Hit the shore today at the Gem and started at cove 1... poles wet shortly before 6 and threw a popper to begin. No love there so after working around to the start of cove 2 I switched to a spinnerbait. Again, no love there so I switched to the always faithful drop shot with roboworms. Hooked 2 but lost both of them on the jump. It eventually became too crowded to cast anywhere but straight out so I went around to the point before cove 3 still throwing a drop shot but with no more success. After watching my dad land 2 good ones on an Ika and Texas rigged senko I decided to rig up a texas rig senko as well. After about 4 casts I was able to finally land one... only a 1 pounder but still a bass nonetheless. After awhile the wind picked up and I went back to the drop shot towards the back of cove 3 and landed another small one. Tough day out there for us shore guys as everyone else I talked to was battling a skunk.
The one thing that was really bugging me is watching a school of 6-10 big bass swim right by shore munching on shad, but when they come up to whatever I had out there for them they go out of their way to swim around it and not even give it a look. Is there a secret to catching one of these fish?