to answer the question: the bigguns usually bite best for me closer to the full moon! we had one of our best days of the yr just yesterday with 79 keepers from 10-14 inches an 23 a pound or better! vertical jiggin a World Famous FishDoc Bucktail 5-15ft deep over stumps an brush in 12-22fow. and as far as Bobcats contest go, I've fished several days they were goin on an never seen any of them! Its a very big pond...