I deem today Senko Saturday....

[USMCbassman]

Spent from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the water today. 5:30 to 8 was fishing from the shore (waiting on the office to open to rent a boat). I started out by chugging a frog along lily pads and toolies. I had a bass roll my frog and swim off. Put the frog up and started throwing a SK KVD gizzard shad (no love) so I started pitching a watermelon senko in the same area and nothing. Walked some more of the shore and nothing....I thought, "crap I'm just wasting my time again might as well go home!" By this time it was pushing 8 so I told myself I'll hold out, get on a boat for a bit and give it shot on the back side of the lake that is not accessible from the shore.

Got my boat paid for, grabbed my gear and headed for the dock. Make it down the dock, step in the boat and feel a tug on my leg. Looked down and had a split/drop shot hook buried deep in my leg (deep as in past the barb), but not to deep under the skin. So I clipped the line and cut sinker off, grab the hook and try to push it through. No joy, so with the hospital literally less than 1/2 mile away I make the journey over there and they get it to pop through. The dock holds my boat and I make my return.

So I get to the back side of the lake throw my frog....nothing! Work him a little more and nothing. Go back to my crank bait, work it and nothing! So I start pitching a weightless, t-rigged 5 in. watermelon Senko...fish on! Make a few more pitches...boom got me another! Start working my way further along the toolies, got another! The t-rig bite dried up so I reset my drop shot rig and wacky rigged a 4 in green pumpkin senko. Drop into a "cut out" in the toolies, it hits bottom...bounce, bounce....boom fish on!

Overall a good day on what I consider a completely frustrating lake that I always feel like I'm wasting my time on though it seemed to pay off today. No pics of the fish, they were all nothing to brag about, but a blast to catch.

Here is a pic of the hook though...