Lake Fork Tackle tube. For three days, Rojas fished along the old sunken Highway 1215 roadbed that cuts along the eastern shoreline of the massive reservoir. Thick, flooded brush lined the roadbed, now sitting in two to four feet of water. A lot of the fish are in these shallows to spawn. This road is a perfect staging area before spawning.
Fish hang in the deep water before moving up.
The bigger females are on the outer edges of the bushes about a foot deeper than the males. Making short flips, Rojas dropped the bait next to any visible cover. The bait temptingly wobbled to the bottom. Rojas bounced it once or twice before dropping it next to another twig. Never making a cast longer than 10 yards, he sometimes pitched the tube under difficult to reach overhanging brush.