Try hair jigs or minnows for crappie around brush or docks. At Lake Eucha, largemouth bass are biting fair on crank baits or spinner baits around brush and docks.

My biggest largemouth bass to date, an Ontario fish that tipped the scales at six-pounds even, fell for a flipping jig. The heaviest three in line below that lunker were also fooled by the same bait.

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You want to use chrome/blue or chrome/black chug bugs. Rock bass fishing has been excellent in 12-15 ft of water. The fish are biting on split shot rigged nightcrawlers or small white hair jigs.