I'd like to get into summer pattern fishing. I draw most of my lodge from Silver Lake and each lake can be a little different. But I like to fish extremely early. I like to be on the water before it's first light and I like to fish and cover a lot of water, kind of a run-and-gun approach. I like to hit a lot of spots, especially on a place like Silver, if you are running-and-gunning you are hitting quality spots, there is going to be a fish around every spot that you go to on a decent day, on an average day. You never know what the size is going to be. You don't know if I am going to catch a big fish at this spot today. You know, it doesn't happen like that.
But you are going to hit quality spots and the more you hit, the more your odds go up of catching the quality fish. The more you fish the lake, the more your odds go up in catching a quality fish. So number one. On a summer pattern, it's a sunny day, a fish rocks early. I might fish the pilings early. I might fish rocks real early. If I don't have any luck, I'll switch to the pilings.
As the sun comes up I'll run to the island and fish the shady side of the island or the shady shore lines that I can find, so that I can lengthen that early morning bite. So remember that is a real big key. One thing I do that I have good luck is I'll take a spinnerbait and fish the rocks on the shallow portions of the island, not many people will fish, because a spinnerbait is not going to get hung up like a crankbait will and it can be fished effectively and if the fish are going to be out in the shallow turning the heat so early in the morning with the shade still there, the fish are going to act like it is almost fresh light stuff.
So that's just some thoughts of one aspect of fishing early in the morning. Then when the sun comes up, go to docks, logs, shade, fish shade. That is a real technique that we should probably get into later also. So that is just one other thought. Thanks!
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