Years ago when I fished Toledo bend all the time, we had a bait for schooling bass called a " Near Nothing". Clear solid plastic with two sets of treble hooks and hair on the rear hook. All action can from how you worked your rod tip and retrieve. It was like casting a 1 oz. steel bolt but it was deadly on schooling fiish.

Years ago when I fished Toledo bend all the time, we had a bait for schooling bass called a " Near Nothing". Clear solid plastic with two sets of treble hooks and hair on the rear hook. All action can from how you worked your rod tip and retrieve. It was like casting a 1 oz. steel bolt but it was deadly on schooling fiish.

Thanks for all the info. I have tried all the above other than using a jig. I have a little vibra bait that usually does the trick. After reading all the comments I believe when I find these fish on a lake point I usually start with a small crank or vibra lure with no luck. After several casts they start to school all around me. My thoughts are possibly I'm scattering the bait fish with my first attempts and that starts the bass into a feeding frenzy. From there is where I throw everything I got from top water magics, spinners, flukes to trick worms. I fished a tourney Satuerday morning and spent the first hour on this point with fish busting the water all around me I finally gave up and went somewhere ending up having a good day. This has happened several times and just curious. Its also strange to me that fish can start feeding like this in 300 ft radious all becuase I ran a crank bait through their neighborhood.