances would improve, but there are so many different ways that I enjoy much more.

Both
I'll call you

I'm a believer in Bigg's. Spent a day with him and he told me that my finesse rig would become my favorite rod to fish with. It is now. They all eat it regardless of size.

I probably need to go with him to get my finesse rig faith improved! I haven't met Mr Biggs but from all I have heard I'm sure he could fish circles around me for big or little fish and with any rig! If y'all go give us all a report!