I fished strippers pits around my hometown of Providence, Ky, out of a 10’ John boat. I could drag it down to the pits. For bass I loved grape fire tail worms, Mister Twister jigs, and Mepps spinners. For the gills we dug worms.
As I got a little older my best friend’s dad would take us to Barkley and we caught white bass trolling the Bayou Boogie! And man we caught’em!