Ever wonder how the smallest kid at the dinner table always seems to eat the most?  How do they do it?  It's like they have an bottomless pit.  Well, the white bass on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas have that same attitude.  They will try to eat anything that looks like a quick, easy meal.  That includes a 6-inch Cotton Cordell Pencil Popper in Chrome/Black.  The splashing and walking action of the Pencil Popper draws vicious strikes from striped bass and any bass with an attitude. 

Jennifer Wiegmann casts, engages her reel, and begins the rhythmic walking-the-dog cadence.  Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, Ka-Boom!  A 25 ½-pound striper explodes on her topwater lure in water only 6 feet of water.  The striper takes off with Jennifer’s topwater lure searching for deep-water statuary to hide in.  Her rod bends, the line strips off the reel but she holds onto the rod.  The striper runs, struggling for his freedom and surfaces with a loud splash trying to escape.  Finally, the striper surrenders and into my waiting hands.

Back and forth, back and forth, man I am walking back to the boat as fast as I can.  Suddenly, out of nowhere a dark shadow appears under me.  My pace quickens, at this point I’m bobbing and weaving so fast nothing could catch me.  My trail on the lakes surface lay behind me and the boats refuge only yards away.  Hastily, I pause for just a split second, than begin weaving back and forth to safety.  Unfortunately, in my rush I forgot about the mysterious shadow below me and now scores of shadows are below me.  They are zipping around me like submarines, waiting for just the right moment to attack.