Mickey and I went to Lake Lee this afternoon for a change of pace. It didn’t hurt that we had heard some good  reports about the fishing there and there had been a big two day tournament on Ferguson this weekend. Since neither of us had any knowledge of the lake we just had to guess where to stop. We knew there was a flat next to the bank and out a good way there was a good drop off from 5 feet to 20 . Our first idea was to use deep crankbaits over the drop. I started with a dc-13 Timber Tiger but had to change to a DT-16 because the 16 was heavier and more aerodynamic . The wind was swirling and causing some backlashes. We caught a few pretty quickly. It appeared the fish were more scattered than in Ferguson and the ones we caught were a bit larger. Most were just under 3 pounds. Here is a photo of Mickey with the FOD of 4 1/4.

Most of the fish we caught were up on the flat. We used a Yozuri, a Rattletrap, and a Carolina rig for the shallow fish.  Mickey hung a leviathan gar on a Yozuri that ended up breaking the line after a long fight. It’s hard to tell by the photo how large the gar is because there is nothing in it to compare size to.

Closer to dark the bass really came up on the flat and the bite seemed to turn on but still they were never concentrated except in one spot.  We caught 20 in all which we did not feel was too bad for our first time on that lake in a long time. Message to Fred: The fish are biting in your lake.