Hi There folks and Greetings from Alabama...We have schools of baitfish like
you guys are writing about and I use to have the same luck throwing the same
lures you were....I have found out through using everything in the tackle
box over 3 years that a ROOSTER TAIL and a LITTLE GEORGE work well on
schooling fish hitting shad.(Chartreuse, White, and Yellow work the best)
Also I throw a Hopkins "shorty" and bounce it off of the bottom and that
catches a boatload as well..Another word of advise...Are you sure its BASS
under the school and not what we call fresh water tarpon? I lived on the
Tennessee for some time and we would see shad getting killed and found out
over time that it was skipjack making all the noise under the shad...We
caught the fool out of them using very small Rapalas and crappie jigs...Hope
this helps....
"Rich P" wrote in message
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Hey Randy, remember that tournament on Swartswood where we saw schools of
bait and couldn't get a bite. This has happened to me a few times over
the past few years. I'm very interested in what would have worked it that
situation myself. Maybe a falling blade? Maybe something that might look
like what bait could be eating like a senko or some other non-baitfish
imitating bait? Maybe some of you experts can lay your extensive
experience on us novices here please.

Rich P