laurel lake was on fire last week. i had several keeper size (18") over 3 trips, biggest was 22. i assume they were coming off the beds and feeding heavy. caught all of them in the backs of main lake cuts where the bottom turned to sand and pea gravel.
also caught several nice spots biggest was 17. all smallies released unharmed into the cool water of laurel, all spots released VERY harmed into the scalding oil of my fry daddy.