Watermelon red flake

Hi folks, Guided a double yesterday with the boat and spin gear for bass.  Lake fishing presently as our rivers are pretty darn high and dirty.  These late afternoon thunderstorms are killing us.  Really muggy with heavy air yesterday.  I love that type of weather for bass fishing.  Though we did have to wait a bit in the boat launch for a thunderstorm to pass.  Never good being in a lake in an aluminum boat with graphite rods with thunderstorms in the vicinity.  Not often do I fish the same body of water in the same day, but yesterday was the exception to the rule.  We fished in the kingdom on a lake that is very clear and you can spot a lot of the fish as well as see the take and battle when they are hooked.  Water temperature was 72 degrees in the morning and 75 degrees in the afternoon.  Did see some #6 Hex spinners in the morning and duns in the evening.  Even a few rising trout out on deeper water.  We cast the incredible edible Senko on a 1/0 red worm hook with 4" and 5" watermelon red flake Senkos.  It was a day of good quality fish.  We landed over a dozen and half  smallmouth and largemouth in the morning and almost a dozen in the afternoon.  Even tugged on a few slimy pickerel.  The two best fish on the day were both just shy of 18".  Really good looking specimens.  The key to our success was fishing hard bottoms around Milfoil beds.  The smallmouth like to hang right around the edges of the weeds.  Not in them but on the edges.   A little top water action but the Senko was the trick.  Off the fish smallmouth again this morning.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy