May is arguably the best month of the year for bass fishing action. With water temperatures rising all methods will work, including buzz baits, spinner baits, crank baits and live bait like shiners and thread fin shad. With water temperatures rising the threadfin shad will move to the surface and create a feeding frenzy. This is a perfect opportunity to try all of your top water lures.  A favorite top water lure is the F125 devils horse, working it over the eel grass beds and hydrilla beds of Lake Woodruff.  Spinner baits fished in spadderdock lily pads and dollar pads will also be a productive tactic.
     Pan fish will also turn on this month with limits of bluegill already being brought in throughout the month of April.  Pitch live crickets or minnows close to the bank in the Norris Dead River to target bluegill, warmouth and shell cracker. You can also use a 1/32 oz beetle spin. Black with a yellow stripe is a classic color.  Pay attention to the moon phases for the month.  Around the full moon on the 6^th shellcracker will move to the shell beds of Lake Woodruff. You can use live worms or crickets and surely catch a limit.