Work them down both sides and from all different directions before moving on. This is totally false. On some reservoirs bass can find everything they need on shallow humps and ridges on the mainlake. Among those prerequisites are food, cover and a solid bottom on which to spawn. Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend are a couple of Texas lakes notarious for yielding big stringers from such places this time of year.
Problem is, the locales can at times be tough to find.
That's where a good topographical map comes in handy. Dearman has, which just goes to show you how unpredictable bass can be. My worm had fallen in the hole and the fish was inside the drum, but it was too big to fit through. Dearman also has caught bass from secluded still waters behind beaver dams. Most guys aren't going to go to the trouble to get their boat over a beaver dam.