I was out yesterday below the dam at Percy and caught 1 'gill and 10+ stripey bass thingys. All on Alpha's TM. I have found that an incredibly slow retrieve and a rather energetic (quick, not hard) jerking on the rod tip was what was getting the hits. I had the same experince last Friday out at Montgomery Bell SP, although the fish were all 'gills except for two smallies. The one smallie was a bit bigger than I would have expected. The fellow next to me was chuckling at my 4'6" UL pole bent over in a P shape!
I figured out the right speed by watching a chartreuse TM in the clear water at MBSP. The fish there seem to prefer darker colors (tannin from all the trees around the lakes?) so I wasn't too worried about a hit while I figured it out.
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