humdingers and little 2" sassy shads kill them for me.

1 oz Potlicker in white / silver holo or TNT 180, 1 oz, in silver w/ purple back

Humdinger, 3/4 oz, pearl white w/ glitter

Cotton Cordell spoon in silver

3in storm wildeye shad is good for sorting through the smaller fish

Everybody has just about covered it. Heres my top choices- same as everybody elses.

1oz white or chartruese slabs
1/2oz hummdingers
1/4oz chrome rattle traps

If you insist on trolling. My "jet pet" has been killer too (20').

What is your method? I usually use the Hellpet, but looking to switch. I fight the hellbender more than the fish.

Thanks,
Karl

Another option for trolling would be the Jet Diver, with a gold spoon..... Academy is one of the few places to find the Jet Diver, it comes in different models specific to depths you want to troll at, works really well, fairly accurate in getting to the right depth.

I have one of the jet divers and never had much luck with getting it to run right. I cant stand the Hellpet but alot of people here swear by them. On th DD's find out about what depth you will be running at and choose between a DD14 or DD22(DD14 doesnt run as deep) You may have to fine tune the lure by SLIGHTY bending the eye where you tie you line to--either right or left to get it to run true.

You tying it on upside down ensign? By the way, just got around to reading my TFG magazine. Nice fish! Congrats!

What do you mean upside down??!?! Oh thanks about the magazine thing. It will get beat this summer I am sure.

Deep diving hoola poppers

Usually use the Bomber 7/8oz slab. Almost any color works. Starting to use the "mouse" alot these days. You can them here from nogeese or rookie007. Just look for a post by either of those guys and send them a PM. They look like a Humdinger, only smaller and their hook doesn't get caught up in the blade.

I gotta few.

Roadrunner, duh lol, especially for bank fishing, followed by rattletraps, humdingers, and various slabs, also, Roostertails.

In a boat, in the summer, deep water, ANY slab that DTA hands me and says "here, tie this on!"

From the bank, the one and only RoosterTail!

Close second would be the TriColor Tube Jig, on an UNPAINTED jig head.

Rudy

Go to Southwestern Parts in Dallas on Mockingbird near Irving Blvd. They sell a Hopkins spoon imitation that will catch fish when NOTHING else will. They look kind of cheap (which they are) compared to the actual Hopkins but those boys will catch fish 5 to 1 better than the original. The old timers at Cedar Creek swear by 'em.