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contours More humps and points that meander with high
and low spots. The arms that break off the main lake exist
but there are typically fewer of them. These arms also tend
to have fewer if any secondary arms branching off them.
There might be a few pockets, shallow flats in the back.

Fishing in lowland reservoirs, which tend to have more
cover such as grass, brush, reeds, laydowns, humps, and
such, will have most of the fish staying up shallow during
the summer months. Fish will also use docks and mari-
nas as places to live. The biggest fish tend to take the best
habitats! The best habitats are created by those things that
are different. If you have a stretch of grass and there is a
laydown in it, the biggest bass will reside there.
In rivers and creeks, there is an abundance of cover such
Two good examples of lowland reserviors are Sam Ray- as laydowns, rock piles, bends, vegetation etc. Fish in these
burn and Toledo Bend types of water will position themselves along anything that
breaks the current. Bass will sit in that slack part of the
current waiting to ambush anything that is pushed past by
the current.

Natural lakes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and have
no dam. Water fluctuation usually does not happen. They
also tend to have grass as a dominant feature. If we think
about how these lakes were formed as glaciers moved, it Frog fishing is a great summer tactic. You can throw a
will be no surprise to find many with shallow tapering walking frog, a kicker style or a flapping style frog. On
areas that drop off into very deep water. In the south, these those reservoirs where there are lily pads, grass, other
natural lakes tend to not to be as deep nor have the big vegetation or those shady gnarly matted up areas. These
drops. are the kinds of areas to use the walking frog. These areas
offer the fish a place to forage, hide and stay cool. Be sure
Depending on the makeup of the natural lake; with more to use braided line and a heavier rod. In less heavy areas
cover or less cover, use the information described in the you can use more of the flapping style frogs. The paddle
highland and lowland reservoirs to develop your approach shape of the feet creates a plopping sound on the waters’
to fishing. It is important to keep in your mind that your surface acting like a weedless buzz bait or weedless whop-
baits are downsized to be the most effective. Fish in these per plopper.
shallower natural settings will be sitting right up against
any piece of cover available to them. If there is no cover,
the fish will be sitting along that color line edge.

An example of a natural lake is Caddo Lake which borders
Texas and Louisiana. Other examples include Lake Powell
in Utah and Ariszona, Yellowstone Lake in Wyoming, and
Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada.

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