I am fishing a small lake with very little cover and not much structure. Toward the shallow end of the lake, there is an expansive shallow flat ranging from 3 - 6 feet deep, when all of the sudden it drops off into a 15 foot creek channel. The channel has a silty bottom and I've scanned it with my sonar and can't find any cover in it. I fished it with a SK 5xd with no luck. Not too far nearby is a brush pile on a flat adjacent to the channel, in 6 feet of water, that produced a 2 pound largemouth with the first pitch yesterday of a rage hawg. Toward the end of the channel, where it shallows out, are several weed beds that have always produced fish.

 

My question is, is the channel worth fishing in it's deeper zone even though it's a silty bottom with no cover and bass usually like a hard bottom? It is however the only "change" or "structure" in an area without any.

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The channel would likely only produce fish when they are on the move as it sounds like the only obvious structure. The lack of cover, however, will keep them from holding there. Any cover on the adjacent flat, as you've found, should hold fish thecloserto the reek, the better. Don't forget the other side of the creek bed and areas adjacent to any turns in the creek