I have a tournament saturday on a small lake in north texas. if the fish are spawning than they just moved up. any help on what to use lure wise? thanks!

only 10percent of the fish are on the bank during the spawn, get out a little deeper

what? really?

Reece, I'm not a tourney fisherman, but I can catch one here and there. Kiowa's up in Cooke Co., correct? What's the water clarity like right now? What is the predominant cover/structure that fish there relate too? Grass, wood, rock, shallow, deep?

Give just a bit more background and I'll bet you get some great ideas.

Fouz has caught a fish before, I seen't it.

yes its in cooke county and its very shallow like 22-24 feet at the deepest and the fish are in 1-4 feet of water year round. there are rocks, some christmas trees, lots of brush and boat docks and reeds. the water is pretty stained but not muddy

I mean for Fouz

I would use a Norman Little N - Chrome with Black Back. Crank it just under the surface around any and all shoreline structure: reeds, bushes, laydowns, grass pods and etc..

Dang son! That offers tons of opportunites. So reeds are the only green things around? No submergent aquatics?

Lures wise, it's very hard to beat a 5'' senko-type bait in some form of green this time of year. At least as a blind-fishing bait while looking for beds, if that is your primary goal, bed fish.

I would imagine the fish up there are in the earliest stages of the spawn, with just a few up. You're probably gonna want to junk fish and throw one of several baits...some type of soft plastic tx-rigged, a lipless rattling bait, a suspending and floating jerkbait and perhaps a soft-plastic swimbait if the water is clear enough. If not, a spinner bait in the same areas. Find the fish with your search lures, then slow down and pick that little stretch apart.