Thought I'd post a note on getting around on Todedo Bend, mid lake with the water low. All time record low by the way. Its really not as bad and everyone would like you to believe but you need to use your depth finder and caution. Stay with the old river and your good to go. Finding it may be a little hard the first time but easy once you get the hang and feel of it. It rarely goes straight for long. Its a great time to explore with the water so low since the channel and all the creeks are easy to follow with the stumps 4-5 feet out of the water. If you have a GPS you should follow and mark all the creeks you can find since they are so hard to follow with the water up. I took around 200 pictures last year noting stucture, points, and anything that would hold Crappie with water 10+ feet higher. Don't run any of the cut boat roads since those stumps are just inches under the surface and really the mean ones. These where machine cut under water and are just as hard and a new green tree. Heading east, (up river, The river runs east across the lake for a mile or more then north) you will find several cuts that where made to straighten the old river but don't try to run them. There is no telling how many motors, props, and lower units are down there. If you watch your depth and follow the old curving river you'll can run up the river with no problem once you get the feel of it. There are about 3-4 cuts within a mile of Huxley and 3-4 more between those and Jolly Rogers boat lane. If your running along and see a channel marker in a straight-away but see stumps or floating logs better look for a curve and shut it down 'cause it's fixin' to get shallow and bumpy. At the Jolly Roger area its only a river with water only inches deep on either side. The fish are either in the river or the creeks you'll find along the edge. When you find a creek notice the stumps and you'll have the key to finding creeks and draws everywhere along the river.

Heading south out of Huxley is really easy. Once you leave the cove stay about 50-100 yards off the bank until you get to the next point south of Huxley. Then stay between the stumps. The outside curves are the deepest and the inside curves may have a few scatered stumps so stay more to the outside. Its almost all river and easy to follow going south all the way to Ragtown or the bridge. I ran to Ragtown pretty often last year and only had to shut down in a few areas.

This low water reminds me of the old days. Its easy to visualize what it was like back then. I can still remember the lake full of trees, covered in dead leaves the first year it came up. Squirrels and Fire Ants in the trees in the middle of the lake. Floating houses and a floating church full of "White Perch" at Grapevine. Following old roads, the main channel, and creeks was easy and they where everywhere. So where the fish. Even a 12 year old boy turned loose with a 11 foot boat, a wore-out 3 horse motor and a hand full of shear pins could catch all the fish he wanted.

Its still a great lake but like anything you have to invest some time. I Posted some info on the boat ramps so here is link http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=25708

Seeya, Don