You should have tried slabbing them. I am guessing if you saw them they were deeper haning on structure.

You are right about the pleasure boaters. They are cool, it's those damn water skiers!!!! I seen one guy doing flips near some guys fishing early in the morning.

Futureman, I think it might be your lures. I fished the dam a couple times this week and the fish are there. I'd suggest one of you try a white 1/2 ounce slab and the other try a pair of sassy shad jigs about 18" apart. One of those two setups will always catch at least a few for us. If you fish them shallow, you will get some nice blacks on the shad too. Fish the slab deeper and you will get sandies. Have to be willing to vary the depth a bit to see where they seem to be hitting. Start off trying 12-15 feet and go from there. Here is a shot of the biggest one my son caught just yesterday at the dam.

Thats a nice fish. Its good to see someone holding a fish where I was fishing. It gives me hope

Ill try to change up the lures. Thanks for the tips!

Pic of the white bass says 2/14/2005 4:13am. Was this supposed to be a recent catch?

Does anyone try live shad? And if so where are some good spots to catch them?

the north and east side of the island usually has fish around it there are some humps on the north side of the lake across from the island and a little west of the cove......
I'm going out tommorrow to see how it is haven't gone in a month. I'll post how i do

If you want live shad the place to go is the bubbles

That's what i figured but with the wake from all the idiots would prolly make it hard.

The idiots can make it difficult. I won't go out there on a weekend but I sometimes go after work for the evening fishing. There are normally fewer idiots on the lake at that time but still a few.

I tie on a spoon or rattle trap on my LMB rig just in case the idiots decide to ski too close to me fishing. I can't help if they accidentally get a stray hook. I'm just fishing, ya know?

A little george or slab may work better.