Quote Originally Posted by samjoe View Post
I look for laydowns too.I will admit my brother has pushed me to fish standing timber more.And i have found some success there. There is just so much of it there.The laydown pattern is just easier for me to work through.Usually i like laydowns close to the river channel.Although the area you speak of is a half mile from the channel so that blows that pattern out of the water.Deep water close by though.I guess sometimes they are where they are.
I have to whole heartedly agree with that last statement !! I've had areas & specific trees in those areas that used to produce most anytime I fished them (Apr-Nov) ... and nowadays I can't depend on 2/3 of them to produce at ANY time.

If you remember my previous reports, back when it was still blazing hot and one would expect them to be in the 15+ft depths ... and I was catching them around laydowns in 4fow or less (after 3PM) and 4-5ft deep around standing timber (during the main part of the day) ... then you realize just how true that statement can be !!

... cp