I got to the cabin at 10 last night and we were on the water before 7 this morning. It was sprinkling..no big deal. Then the angels turned on the faucet. A VERY COLD, VERY HARD downpour hit us like a wall. I couldn't even see where I was going. That rain was stinging like a fire hose on us. Did I mention COLD.....brrrrr.

Went back to the cabin for a few hours and it cleared up into a beautiful day ......swam and tubed and cliff/rock jumped (my 7 yr old boy jumped off a 15 foot rock with no pause)...no more fishing ...although the rock jumping was fun.

This was my first time on Rough. A couple question: What kind of baits do you troll for hybrids when not using a downrigger? I was using cranks and rattle trap and rooster tail. BTW: In an hour on the water, we only hooked one. We were trying to get to Laurel branch and got caught in the rain.

Second question: How do you fish that lake on a weekend? I could not believe how many pontoons I saw. Only a few jet skis, a few fishing boats, but many, many, pontoons. Traffic was very close and seemingly dangerous.