Once the ice melts I'm always anxious to launch the jonboat and do some bass fishing. Only problem is I can never get anything to bite consistently. The lake I fish is relatively small and fairly shallow with average depth of about 5-7ft. There is one small area off a man-made point that drops down to about 12ft deep. Water temps during this time of year is usually in the mid 30s.
I'll usually use a texas rigged green pumpkin zoom salty fat albert with a 1/8 sinker (tried crankbaits and jerkbaits in various colors with no luck) targeting deeper water and some off shore stumps. There isn't much structure in this lake aside from stumps, a couple of boulders in 3ft of water, 3 different points, and some shallow sunken timber.
Any tips on what lures to use, what structures to target, or weather patterns to look for.
