Turning Big Lakes Into Small Waters

Even the fastest kayak is still slow right?  Even with pedals and motors you're still not running and gunning main points on any lake in a reasonable amount of time.  That's why you need to increase your chance of success by shrinking big waters.  I personally fish Wheeler Lake a good bit during the winter and I try to shrink the lake by picking spots that provide me a good selection of structures and depths without having to spend all of my time paddling.  With tools like Navionics web app and Google Maps you can quickly find spots that have rip rap, creek channels, and stump flats within 2 or 3 square miles.  By fishing this target rich environment you can quickly pattern fish and figure out if they are deep or shallow and if they may be holding to rock or wood.  Once you have the pattern figured out then you can decide wether that 2 mile paddle to another stump flat or rip rap bank may be worth it.

I've never fished here even once, but it looks like it has a lot to offer in a small area.  Shallow stumps, creek channels, road beds, and rip rap with enough deep water nearby to keep fish during the winter and enough shallow cover to hold them during the spawn and throughout the summer.