I probably had the best fishing day on the water ever for a day I'd call "frustrating"

Caught 7 fish early (2 on Rage Tail shad, 3 on popper, 2 trolling a crankbait), then went to the discharge and fished out the rest of my day amongst non-stop surfacing fish.

Fish were EVERYWHERE and wouldn't hit ANYTHING. I did end up catching 20 or so, so if I wasn't watching fish school all day would be a GREAT day. Most of the fish I caught out of the schooling bass were good fish too. I ended the day with 2 fish around 5, at least 10 over 3, and the rest 1-2 pounders.

Overall a great, albeit frustrating day to be on the water. I fished from daylight till about 1:30 PM fwiw.

Here's the big fish of the day:

I would like to have that frustration.

How did you get them to hit? I've had similar experience sitting in the middle of some serious Bastrop schoolies action, but unable to get them interested. I suspect the school action is some kind of mating behavior. After all, what could possibly be more important than eating?

I got most of the schoolies on a 4.5" H2O Express swimbait. Also, I tended to do better on the shallower schoolies (some in less than 2' of water). The bigger fish seemed to be the ones in the shallows too.

I could get small ones to bite a popper, but every fish on that swimbait was 2+. I hung one that probably was over 6, but she didn't stay buttoned.