I have been lurking through this site for years and and got some great tips from here so I finally decided to join. Glad to be here! Could ya'll please help me with this lake that I'm having trouble with right now. It is 1,100 acre man made lake, 65 feet at it's deepest spot, and water clarity is usually 2-4 feet. It has standing timber, dollar pads, lily pads, hydrilla and coontail. Two main creeks feed it. Water temp right now is 60 +/-. When the hydrilla and coontail gets good, thick, and green I can go over there and whack em. I don't have trouble finding good fish then and usually catch a 5 every time I go, but right now I cant find one to save my life. The only place I can get bit is in the dollar pad stems in the back of the creeks but they are all small. All the hydrilla/coontail is thin and dead so I'm not getting bit there. There is a ton of standing timber in 12-30ft. Could they be suspended in there? Thanks in advance for any replies. 

For me, at 60 degree water temps, there are two areas I focus on.

 

1. Spawning grounds

 

2. Transition routes to and from these spawning grounds.

 

 

Do you have an idea of where these bass spawn? Have you or can you see them on beds? Flats, back of coves and creeks, etc... is where I'd start looking. 

 

Some anglers during the spawn only target bedding bass. Others will only target the bass in moving in, or moving out. Others will do both. I fall in the last category. 

 

Does this specific lake have a name? Topo map? Is it TX or MS?

 

 

Lastly, welcome to BR!!

Thanks. Its in MS. No topo map. I have found some beds, nothing on them. I back off from the beds to the creek channel and cant get bit. The closest break is about 8' deep and has old dead grass in it. It seems like the bass just aren't there. The only other thing I can think of is to move out more into the tree tops in 12-18ft. I dunno