What is your fishing strategy on busy lakes?

[creekrock]

Some of my friends and family think im some great fisherman,i always invite people over for fish frys and give away a bag or two.Not always but i often bring home fish or some nice photos.The truth is im just average at best.My secret is i fish for whats biting when they are biting and where they are biting.I fish smallmouth at Dale when the ff is on.I hit Ky lake the full moon in May for bull bluegill.Then look for reports the ledge bite is on.I could go on and on.Dock contacts and reliable reports guide me.This is really not a secret to most on here,it took me a while to figure this out.
The point im trying to make is this,i wouldnt be bass fishing Rough this weekend.If i had to fish Rough this weekend i would be at the state park marina at 6am saturday morning rigged and ready to go after Hybrids.Fish between there and the dam.Read up on how to catch them and you will quickly be getting limits this summer.They pull like crazy and if you eat them fresh or within a month or two they are wonderful table fare.I have seen some shocking hybrid limits come from Rough and Barren.Good luck and go early and get back early.

[creekrock]

Some of my friends and family think im some great fisherman,i always invite people over for fish frys and give away a bag or two.Not always but i often bring home fish or some nice photos.The truth is im just average at best.My secret is i fish for whats biting when they are biting and where they are biting.I fish smallmouth at Dale when the ff is on.I hit Ky lake the full moon in May for bull bluegill.Then look for reports the ledge bite is on.I could go on and on.Dock contacts and reliable reports guide me.This is really not a secret to most on here,it took me a while to figure this out.
The point im trying to make is this,i wouldnt be bass fishing Rough this weekend.If i had to fish Rough this weekend i would be at the state park marina at 6am saturday morning rigged and ready to go after Hybrids.Fish between there and the dam.Read up on how to catch them and you will quickly be getting limits this summer.They pull like crazy and if you eat them fresh or within a month or two they are wonderful table fare.I have seen some shocking hybrid limits come from Rough and Barren.Good luck and go early and get back early.

I just re-read my response and realized i might have come off a little pretentious.After all you did ask about bass fishing.Soo...you could try the area around the dam at Rough,there is a area there that is no ski ,not no wake but no ski.Its a fairly large area too.There are some really nice rock bluffs or walls there that stay shaded alot of the day.Maybe you could get on a crankbait bite on these deep walls,or a finesse worm cast to the walls for suspended bass.Put in at the state ramp and its a easy run to the dam.Again,good luck.

[Bassky]

Fish early leave early. Fish late leave late. fish in no wake zone creeks. Summer can be tough.
Bassky

[smallmouth nutt]

fish at night!!!! I caught 41 smallmouth in 4 nights fishin between 10pm and 4am week or two ago

[GeoFisher]

fish at night!!!! I caught 41 smallmouth in 4 nights fishin between 10pm and 4am week or two ago

That is pretty strong............10/night is solid. Was this Dale? Are the fish looking healthier?

Later,

Geo

[peter]

Early.

I don't care much for late afternoon because you are coming off the hottest part of the day and there are still boat wakes out there and I don't like wakes rocking my boat. Morning is the coolest part of the day and very few wakes, at least on the huge lake where I fish a lot.

[Cobra_Joe]

I fish rainy days or fish nights like other said. It's amazing what a little rain can do to the boat traffic.