Early spring is a nice time of year.
Almost every back bay, cove, flat, and shoreline starts out open and weedless. You are free to choose and use any type of topwater lure at any spot. Your options can include poppers, top walking dogs, twitching minnows and an endless variety of treble-hooked surface baits. But even as bass are exploding on surface lures, weed growth is also exploding and reaching closer towards the surface with each passing day. Then one morning you realize that the emergent grass beds are topping off at the surface and reducing your options.