What a fun day for some power-style fishing heavy cover at Lake Kenosia! I usually fish finesse-style presentations, but NOTHING is as fun as pulling hogs out of the sloppy weeds.

The problem for me is that I never really think to fish that way, so it's always a learning curve when I try to adjust my technique. I tried hitting Hatch Pond this weekend but was totally unequipped for how weedy and thick the vegetation was, so I re-calibrated my entire setup and went back out on Sunday at Lake Kenosia to try and get some practice in for fishing heavy cover and had an absolute blast.

I was using a few different setups, mainly a 6'6" MH casting rod with a 4" StrikeKing Space Monkey creature bait in black/blue with a 3/0 EWG heavy cover hook and 20lb fluro leader, and a 7'0" H casting rod with a 4" Zman black/blue craw with 1/4oz tungsten weight and 4/0 EWG heavy cover hook with straight 30lb braid, but honestly I probably should've upsized my weight to 1/2oz to punch through the cover better.

I also brought a separate, more "finesse" style setup with a weightless fluke in case there were any fish staged out deeper off the vegetation, but couldn't get anything to bite. This trip was all slop, all the time. If you are heading out to Lake Kenosia, I'd recommend heading down to the western side, but I think the main boat ramp area inside the park was closed so you may need to use the alternate launch area on the far eastern edge off Kenosia Avenue.

Bring plenty of creature baits and just sort of slow roll them over the mats or do a heavy punch setup to get down into the zone for the bigger fish.

Tight lines!