What I really need to know is, where do you think fish will be located at this time of year? What type of depth/structure should I look for?

This weekend we are having a charity tournament against our biggest rival. It's, UNC vs. Duke---enough said! The good thing is that I have fished this lake 2 times this summer and I only found one spot. I really want to do good in this tournament because I am so competitive!!!

So, The weather pattern has been as follows. Last Friday started a warming trend with the high being around 75. This week, temperatures will climax at around 85 on tues and wed and then drop back down into the 65 range.

The temperature will be 65, with a 40% of scattered T-storms on Game Day.

The kicker is that I have access to a cartographic map!!! It shows all the contours in the water. I have found a good summer spot using this, but need to know what kind of spots to look for here in the very early spring.

I'm going to try to read reports around the area to see what the fish are doing. I'm guessing I should be looking for "flats", preferably adjacent to drop off and sloping, deeper water? Should I just fish points and expect them to be on the shallow ends?

Thanks guys, I really appreciate yall's help and will certainly appreciate it this time!

Carlos

I'm not to far from you and last weekend i caught 2 of them up shallow in the middle of the creek. Maybe they are staging there before they head to the back to spawn. I did see a few bust the surface at the mouth of the creek also.The 2 i caught were in 2-3' of water and next to some laydowns. The first was on a spinnerbait that i actually backlashed and it sat there for a sec. and then i ripped it off the floor and WHAM! he hit it. The other was on a square bill and not sure if he bumped it and got caught by the trebles cause when i got him in the boat he wasn't hooked in the mouth. Hope that helps some!!

From what I've seen down here in Birmingham. I'd say fish the points and lilypads. Been working amazingly for me.

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