Gary,

From talking to Jason, he pretty much was doing what we were doing. It
was wood at one point for him, and then weeds. I know from other
conversations that the cribs do hold big smallies at times, and from
pre-fishing a couple years ago I did manage a couple really nice ones
from 10+ feet on crankbaits. Problem is I couldn't pin down a
concentration, but if I could have brought in 5 of the couple I caught I
would have had about 15lbs. So the locals just knowing when those fish
turn on, or move into certain areas , or where you can pick off one or
two of those big ones in a few different spots really makes the
difference. Steve was really the only one who spent any time around the
deeper water it seemed (sorry if I missed anyone else, maybe Joe H, and
Chris S. as well) and he brought in some pretty nice fish. If he would
have brought in a limit of what he had going both days he would have
stomped us. 14lbs for the number of fish he had was pretty impressive.

I had mentioned this to a couple people, but my plan for next year is to
disappear into some areas that are just not easy to get to. I mentioned
to Gary before we launched on the first day that I could kick myself for
forgetting my push pole, but I think that getting out of the easily
accessible areas (even though those areas could have easily produced big
limits based on the amount of fish we had lost on day 2) and really
getting back into maybe some of those sloughs and creeks could produce
some really big limits, or I could completely bomb and waste 8 hours
pushing myself around the weeds :-).

I really like that lake (flowage), and I am already looking forward to
next year. Matter of fact I may be up there this Saturday morning just
to check out some stuff I didn't get to look at during pre-fishing and
picking up a Stainless prop :-).

Chris
gwilber wrote:
Now that it's been 3 years I definitely think I know the lake better.
I spend less time running all over the place and more time
concentrating on specific locations. As far as what the locals are
doing out there, Steve would be in a better position to answer that.
He is the only local that I know who fishes out there. They must be
doing something different as they bring in a lot more fish out there
than I do.

Gary