Caught my personal best hybrid on Labor Day Monday on CC. 24" and 6 lbs. First two hours of fishing didn't get a hit, almost quit, and went back and found some fish. Caught this on a #4 Mepps in about 18 FOW. I can also make fish look small. I'm 6' and 250 lbs.

Thanks to Dennis C. for all the information on Mepps, technique, and map of the lake.

I ended up with 2 more hybrids about 19-20" and 8 nice size white bass.

That's a nice fish you got there! I was finally able to look up theDennis C mepps technique and wish I knew of that when I was at cedar creek this past weekend.

I used the Mepps technique and nothing for me. #3 size in white with red thread. Fished on and around the humps. I must have picked the wrong humps.

Very nice fish AG85

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Nice hibbie and not bad for an Aggie

Thanks Dennis. And thanks for your reports and your video's and articles on using the Mepps lures. I've learned a lot from that and it's my method for fishing for the white and hybrid bass. We have a house in Enchanted Oaks and there's usually good fishing around the middle of the lake in that area. I'm one of the guys fishing off the front of a pontoon boat on the lake.

On Monday I actually fished with a gold #4 Mepps for 2 hours and got nothing. Switched to a white #3 and caught a couple real quick, but got hooked on a log and lost the lure (and I'm sure the fish were hanging around the log, that's why they were easy to catch!). I went back to the gold #4 and found the fish. They were moving around, but a nice size school and big ones. I caught these around spillway, rock pile, enchanted isle humps. Caught them all between 1-3:30pm. The wind on Monday seemed to help bunch them up, but I had to keep moving to find them.

Yes, I was fishing Spillway Hump Friday and found fish on top of it, but they were moving around so fast I couldn't stay on them. Clearly they were chasing shad around staying near the bottom rather than surfacing. I played a hunch and went to the north tip of the hump and found fish on the slope. These fish were associating with the structure - the slope - and not moving. So, I could park the boat and we sat there and caught fish til time to go.

Nice fish.Congratulations on your PB! Also to the TFF!

#4 is the go to right now. If I can only find them with the feather attached, I cut it off. I never get bit as well with it on. 4 or 5 slow cranks and let it fall back down. Right now they will pick it up on the fall pretty often. 1/16th or 1/8th oz slpit shot 12" up the line to help it fall.

What color of Mepps # 4 or # 2 is the garden variety or most common used to produce fish ? Thanking you in advance for ur answers !!

silver - though supposedly white, yellow and chartreuse work well as well.

Congrats

Thanks for the tips