Man. I've been trying to fish here since I bought a house 5 min away. It just makes a lot more sense to try to fish here but its so tough.....
I've had a chance to make 5 trips but the catching is tough. Of 5 trips I caught a total of probably 7 crappie with only 1 I considered keeping at 9.5" the rest were dinks in the 6" range. Tried trees. around the main lake areas. I think the only place I haven't tried is around the marina. All different times of day and night. Even broke down and tried fishing with minnows which I rarely do.
People said when the water spills over from jacomo the fishing will be great but I went multiple days at the water discharge into bs and managed a couple cat fish and a friend caught a single white bass. Every other person I talked to has said they haven't been doing that great at this lake. Should I try long view instead? At least there I've caught bigger crappie in the past.