After a morning of fishing on Rufus Woods with Brad Hawkins and his son Luke, we took the Bob Feil Boats and Motors Smoker Craft to Banks Lake. We launched at Steamboat Rock State Park, and I fired up the Mercury 250 for a run down to one of my favorite bass fishing spots. I kept my eye on the Garmin fish finder as I moved us up the shoreline with the Minn Kota. Luke had never fished from a boat for bass, and he got into the swing of things right away. Casting Baby Brush Hogs and lizards from the bow he caught fish after fish. We were getting smallmouth at a very good clip, but Luke mentioned that he really liked to fish top water lures. I moved us up the lake a ways to a place where there is a bank with a gradual drop off and we switched to casting Whooper Ploppers. The fish loved them. We were getting some great blow ups on the surface, and I just kept moving up the shore. Luke got a big blow up and landed the biggest bass of his life. Two personal bests in one day!