One Fish. A Pattern? No, but ...

After three hours of ripping hard jerkbaits in 15 feet off spawning banks, I laughed off a bit of frustration last Thursday when I landed a small spotted bass. With just one bite, the deep-billed plug I pulled in historical pattern -- mid-day, mid-depth, windy points, chunky bottom, no breaklines -- along my usual pre-spring haunts on Lake Blue Ridge had failed me.

Three hours. One bite. Pattern-less. So I thought.

Forty-five minutes later, six bass -- three spots, two smallmouths and a largemouth -- lay in the dark of the livewell water. Despite appeared failure, I stayed true to my tactical pattern. History proved it: same lure, mid-depths. But a different time: warm afternoon; and a different place: calm water and a hard, broken bottom.

Fish with your eyes open.

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