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[buckcreekmike]

I am excited as hell (pardon my Frnech)! I was wondering if the stickbait bite is or should be still on then, because it was at LOZ for me last weekend. Also is it wishful thinking to attempt topwater, because I love it and have confidence with it, but obviously if it is too cold I won't use it just to be hardheaded. I haven't gotten into the whole A-rig craze yet (probably to my detriment), but I would like to think that you can still do alright on other baits. I figure I'll have the following tied on at at all times: Jig and Pig (plastic), wiggle wart, stickbait, shakey head, maybe topwater. Any suggestions would be great, and I'm going with someone who isn't exactly the greatest and experienced with many lures, so what would be good for him (cranks, spinnerbaits, etc?) Thanks, I will post my results. I'll be staying until Sunday.

[abkeenan]

If you have a "less experienced angler" I would have them throwing a 1/4oz darter/ball jighead with a 5" grub in shad colors and just swim that thing near the bottom, bounce on the bottom or through a depth zone if you have pinpointed a depth they seem to be suspended at. It works great all year and is EXTREMELY easy to fish. Plus you don't even really have to set the hook with the exposed hook and you just reel into them and you are hooked up which makes it even easier for kids, new anglers who don't know how to set the hook on a bite as you would on a jig or something like that. Will get hung up in trees from time to time but not an expensive lure to lose so not big deal. Just have 10-20 1/4oz jigheads on hand and a pack or two of 5" grubs.

[dtrs5kprs]

^{Ditto on the smoke grub. Add in a split shot or full size c-rig for your partner. Always possible to drag up a few with a fish doctor or french fry. Much simpler to deal with than constantly trying to get hard baits out of things.}