Over the years the lake has produced at least two bass over 16 pounds and countless more over 10 pounds. Today, Seminole is not known as a trophy bass lake, but rather, as solid fishing water that might produce a giant or two. If the bass don't like one particular area, they've got plenty of choices to go somewhere else. Plenty of choices, indeed. Surprisingly, there are only two tributaries here, Spring Creek and Fish Pond Drain, both of which are stunningly beautiful.
Spring Creek is by far the largest, and since it is spring-fed, often has exceptionally clear water.
All of this shallow-water habitat has contributed to making Seminole an excellent topwater bass lake. Although the bass hit surface plugs from March through October, May and June rank as two of the best months. None of these are marked on any map, but all are well known locally. Most of the time the water here is fairly clear, which means making long casts and working lures slowly past the cover. Wingate has done it so often and caught so many fish he automatically lapses into a lure retrieve cadence of pops and pauses and can practically tell when and where a strike will occur.