Had the pleasure of fishing with Faz on Lake Goodwin last Sunday.  We saw lots of empty beds, but still found a few largemouth here and there nesting.  The wind made it very difficult to see them, let alone get a good presentation.  Suffice to say, bed fishing was very difficult.

We didn't catch any off beds, but did manage to get 1 smallmouth and 1 largemouth in the boat - about 2 lbs each.

But the real story is what we saw! Oy!  On several occasions we saw big BIG bass just sitting under docks.  Some of them flew off the moment we skipped a bait to them, others just turned their nose up at us despite throwing the tackle box at them.  Even though we didn't catch them, they kept us entertained.  I'd say several were over the 5-pound mark.

Had a great time with Faz.  He taught me some skipping tricks that helped out immensely.

The fish-in ought to be good, although the shore lunch may be a bit of problem if the weather is nice - there's very little beach area to park the boats.  Other than that, I'm looking forward to seeing one of these big babies up close!

Ok, two things,  1) Richard what are your skipping lessions you can teach us, 2) Glen what are your ideas on lunch at the fish-in? VW

Virgil, the thing I figured out from all the time watching and learning to skip from Brian Walker (he started me off) is that the best skips come from keeping the rod tip parallel to the water.

When you swing in an arc, if you don't release at the exact moment, the lure either bounces way up high, or dives into the water and doesn't skip well.

Faz

Yup, Faz pointed out I was hitting the water at too much of an angle.  That plus I was using too much force.  I still have some practicing to do (still learning by braille where my trolling moter and windshields are), but I think I got the jist of it.