Quote Originally Posted by Firefighter215 View Post
Thanks fellas. I am new to lake fishing but I grew up on rivers and creeks. Does the falling water level in a lake effect the bite. I know in a river if the water is falling the bite really isn't going to be on.
It does tend to make the fish back off from the banks, a little. From reports I've heard, it has moved the Crappie off the bank & out into deep water ... even though many of them have yet to spawn. Don't know about the Bass. I'd probably start looking for the first deep dropoff close to a spawning bank ... since both species are in the mood for makin' babies !!
I just follow the oldtimers rule : where goes the bait, goes the fish !!

... pappy