Lottabass

I always troll when moving from one area to another. Why not keep a bait in the water? I use a small boat with electric motor so it's simple to do. A depthfinder helps to fish a certan contour.
Plus it is relaxing, until one tries to break your rod!

This thread seems like an appropriate time to share something with everyone. In 1979 a fellow Iowan, Rick Taylor, wrote a book titled "Guide To Successful Bass Fishing".
At the end of the book he penned the following. (Which is especially pertinent to those of us who experience the hard water season.)

Winter's End
You haven't seen water in months. Memories have been your only sustenance, but lately they've become fuzzy and stale. Both you and your August trophy have put on weight since then, and cabin fever has you washing the landing net. Your fishing buddy called the other day with nothing to say.
Then something strange comes slowly rolling up from the south. There's an odor on the winds once again, it's someone's barnyard thawing out, but it smells sweet just the same. The earth is humming. A billion feisty bass begin swimming up your veins. Winter wasn't so long after all.
Out comes your gear. Fifteen spiders run for their lives. How good it is to see all those cherished, bass nabbing lures again, 80% of which have never been wet. Your favorite rods and reels, abused all year then thrown behind the den door, are now cleaned with so much loving care that muffled laughter is coming from the kitchen.
Undaunted, you retrieve your fishing cap from the kids toy box, your patch jacket from the closet, and boots from the back porch. The door doesn't quite close. The car starts. Tires squeal. Your wife shakes her head.
Another revolution completed.
The cycle goes on.

I think that fishing a lake that you have fished many times but approaching it like you've never been there before has advantages.

@GreenTrout  Good stuff!