I have a tournament coming up at Lake Russell April 21st. I've never even seen the lake before. Anyone have a good starting point for me? I would greatly appreciate it.

Lake Russell has 2 rivers feeding it and 1 major creek that all come togetther at about the same point. Lake Russell is also full of standing timber and is a deep water lake and the water is fairly clear. The lake is full of spotted bass and there are some good largemouth in it also. If you are targeting the spots then I would suggest main lake or secondary points around tribituaries. The largemouth seem to prefer the trees. Find one of the creeks with standing timber if you are targetting them. They are usually bigger and a little harder to catch than the spots.

Do you know if any topwater action is firing up there yet?

I have'nt been over there in a few weeks' so I dont really know.

Ok. Thanks for the info. We'll see what happens with all the storms coming in right now. I would think it could set them in a feeding frenzy but you never know til you get out there. Thanks again.