Gone fishing

Schooling bass are often just out of casting range. A Little George or Silver buddy on light line can be cast a "country mile"; they resemble forage fish to the bass.
Bass bunched up on offshore ledges sand bars can be caught efficiently with a lipless crankbait, Use a fast-retrieve reel and a medium-action rod and "burn" the bait back to the boat.
When fishing vibrating lures, use a baitcasting reel with a high retrieve ratio.
The best colors to use for bassin' are silver with blue back, gold and also perch color. These will out perform other colors in most cases.In general, topwaters tend to work best in the late spring (just after the spawn), summer and fall. In hot weather, topwaters will produce on schooling bass; in dense cover, fish a buzzbait right over the heads of bass. Topwaters are excellent baits for fishing big, open water as well as shallow shorelines. For example, if there is a drop-off from 15 to 25 feet, a topwater will often draw strikes from bass that are suspending there, especially in clear water. Long, tapering points are great places to try topwaters.