Thread: Where to start. Am I doing something wrong?

I went out early the other morning to lake Ray Roberts in North Texas. Water temp showed 84.5F at 6am. I was fishing bridge pillars and flooded timber. 5-10mph winds fishing from a kayak was tough to stay in place. I caught 3 fish (not including a small channel cat and bluegill). I was fishing a tandem jig lowering it down next to the standing trees and casting it along bridge pilings. I got a ton of tiny *tap tap* bites on the submerged trees, but was barely able to land any fish (compared to the number of bites I was getting). The fish seemed to hit between 8-12 feet down in 20 ft of water.

Curious to know what y'all thought. Am I too late on the hookset or maybe the fish were just too small? I'll hopefully get out on the water soon and try again. Unfortunately it's tough fishing a lot of water in a kayak so I'm also having trouble figuring out where to look for fish this time of year with the warm water. Different boat ramps have different structure nearby (bridges at some, flooded timber at others, and submerged brush piles at another.) Any insight is greatly appreciated on techniques and locations to start looking.


I was happy about this guy. 13.5" and pretty thick bodied.

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