Priest is a tough lake period. When the west fork and east fork of the stones have current, try that with a jig or some kind of flipping lure. The spots that seem to do the best for me are where there are huge pieces of chunk rock. I like spring creek the best in the spring and fall. Pick up the tn fishing map that has the contour lines and it tells what lures are known to produce well on priest. Anything that resembles a gizzard shad color or crawfish color works. Overall, priest is just tough because it is fished so much. During the summer, there are tournaments just about every night and normally atleast two tournaments on saturday and one every sunday.