I will be back with a detailed report...like you read in Bass Master Magazine..LOL

I'll be bringing 3 rods...
A. Drifiting a 7 1/2 black Culpret..on a baitcaster..20 lb. Power Pro
either Texas rigged or Trick..not sure..
B. Casting either a black or red treble hooked 3/8 ounce white Rooster tail..I brought both..both have 12 pound mono Trilene XL
One medium heavy ..one medium..both are locked and loaded ..

Notes..we are 2 days before a full moon..should be good..this side of Saddle Creek is least pressured...usually just me fising it..magor feeding time today 11:00 AM ...boat launch time 6:15...mosquitoes are wicked if you go any earlier..quit time...not sure..
Water temp has been 85 degrees. Fishing the Rooster Tail should allow me to fish the entire place in 4 - 5 hours..Last Sunday Matt and I did our best using our favorite lures and only had 5 hits total..so ..there ya go..Weather is HOT..Forecast is scattered thunderstorms in the late morning..this may be good..I like fishing before the rain..

Chuck those hooks are available in sizes 2, 4, and 6,

the david fritts version, i use them on pop'r's spittin image, anything i want a better hook on

M.t. is a a 2 and 4 bigger than a size 6?
Thanks ,
C7

NOt much to report on..Saddle Creek is not a good Rooster Tail situation anymore..since hydrilla has taken over..but I did the best I could,,

6:25 still dark..but I launched the boat...went to Still Pond..I have names for all my places LOL...tied on a Horny Toad and used the red hooked Rooster..ZERO

7:00 Moved to the open flats..9 foot deep..Rooster ...drifted worm nothing.
Switched to Rooster Black Hooks

7:15..Zipped on down to the Clear Pit...nothing...

7:45 Zipped on down to my Spot one between 2 islands..BINGO...hung this stocky young fellow..and I was impressed with the hook set..





Fished a rock bar...

and a few points..BANG!!! my 2nd Rooster Tail stocky guy's little brother. { -:

9:15 arm is tired from casting..cast a black worm ...tap tap ...hook set #3 boated..

9:45..Tap tap ..went to set the hook..missed him.DANG!!

Adn that was it..Weather HOT HOT HOT no wind..went home.
C7

Special Note of interest...
8 or 10 pound Ttrilene would have been unuseable..full of kinks..surprizingly enough the 12 wasn't doing to badly.

yes a two is huge

congrats on the catches

Thanks Keith and Aaron.

Keith ,.would you guess that the red hooks I posted then are probably a size 4..one size bigger than a 6..

I'll probably get the size 4..

i replace the back hooks on my pop r's and spittin image with a 4

m.t. I have a plastic container filled with trebles..I bought the trebles when the local tackle shop was going out of business..I have a nice selection of 2 , 4 and 6 hooks..I think what I got will work...

I wish there was a way to attach a treble hook without the aid of a split ring...If that was the case..the #4 s would work perfectly..but they stick out a little too far for my liking..I may order some of those things you recoommeded after I explore a few more places...I wish they hid the hooks better..
C7

You should be plenty fine with a number 4 Chuck, its the same hook we use for 40 lb King Mackerel here lol, but its also the same hook we always replaced the stock hooks on a Bang-O-Lure, the 4 Excalibur TX3, but without the dressing on it. Nice little fish there on the rooster, looks like the hooks are working well.
Good Luck,
Brent