Name:   Aardvark - Subject:   Striper pattern? Date:   6/4/2016 2:33:38 PM

Finding shad is not a problem.  I can sit in my boat in the middle of the lake in October and November, and soon a school will swim within casting range.  The problem is that not much is eating them out there.  Get in closer to the shore, and the spots will chase them.  Sometimes the white bass will show up.  Stripes just don't like my end of the lake for some reason, even when the water cools off.  However, when I have fished around Chimney Rock during the same time frame, I still don't see any surface activity.  I stopped wasting my gas on those long runs because there is more surface activity close to home.