Well we decided to hit up Rufus Woods,after fishing the morning at Banks for bass wich was not bad either. Hit 5 smallies there all on top water swim baits"Zara Spook",the bass were all 2-4lbs, So once the sun came and the fish stoped bitin we threw the boat on the trailer and went to Rufus.Got there about noon launched the boat at the launch by the upper pens,and made our way to the upper pens to fish.Tied on to the side of the pens in my favorite spot"the fish are under the pens in the shade"got out the bait of choice "cured spot prawn".dropped it down no sooner line starts to peel off the rod,fish about 8lbs.while im fightin mine my partners rod starts to go sure enough its the fishes twin brother also about 8lbs.So after we get those 2 taken care of .'we take our time scence u can only keep 2.'.so while we are taking care of the 2 we look down in the water and notice that there are fish all over the top hiding right under the nets,and some of the fish down there have got to be pushin 15lbs plus.so we try to send are gear down on the top to hook one of the monsters but they dont pay any attention to it,"probly why they so big they have to be smart",we try and try no love,so i decide to try a different method take off the leads swivels and all and just free float the bait,so i moved the boat above the net pen anchor up stream from it so i can get my bait to float under the pen,sure enough soon as the bait gets into the shade whaam!got 1 about 12 lbs,so i drive the boat back up stream "i had to float down stream to get the fish to pull him away from the nets"my buddy hit his fish in a couple minutes his was probly 15or16lbs."and man those fish pull alot harder in the summer than the winter".So thats our day at Rufus we have had alot of days close to thet same in the winter,fall,.the things i think make a difference on catchin the monsters or the average size.are the prawns that are died pink,big chunks of bait,flourocarbon 6or8lb test,"that river is clear as can be the big ones arent as dumb as the rest"long leaders 6ft or longer "gives the bait more natural flow in the current if you are fishin on the bottem" and i use a noodle rod "really the only way u can land em with the light gear., and its one hell of a battle.Or free floating the bait it works good i also put a couple small split shots right at the eye of the hook to help it sink a bit.For those of you that have not been to Rufus it is a pretty amazing fishery dont forget the polarized shades if ya go its somthin else to see trout as big as kings swiming right below your boat!!

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