Fishing for all species of bass. The first drift down casting a 2/0 White Marabou Banger Hooked two holdover White Bass. The first one was big as the late hold overs usually are and got off after a hard fight. The second seemed smallish and was quickly off.
Crossing over to the south side I swithched over to a 4/0 Dive Banger trying for pike along the phragmites wall edges and hooked two, one mid 20s inches which ran toward me and got off, the second a bit less than 20 inches which I easily let off because he was hooked outside the jaw.
Out in the current I got one very dark Smallmouth, they are normally in prime condition, average a bit bigger and you are lucky to land them.
I switched to a 2/0 Chartreuse Marabou Banger in and out of the current pocket and got a LargeMouth and then a couple more on a 2/0 White Dive Banger.
Later I came back to that spot and tried a #4 Bead Head Swim Hex Nymph, stripping it in over deep water where I don't normally get bass, it hooked 3 perch and two bass, one was really big and got off on the first jump.
I tied up river and after a thunder shower. For a short time conditions were right for me to drift rapidly along deeper water edges of the phragmites wall and cast a 5/0 Chartreuse Dive Banger at an upstream angle, against the cover and popping it back till it was 8 feet off shore. I quickly hooked the first bass and a second one struck a the spot I had just lifted it up off the water.
The motor boats came out with a vengeance, throwing huge wakes against the shore, the edges downstream were now in shallower water and only one smaller bass hit.
I should try this for Musky, Pike and Bass on a low wind gray drizzly October week day.