Originally Posted by
CrappiePappy
Considering they're pulling the heck out of the lake, I'd say you did pretty good. You aren't catching them shallow because the lake is being drawn down and the fish have backed away from the shallows. When it stabilizes, they gonna start heading to the spawning banks.
A few years ago, at our Spring Fling, MRDux/rnvinc were catching good fish Pulling cranks. I Pushed jigs in the same general area & caught fish. We were both fishing out in the middle of the lake !! Many of the other people fishing were catching them in shallow water upriver. Many decades ago my buddies and I were catching Slabs right next to the bank in front of the State Campground (ie: the beach) in less than 3fow. Last year, Onready & I were catching our fish in 5fow, and others were catching them in <2fow.
The fish are probably just getting into pre-spawn mode, after the muddy water & falling water levels ... so, yeah, they're probably gonna be scattered.