Thanks for your time, I'm just rejoining the site again after not visiting for probably a year now.
I would really appreciate any help on where to find summer bass. I live in southern Ontario, and primarily fish Lake Scugog and Rice Lake. I was out last weekend on Scugog, and we were mostly fishing shallow flats that lead right up to reeds with pads and grass spread throughout. Scugog is a very shallow lake, average of 5' with a max of around 20-22'.
I hooked up 4 largies no bigger than 2- 2.5lbs and a 1 pound smallmouth while I was waiting to load the boat on the trailer The fish I caught were on a chatter bait, flippin tubes, and a spinnerbait.
I just can't figure out where to find larger quality and quantities of fish. Should I be out on the deeper flats relating to weed edges and such? Instead of fishing so shallow for most of the day? What are some main lake features that are good starting points for the day? What are your favorite techniques for covering water quck on these deeper flats?
Heading out to Rice Lake this weekend, and I definitely will be hitting deeper water with a flippin jig, some big okeechobee craws and other big creature baits, and probably a spinner bait, and I might try some medium diving cranks.
