Mukman
Life of the Party
My experience fishing west side lakes has been almost exclusively on selective gear water. My success on "general rules" lakes has been only so-so, but admittedly, I haven't spent much time on them. Given all the nice water on the west side, I need to expand my horizons - so my question is this: do you change up your strategy for fish that see a lot of PowerBait, Mepps spinners and the sound of two stroke outboards? For instance, are chironomids going to be more successful on these lakes than say, an attractor pattern like a white bunny strip leech? Just curious if there's a need to change it up when the fish are seeing flashy things and nightcrawlers on a regular basis. Looking at the stocking numbers to acreage ratio, the general rules lakes get a lot more plants and hopefully holdovers that are getting fat that I should no longer ignore!!