Lake Fayette - The Return

Yes we are making a return trip to Lake Fayette.  The rain we have been getting in the Houston area has kept the water in the bayous very off color.  With the bayous pretty much unfishable we are forced to take Texas Bayou Bassin' on a road trip again this week.  My son should be here in an hour to start this trip as the drive to the lake is about 2 hours.

We are looking forward to fishing today not only because of the chance of catching a Texas Big Girl, but we will also be testing out the Slammers from XZone Lures.  These finesse baits have been just killing the smallmouth bass up north so it is time for their invasion of the South and Texas is the right place.

We plan on fishing these using two different methods starting out this morning.  The first is as a trailer for a Santone Lures Texas Finesse jig.  I caught a few good fish using this jig on my last trip to Fayette but with a Slammer as the trailer it brings this baits game up a notch or two I believe.

The other method will be a combination rig.  I pair up a Shaky Head with a Drop-shot into something called a Shaky-Drop.  Those of you that fish Shaky Heads and/or Drop-shots know they are fished very similar from a technique standpoint.  It only makes since that if you combine these two proven fishing catching methods it becomes a super fish catching presentation the bass can't resist!!  The other advantage to this rig is the chance to fish two colors at the same time in two different zones.  If one color is catching all the fish then you can put it on both the Shaky Head and Drop-shot. 

My Shaky Head of choice these days is the Santone Lures Piglets.  They are very well constructed and made right here in the good ole Lone Star State.   Today I'll be using the Football style Piglet as I feel they with provide the best results for the type of structure found on Lake Fayette.  Also due to the structure I'll be using a VMC weedless Drop-shot hook and not my normal VMC Spin-Shot.

Now later in the day when the sun gets up in the sky we will be moving to the standing timber in deep water.  We will give these baits a try but will likely switch to the Big Girl Candy from our last trip.  That was a 3/8 oz Santone Lures Rattlin' Jig matched up with a Fish Magnet Baits trailer.  Though a couple different color combinations caught fish; the color of choice was the Pumpkin Seed/Chartreuse.  The Big Girls just couldn't say no when this piece of candy came swimming by them.

Here are links to where you can get more information about these baits.

XZone Lures - http://www.xzonelures.com/
Santone Lures - http://www.santonelures.com/
Fish Magnet Baits - https://www.facebook.com/fishmagnetbaits

Check back later this evening as I should have the fishing report and day's events posted.
Until next time Tight Lines and Take a Kid Fishing!!