Buzzbait the face of the dam (rip rap) in the Early AM hold on tite! move fast make lotsa casts cover lotsa water, you'll catch big largies n smallies. That's how I got em last time I was there in sept. but the bite stopped as soon as the sun started to beat down good luck.

I like to hit the outer dunes and focus on the Pencil Reeds where there in clearer water and skip senkos into the reeds or spinnerbaits on the edges...a breeze determines if I throw the Spinnerbait more.

bassparagus wrote on 09/05/12 at 06:32:29:


That's exactly how I used to fish Potholes in my little boat like 10 years ago.  I once spent 5 days at Mar Don alone and threw a ton of topwater.  Wake up EARLY, cause like Dan said that bite dies off fast.  Fish late in the evening too.  

Another successful trip in the books!  I learn a little bit more about that lake every time!  So fishing was pretty good, the water was so low that i couldnt get far enough back in the dunes to fish.  We tried to trolling motor around back there but it was taking forever to get back so we just hit up the rocky dam and Lind coulee.  caught 90% of the fish on drop shots at like 15-20' deep.  most of them were small but i did catch (1) 4 lb smallie!!! the only fish hitting topwater were dinks in the 3 to 5 inch range!! There was a jet boat club there as well so the lake was total chaos and so noisy!  pretty cool watching boats do 120mph though!  Thanks for the info its always helpful to get some tips there cause that place is so big and confusing!