Originally Posted by
bdorman
Hi HL,
Yes, I've had that experience too when I've trolled over schools and didn't even get a nibble. Even then it's hard to tell what direction and speed the school is moving (if they're moving at all, of course). When I've turned around to give them another look at my bait...they're gone; or more accurately, I can't find them.
Part of the problem is that the lake is only 12-15 feet deep, so my fish-finder is only showing me an 8-10 foot wide swath of water. At that width you have to do a lot of back-and-forth to survey the area. They could be 15 away and I wouldn't know it.