Others, taking a more relaxing approach to their fishing.
Everyone I spoke with was catching fish, Boaters and shore fishermen alike. Live tilapia or goldfish seemed to be the bait of choice.
Clay and I explored the lake looking at all our favorite fishing spots... Now all "high and dry". It was easy to see why we had taken so many fish in these locations. Structure.... fallen tree tops, log jams, rock piles, submerged points of land, and piles of grocery carts.
(I wonder if the guy who owned this wheel chair was in it at the time it was tossed off the bridge?) Where there is structure... you'll find the fish.
We only fished for a few hours. Where we found the red devils, the peacock bass were not far away. (could they like to eat peacock bass eggs?)
The RD were spooky and shy... except for this one who took this floating popper. I've never seen a RD take a surface lure before.
They mostly like small minnow type lures or wet flys.... well, anything under the water... and moving...... s-l-o-w-l-y.
Peacock bass like anything that looks or acts like a small fish.
I'm really surprised we didn't see that much schooling action..... the shad schools were every where... showing up as black clouds on the fish finder.
And that, Boys & Girls, is a July 5th......... "Fishing Tail"
