I thought I would let you in on a little "local knowledge"...most of the people that lived here when the lake was impounded do or did not like the lake because: the lake took their land or a family member's property with out their say. When the lake was new (1992) many of the local people were bitter and would have nothing to do with it. It was a common conversation in the city of Cooper. Also, many of the locals were not fishermen and if they did like to fish, Cooper was a big lake to people that were not used to fishing big lakes.

Overall, the locals here are very friendly. There is just not very many of them. There is not enough of them to do much damage. The good news on Cooper is: there is tons of spots with fish on them at all times!

Got a chance to fish with Pitch today and got into some schooling Hybrids! Looked like bowling balls falling from the sky. Some of those fish were chasing some huge shad!

By the way, Pitch is the guy that holds the record Hybrid on Cooper.