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By Chris Jones

May 25, 2012

Most people refer to the post spawn for bass as a tough time to catch fish, but it does not have to be if you know how to fish for them and make a few select lure choices.

I won’t go into the shad spawn in great detail because it can be a little different depending on location and time of year. What I will do is discuss lures that mimic the shad during the shad spawn.

There are several tried and true baits that can greatly assist you and at least one new technique that may come in handy. My two favorite ways to fish for bass that are feeding on spawning shad is with a swim jig paired with a Yamamoto Double Tail Grub, and top water.

By Pete Robbins

May 17, 2012

While the Senko was his brainchild, and has been his tournament bread-and-butter for quite a while, Gary Yamamoto is constantly looking for ways to improve its effectiveness. Over the course of the past year, he seems to have reached a point where he’s able to catch fish seemingly at will by rigging it “backward.”

“The image people have of the Senko is that you fish it slow, cast it out and let it sit,” he said. “But that’s not the case here. With a #8 by one-inch screw in the head and the hook in the tail, you can fish it pretty fast with a yo-yo presentation. Cast it out, let it fall to the bottom, then pick it up and do it again.”