You have a better feel with the lighter weight. With the heavier weight you are going to hang up on the grass or brush. You never know what you are going to hang up on out there.

I think you'd like to say you'd get lighter, but I haven't. I've gotten heavier. The bigger issue is most of us, as players, we are always trying to get bigger. You learn to eat for that, and that's the habit that's hard to break.

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

They are here one day and gone the next. Right now, bass don't know what to do. We've got morning lows in the 30s one day, and the next it's a low in the 50s with a high up around 70 degrees. I found some water in the back of Coleman the other day that was 61 degrees. That's very unusual for this time of year.

We've had plenty of small males in the shallows for the past few weeks, along with a few big females. But with the moon phase and the warming water temperatures, this week should be the one to be on the water.

It happens every year. The first warm spell of late winter triggers a fictional bass spawn on most East Texas lakes. The fishermen go wild, and the fish stay deep. I've been keeping records on when Rayburn bass make a major move to the beds. Without exception, it's the first couple of weeks of April. From about now until taxes are due is when the big females will move up on the beds. This is when fishermen have the best chance at catching a trophy bass.