Great advice! Im not sure if we even have a thermocline, never could see it on the graph. Lake whitney constantly has water coming from lakes above and then continues to push it south. Is a thermocline possible with the lake basically flushing/running constantly. Not saying that all lakes are just big ol ponds an they dont move water but my father and i have never been able to find it nore our local bass club.
I have buckets in a line starting shallow to deep, the shallow ones 6ft, deep ones 18-30 and with only 2 weeks in the water have a incredible amount of baitfish/bluegill/ an baby bass. Yet to catch anything over 6" but its only been two weeks... And talk about fun! Making your own lures is one thing but making a brush pile and having your own little honey hole is something else