I posted a reply to your fishing report from today and that is one of the patterns that should be worthwhile. The other pattern that should work well is to fish "warm" water. The springs in the area are about 54 degrees all year long and so they are much warmer than the water is right now. Yesterday I fished the mouth of Wolftever and the water temp was 44 degrees there and only 42 back in the creek. The other thing to do is like many of us, we fish for bass when they are most active, crappie when they are most active, catfish when they are most active, etc. You get the idea. Once the water is less than 50 degrees and dropping, in my experience, it's tough to get the bass to bite. If the water temp is 50 and rising it can be very different and can be good, the fish have been in shallower water, 5-10 feet deep but near deep water, both on the main lake and in Harrison bay. When the water temp is dropping and below 50 the crappie will often continue to feed very well. We are still catching lots of crappie but the bass seem to be few and far between. Drops on the main lake and springs are the spots that I would try. If we get a warm rain you can try the backs of the main lake sloughs that have a significant creek that run into them and the fish might be active there too. The prespawn period isn't far away and when the water warms the first time into the low 50s fish the shallow flats in the main lake sloughs and off of Harrison bay with a rattle trap and you'll have a lot of fun. At that time, if you are in 5 feet of water and can't cast to the bank you will be close to fish. That's my opinion. Good luck.
