Busy lakes are not my style when I'm fishing. I go to another lake that's not as busy if at all possible or just go to the rifle range instead of fishing. Or I'll go shopping or even take a afternoon nap. If the lake is busy it's no fun to try to fish with jet skies and water skiers and other boats zooming around the lake making all kinds of racket and waves.

I use to just take the wife and kid out waterskiing and tubing when the lake was full of boats during the hot parts of the day in summer. You don't have as many water lice on the lake in early spring and late fall so that's the best time to fish IMHO. Summer months the lakes are just too busy to fish peacefully. Unless you fish at night.


Quote Originally Posted by Rudypoo4444 View Post
What type of strategy do you employ for bass fishing on busy lakes in the summer? Do you just fish through the pleasure boaters, of try to find someplace out of the way? What tactics/baits do you use when you are competing with the other boaters out on the water?

We fished Rough River Lake last weekend, and the pleasure boaters were out in full force. I boated a few undersized bass, and Dad caught one dandy off of a submerged boulder in a cove just off the main lake, but other than that, the fishing was very slow.

I'm looking for some tips to change things up a bit and maybe help us boat a few more bass on those busy weekend fishing trips at the lake.