Time to pick some of yer brains

[TheFishinPollock]

Ok. I seem to have gotten myself into a federation tournment trail and am fishing Sanford and Wixom lakes back to back on a weekend.  Have never been there and won't have time to make it down to prefish.   What I am looking for is  basicly, everything I can gleen from you guys about these two lakes.

Baits, which from reading I assume will be lots of soft plastics and topwater baits.

What types of cover I will find on each lake.

And finally , good areas to start at.

Like I said . I will not have any time to make it down there to prefish.

Heck. I will even accept waypoint cords 

Thanks for all yer help with this  and insuring I don't get my butt handed to me 2 days in a row again!

[djkimmel]

From what I understand about requirements for the trail... I would look for smallmouth and largemouth bass.

[motocross269]

Do some research on Reservoir fishing and the way bass relate to the channel during post spawn and getting into summer patterns.....
I can't catch a heavy limit out of either of those lakes so I have nothing specific that will help....If it was me and I couldn't prefish and needed points for a trail I would head to the banks to make sure I get a limit...

[djkimmel]

I'm guessing trees and weeds will be important on both lakes. Probably on flats and points maybe near spawning bays, canals and channels.

[Skulley]

I've been on both those lakes at one time or another and I always look for the highways the bass use from their deep hideouts to their shallow feeding/spawning grounds.  Find the highways and you'll find the fish.  If those highways have structure on them like weed edges, stumps, rocks, all that much better.  There is a variety of structure in both those reservoirs.  Good luck.


BD                       

[Dan]

You guys over there are pretty tight lipped with fishing info for the poor Fishing Pollock. Must be some big money up for grabs on tourneys on that  lake.

[Waterfoul]

I would fish in the water... 

Drop shot the crap out of the weed edges!!  And throw a texas rigged bullet craw.  Oh, and don't leave home without some Pop-R  or frog type baits.  I've been getting some viscious hits on them lately... fish jumping clear out of the water with it.  Lots of fun!

[TheFishinPollock]

I can't get there untill Friday evening.   them "people" at that job I have say I actually have to show up. The nerve of then!

[dartag]

It's a flooded river.  Fish Jigs on the old river bends if you have a GPS that will show them.  Or just run docks and Lilly pads. 
Good luck.

[21XDC]

I'm anxious to take you fishing in 2 weeks... Don't wear yourself out.