I mean, there are so many gizzard shad on that lake right now, there must be millions of them.... driving over the Summerset bridge and you can spot the dark clouds swimming near the surface, it's ridiculous. I'm sure a ton of them die in the winter but, a ton must survive for them to spawn like that again year after year.
That reservoir has everything in theory, depth, ledges, shallow flats, timber, rock, man made structure. It doesn't have much grass and there's quite a bit of carp, but it's regular carp not the silvers. And it's obvious there's plenty forage.
Yet i always struggle catching bass on that lake. I catch a few dinks but never anything decent, very few bites normally.
I just really don't get it.