Drop shot (purple-robo worm folstead special) z tail worms, Zara spook and poppers on top, rip baits in clear with some purple, Texas rigged worms-7” oxblood, white jigs. Pitch these into any shade you can find, walls, submerged brush, boulders where you have shade on one side, hope this helps, good luck

This time of year for smallmouth and largemouth I would be looking for a early morning top water bite, after the fireball comes up (as this time of year it can get as hot as 118 deg.). Then I would go to a shade pattern wherever you can find it. In the narrows along the walls, gyp beds, and whenever your in cuts look for dark areas (submerged brush) I have 5 US Opens under my belt on the pro side fishing this time of year. Hope this helps you out. Need more IM me.

Fished the flw series there a few times. Prefer to stay in the McCloud and pit river arms

It’s like rods and reels, they’re all good but it comes down to personal preference, I have tried them all and use sun line FC Sniper. To each their own

Depends on what fish your after, lake is in post spawn now for bass, still some shallow,, fish the four corners and secondary points

The problem with too many is “what one of the hundreds of crank baits do I use today,color, Bill size and “hey look! A new one came out that I need to have, my friends, it never stops

To late in the year to stock now

40 years into marriage and I couldn’t have asked for a better partnership, friend, lover, supporter for decades of tournament bass fishing and you know how much time and money that takes. All I’m saying is there are really good ones out there if you can find them. I guess I am the lucky one