Farmboy843 loc murrells Inlet S C wrote:
Fred are you sure you’re not in South Carolina, that’s the same way I learned, those first and last hours of the day are the best for top water 👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻Tom
A little story.about 10 years ago I convinced 2 riding buddies to fish this small pond/lake near one of their homes. I hadn't fished there in 25 years. It was a hot summer day when the 3 of us launched Glen's canoe. It was a very slow afternoon with only a few panfish to show for our efforts. They kept saying "There's no bass in here anymore " and I kept saying : be patient, the Witching Hour is coming! At about 7pm the sun just went down behind the trees on the west side of the lake. I told Glen to pull into a cove we fished earlier. I said "Its Time " and threw out a Coachdog colored Hula Popper, while the 2 of them just sat there. 2pops,wait,2more pops...BOOOOOOM A. 3pound Largemouth smashed that thing and went straight up in the air about 3 ft high. It scared the crap outta both of them, and as I fought that one they were fumbling around trying to find topwater lures in their messy tackle boxes. I caught 1 more smaller one and Glen got one 1.5 pounder, and Joe got a 2lb Pickerel. By 8pm the bite slowed down,and we had to be off the water by dark. To this day I still call that the Witching Hour. As soon as the sun is out of sight.