While preparing for the Major League Fishing (MLF) Southern Toyota Series on the Harris chain of lakes, I was able to locate bass in bunches, and sizable ones at that. But when a 25-degree weather change swings in and moves the thermometer the wrong way, expect it make things mighty difficult.
Nothing is better than catching bass on topwater baits — nothing. The excitement that comes with seeing a bass blow that bait up out of the water is absolutely electric. What made it even more fun, if that is possible, is that I was catching them on an artificial frog.
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