Quote Originally Posted by fowlguy
The key to fishing a big water body like union is islolating areas that you know should hold fish, fishing effectivly which might include several presenatations to one area for 5-10 min, then moving to the next spot. You can cover tons of areas. Get a topo map of the lake and look for docks that have varied depths, and eliminate the non-producing spots by map research after fishing some of the areas. Look for patterns once you do find fish.

You hit the nail square on the head. Covering water and eliminating "dead" water is what fishing big or even new waters boils down to.

One problem I have and that I always try to work on is getting out of my preset mode. I think we all have lures/methods and structures we feel more comfortable/confident fishing. It's a neverending struggle sometimes but Washington and Union have helped me to learn that there are a million ways to catch fish and sometimes the best "looking" water holds the least amount of fish:D.