What Should I Throw?

Tell me the lake and the conditions and I'll tell you what I'd tie on — the technique, the lure, colors, depth and retrieve, and why. It's Bryan's decision-making, drawn from the knowledge base.

Here's what I'd throw on Lake Marble Falls

On Lake Marble Falls, throw a Walking Topwater (Spook) — bone, shad.

Evidence: Assembled from 1 knowledge objects (lake, season, conditions, techniques, lures) in Bryan Cotter's Central Texas bass knowledge base.
Related: Walking Topwater technique · Walking Topwater (Spook) guide · Lake Marble Falls lake guide

High Answered by , Texas Hawgs guide · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Colors: bone, shad.

Depth: 0-2 ft.

Retrieve: Rhythmic slack-line twitches to walk it side to side; speed up over schooling fish, pause on calm water.

From Bryan's logbook

In spring on Marble Falls I've seen best-five limits weigh over 30 pounds - a lot of big fish for a lake this small and this quiet.
— Bryan Cotter · spring

Also good: Spinnerbait, Deep Cranking, Football Jig.

89% confidenceSources: Bryan Cotter's first-hand experienceUpdated Jul 11, 2026

Assembled from 1 knowledge objects.

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