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Modified by adding a plastic worm as a tail, making it look like a rat or mouse.

Fat Ika is a solid body...like a big fat senko.

Also I would add a River2Sea Bottom walker or a hudd crawled along the bottom and around structure.

cool info brother,thank and i got get sum of them fat ika's, cause i love senko and love fishing tubes.

Ya if you love senkos, you will love the fat ikas...i rig mine on 4lb test with a #2 Drop Shot hook..putting the hook just under the skirt and rigged through the body...let it sink and hop it off the bottom...it's and awesome bait.

man brother 4 pound test,thats brave,i coulnt do that light of line,i am in search of my first 10 pounder, i have already hit the 8.5 mark,but it would be a little risky with 4 pound line and a 10 pound fish, but thanks 4 the info, i order 4 packs of them today

My first choice would be a jig and pig in and around the timber. I'd also try a lipless crankbait in a craw pattern around the timber and grass. If I get no love with either of those, I'll go with a 5" Senko or a Fat Ika. Both flylined, meaning using no additional weight. When all else fails, I'll go with a 6"-7" Roboworm on a dropshot with a short tag end. When I say short, I mean anywhere from 2" to 5".

Also, if you are going after the biggest fish in the pond, I'd target every isolated piece of timber that I could find. Especially if there is deeper water nearby. I use the term "deeper water" loosely because depth is relative to the body of water you are fishing. If the area you are fishing is a 10ft. flat, then there is a drop of 1-2ft. onto another flat. Then that 1-2ft. drop is deeper water. Any piece of cover on or around that deeper water is definitely worth fishing.

If your going for the big one..go with the swimbait like i mentioned and try to attack the structure so the bass can ambush the bait

Brendan?

yeah brendon,what would u use brother? yeah i dont know why but they dont like a jig and pork or craw or any type of worm execpt a senko[they love them]the other day i fished every piece of wood and grass with 3 diferent jigs and 5 diff colored worms nothing4inch - 2 7 inch nothing but a blugill type tap,went back thru wit a 4 inch senko red and red shad color, and i killed them about,12,all small 1 and 2 plders, but my records show thats not bad 4 a pond,so i figured tried a five inch same color,because i am a big fish hunter, nothing, not a touch,these fish are weird but i cant wait 2 try those fat ikas and swimbait that robo said,oh yeah they wont touch any topwater or spinnerbaits or rattle traps,i guese probaly cause its winter

oh yeah guys i am going 4 the biggest bass in there but from what it looks like,that 8.5 plder in my pics might just be her? i might have 2 wait 4 the spawning season 2 find out?

Originally Posted By: Roboworm99Brendan?

Originally Posted By: bassboyyeah brendon,what would u use brother?

Without knowing much about the lake, aside from the amount of cover you mentioned, here's what I would bring for my "Top 3":

1) Jig N Pig (Black/Chart), 1/2 oz. with Rattle
2) 3/8 Oz. spinnerbait, (White/Chart skirt), Tandem Colorado blades and I'd die the big blade Chartreuse.
3) Square Billed Crankbait (Chart/White) model would depend on depth.

If I could not put something together crashing the cover with the spinnerbait and/or crankbait, I would switch to the jig and really try and pick apart the best sections of each piece of cover. To be completely honest, I would probably start with the jig and never put it down, but that's just the way I fish lakes with heavy cover. It's really hard to be a jig!

BC