Cape fair 10/14 short trip

[merc1997 Bo]

when it is literally solid shad above cape fair, I would imagine that there are plenty of blacks suspended just about anywhere with plenty of food within inches of their mouth.  just my guess of where all the black in that area are.

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[Chunk Rock]

Hammer, I fish c,rig with 1/2 oz. egg sinker 90 % of the time just got in the zone with it ,found the sweet spot on the point and game on !

[Champ188]

Right on, Chunk Rock. I've found a half-ounce sinker is critical in these Ozarks lakes. It was the same at Ouachita. Anything bigger and you're constantly yanking it free from the rocks or trying to figure out if the resistance you're feeling is a fish or another rock.

[Hammer time]

1/2 oz has always been the size I use unless fishing really deep .

Like Champ says anything bigger and your always hung up. Failed to mention that I tried c-rig finesse worm today as my son caught them on football jig so I changed over.

Just really tuff to figure out what they want right now.

[CBOWEN]

I fished up in Flat Creek and the James north of the split last week. We caught all Largemouth with 25% keepers. Nothing over 4lbs. Tons of 3-4" shad up there. Fished up in the dam area mid week and discovered the Whopper P. Big fish bait Deluxe. Smallies will flat blow it out of the water. The 3.5" Whopper P catches everything in the lake. Baby perch up to big fish. Great for numbers. We fished the Champion Tourny Saturday and had the fish blow up on the Whopper P, but didn't get a couple big LM in around point 11. 13 and change won the money with 3.54 BB. Great weather all last week but the cool front came through Thursday and slowed them down a bit. Awesome fishing for a couple Kansas boys. Hated to come back to work. Keep catching them and good luck.