>>303574Lastly on real hot days with clear skies and high pressure the fishing can slow back down again. For that I'll use something like badly-made-diagram related. Rather than put more money into specialty jig heads this is a great trick for rigging grubs weedless that allows me to use the same jig heads I always do. Use scissors or a knife to slice them from just above the tail up to just below the head. You can slip the hook into the flap you've made and if you fish it slow and careful, alternating between bouncing it along and letting it set, you won't snag a bunch of grass, lily pad stems, sticks, etc. But if a fish closes it's mouth around it you just pull back and the hook will set. And those are the places you'll want to target on real hot days since fish will seek them out for shade. Downed trees and timber on the shoreline, grass flats, lily pads and other structures. This also does well when winter-fishing for bass since the cold can also make them sluggish and less apt to chase active lures like spinners.
I think that above covers most my common methods. It's probably frowned upon by hardcore bass fishers to not to have dedicated rods for them but I also throw topwater frogs, poppers, jitterbugs and the sort on the same rod and reel. Those tend to do well early in the morning before daybreak or late in the evening after the sun sets and the fish are more apt to strike surface lures. Not to say they won't work during the day but I've found they work best in low-light conditions.
