Quote Originally Posted by DonDon View Post
even on Ross barnett. only bad thing about barnett is you have a window to pull them in. After that thermacline sets up, put the cranks up
Why? That's prime time at Sardis. Look at it this way, mother nature just eliminated 95% of the water for you. If you know how deep your baits are running with absolute certainty and you can see the thermocline on your fish finder, all you have to do is present a favorable color for the current light conditions slightly above their nose and hold on.

For some reason there seems to be a natural tendency to dive bomb to the bottom when it gets hot outside or slow down their presentation. In the middle of the summer I start at 1.9 mph and go up from there. Catching fish at 2.5 to 2.6 isn't uncommon at all. Just my .02 cents....:D