Hey guys I’m pretty new to fishing and I never really had anybody to teach me the basics and I’ve learned a lot from YouTube but there’s only so much that stuff can teach because those guys aren’t actually in your situation. Anyways my situation is I mainly fish a private reservoir in the upper state of South Carolina, the reservoir is about 40-50 acres and I’m not sure how deep it is but want to say it’s no deeper than 15 feet. Now I’ve caught some good sized large mouth out of it but they are so hard to locate. I mainly bank fish but every now and then I’ll get out the jon boat. As of right now the fishing has been super tough, it’s been raining almost everyday and the lake is cold and super muddy. The water clarity is literally less than 6 inches. I fished for 3 hours yesterday and caught one on the dam right off the bank with a black and blue spinner bait but that’s the first one this year and I can’t seem to get consistent on the bites. There are a couple of docks but even in the summer time I couldn’t get a bite near them. My question to the experienced guys is what could I do to locate the bites? I’ve literally threw almost everything in my tackle and the only thing I could get a bite on is a drop shot and a Texas rigged creature bait. I’m sorry for the long story but I hope you guys can help. I appreciate it!
