I caught that first bass on a large "beetle spinner" with a 3" curly-tailed grub.

Larke was SMOKING them with that Tiny Torpedo....and I had none in my bag o' tricks. So, I tried a top water chugger bait. The bass would have NONE of that!! Got a couple of rolls, but no biters. Next day found us at the bait shop and a couple of those torpedoes in my hot little hand!

The next evening I had one tied on. The first cast landed that catfish. A few casts later laned the second lunker. Not to mention several "average" sized ones that didn't warrant a photo op.