The fishing in the Alexandria area has been exceptional all year, but recently the big girls have been showing up, with many fish over 20″ coming to the boat. The fish are holding just off the weed edges so it’s been fairly easy reading these fish on the graph. As for bait…that hasn’t mattered really…crawlers, leeches, and minnows have all been putting up fish. The most important thing I’ve noticed is it needs to be moving relatively fast, about 1 mph. It took me a while to figure this out but when I did it was game on 
Not only have the cool temps kept the fish active all summer, it’s also helped a great deal on keeping the fish healthy for a successful catch and release. I caught this 29 1/4″ fatty Saturday morning. She put up an incredible fight. Even though I’ve had the good fortune of catching bigger fish, this fish takes the prize for one incredible battle.
Just kidding, you have that lake figured out though. I never made it up there this year. I guess it’s the classic case of too many places to fish closer to home! 