Originally Posted by browntrout

Nope that is relatively large line. I never use above 8 lb nanofill with 8lb vanish as a leader. If the water is clear i will go down to 6. Alphahawk primarily uses 4 up there. You will notice that the largemouth don't care as much about the line size as the smallmouth do. The water temp up there is now up to 73 degrees so it will soon be time to start night fishing. The lake is pretty hard to fish during the daytime in the summer due to all the skiers.

When the lake is a normal pool this was always a good time to go throw a floating worm into the trees when the water would would come up. It wasn't uncommon to catch 20 to 30 bass a day doing this. It was always a fun way to catch them. Hopefully in 3 more years the lake will return to normal when the dam repairs are done.

Now would be a great time to go and scout the lake as this is some of the lowest elevations that you will ever see. I plan on doing that all summer long with a GPS.

Roy