I love to bass fish, plain and simple. But if I see a submerged tree branch on my Humminbird Mega 360, and it's loaded with fish marks, I'm grabbing my spinning rod with a 3" Megabass Hazedong Shad and finding what's up! I caught a half dozen crappies and they were all over 14", with the biggest being a hair over 14.5" and 2.1lbs on my digital scale. Wow is that fun!!!! Fishing for multiple species improves your skills. It makes you think, work your mind, try new things and be ready to take advantage of something at a moments notice. Right before this I had just stuck a 5lb 2oz bass and was totally in the mindset to keep hammering down for more. I'll gladly take 15 minutes out of my trip to mix it up and boat a bunch of trophy caliber fish! Always have a spinning rod on the deck, rigged with a small swimbait like the Hazedong Shad, and you''ll be ready for all species of fish.

Equipment Used:
Daiwa Tatula Reel
Sunline 8lb Fluorocarbon
Megabass Hazedong Shad

The 5" Megabass Spark Shad was hands down the bait that caught fish day after day. Shallow or deep, it didn't matter. Up shallow you can run it on a belly weighted hook and keep it weedless. Out deep I put it on a 3/4 jig and cover water. The fish destroy it, so you need some super glue and soft plastic glue to keep things in place!

Click here to see my favorite spark shad
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