I really felt that this lake would fit my style of shallow water flipping, and during practice it definitely did. I was able to get some quality bites fishing a 3/8 oz. jig around docks with scattered brush in 1-5 feet of water. I was also able to catch a few quality bass on a Bass Pro Shops Frog around the lily pads.
Unfortunately most of the pros found the same pattern, and it made the lake fish very small. The first day I had an opportunity to have a good limit, but I had one pull off and another break me off while fishing the shallow docks. I did try the frog in several different areas, but I was only able to manage one keeper bite. The second day of the event I started with the frog in the lily pads with no success. I then switched to the boat docks with a jig and broke off the first bite of the day on a ladder. This fish was about five pounds! I then proceeded to catch and land one keeper and had another pull off. It was just one of those days when nothing seemed to go right.
