I spent 3 years targeting hybrids exclusively 2-3 days a week except during spawn. I can tell you that the absolute best summer area is the gravel pits. They will move from one area to the next feeding with or just behind the sandies. Larger artificial baits can quite often get the bigger hybrids however I was continually shocked at how many 6+ lb hybrids I would hook up with on my clouser minnow tied up above my jig. Live (or sometimes dead) bait will ALWAYS produce the larger fish on Lewisville. Bait size can be extremely critical. Often times if the bait was too large it wouldn�t get bit. If using live bait I would always try and have three rods rigged with different shad sizes to help figure out what they were targeting.

Winter is a completely different story. Live bait is almost impossible to come by and fortunately completely unnecessary. Deadsticking flukes in around 40ft of water around main lake points is how I caught the majority of my big fish on Lewisville. Once you find them in that depth you should also be able to recognize them coming up to feed in 12-15 ft. This is the area to deadstick.

BTW, if you can the gravel pits are an incredible place to troll for big hybrids in the summer. Often it�s impossible with the amount of boats there.

Hybrids are looking like they are still a couple of weeks out to get started good!!