Potholes in mid summer when the lake gets low and the temps are high can be tough going. The key is get out early before 6 am and fish into dusk in the evening. What has constantly worked for me during the hot days is working the points of the dunes where bushes and weeds are still submerged. Don't be fooled thinking that the bass are in deep water. I tend to catch sizable LM bass just off of the floating weed mats along the shore. I find that senkos and salamanders without any weight seem to constantly work. Cast them on top of the weed mat and pop/drag them off the edge. My goto color (Yamamoto Senko) is the brown with purple or blue glitter. Black and red to well too. When the water is down and the rocks along the dam are starting to surface, work that area with medium running cranks and you can catch lots of small mouth. As others have said, Frenchmen's inflow right by the state park is a hot spot. Hit it at sunset! Just fished there two days ago with the water down about 10 feet and Frenchman's inflow was hot for both LM and SM bass. One thing I love about Potholes - when the mid day bite is not happening, I love to bird watch. Head up in the dunes and look for cranes, herons. I even saw some bald eagles and white pelicans this last trip.
