Capt. Marco - While working a shallow grass flat that's filled with 2-3.5' deep potholes, I found the fish were holding tight to the bottom that day. I tied on a 1/4-ounce jig head and began working it a little slower, with longer pauses in between twitches, allowing the lure sink into the “strikezone" at the bottom of the potholes. After the switch I quickly started picking up some solid trout and then this 29-3/4" behemoth came out of nowhere and absolutely demolished my Pink Colada with zero hesitation. A few hard runs and massive headshakes later and I had her in my hands, snapped a quick pic and released her to fight another day!

One of my favorite times to tie on Pink Colada is when I'm targeting Flounder.  Now, obviously flounder live on the bottom, so that's where you want your bait to be when you're trying to catch one. They will chase it up off the bottom, but it still needs to get down there to get their attention in the first place. When I'm chasing them, I use a 3/8 ounce jighead and I start by slowly bouncing it off, almost dragging the bottom. A method that I like to call "dredging," this kicks up a little trail of sediment from the bottom that the Flounder can use to pinpoint your bait. On this day I was 'dredging' a sweet little drop off I like to hit when this doormat lunged forward and without remorse, just freakin' crushed my Pink Colada!