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I'm fishing from a boat.

I fish a local reservoir close to my home. It is about 2000 acres, is pressured pretty good by fisherman. I have caught some bass in it, one here one there no definite pattern. There is some community holes that I know of and have caught some fish on them, but everybody knows about them. I have gone and watched the weigh in on a couple of tournaments that have been held there and there is good fish there I have seen them weighed in. I have fished this reservoir several years and have never caught any bass like they weigh in. I have tried different areas and beat the banks with little to no success. The reservoir doesn't have much structure other that the community holes, it slopes from the bank out to about 25 feet of water in most of the reservoir. I have tried many different tactics in fishing and just have not had much success, what do you think I'm missing? Any tips or ideas to go about trying to unlock the puzzle. Not looking for a miracle just some ideas to go on that maybe I have overlooked.

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I'm going to try some flourocarbon and braid this upcoming season. What kind of experiences has everybody had with the two? What kind of flourocarbon and braid do you all recommend? Good and bad. Do you use all braid or flouro on the reel or do you use mono with a flouro leader, or use braid with a flouro leader? What knots do you use to connect the different lines together with? What lines do you use on the baitcaster and the spinning reel? I know this is alot of questions, but wanting several different responses to see what everybody thought was! Thanks