lipless cranks

Oh Cotton Cordell lipless work like a champ in there also. Before I was using the XCalibur ones in red I was slaying them on Cotton Cordell's Super spot in Gold Shad.

Yes be carefull with the hooksets using braid. Also just the ripping the bait out of the grass as well. I have launched those 2 treble hook baits at me many a times haha. However, in such a grassy place using a glass rod would not work. Normally in a situation where you would be fishing say a grass line where the grass forms a wall or even a grassy area that follows the contour of the land down into deeper water leaving several feet above the grass. In those situations then a glass rod would be beneficial. Garcia, just doesn't have that scenario mostly. There are a few areas where the grass forms an edge next to deeper water and in that scenario a glass rod would be better. But in the flats you need a med heavy rod believe me. I have tried soft rods loose drag etc. It just doesn't allow you to keep the bait "clean" because you can't rip it out of the grass to keep it off the hooks. With a heavier rod you can. So it is sort of a specialized technique.

Last Sunday I realized why I lost so many fish. The fish that where on the flats where on nests and where not eating the bait but bumping it or trying to nip it to make it leave. I would then either snag them in the head or in the lip with just 1 hook not even the entire treble but just 1 point. I saw one that was hooked in the gil plate and came loose. The fish that where caught next to the grass edge where moving in to spawn and those fish ate the bait and I caught everyone of those. In hindsight I should have worked those flats next to the deeper water I was fishing with a senko type bait. I probably would have caught and landed some of those same fish.