Fished from 6 until 11:30 AM. Very similar to my last trip here last year.  I spent about 3.5 hours touring the lake, hitting the dam, the flats, the shallows, and caught four fish from 1-3 lbs on weightless or TX rig plastics.  Then I made the move and took the boat to the outer edge of the tree field, on the side opposite the dam, and began throwing a medium diving Lucky crank bait.  Wham!  Caught 3 fish in 5 casts, from 1-3 lbs.  Switched to a root beet Norman DD-14 and added six more, the largest weighing exactly 5 lbs.  This girl took me deep into the weeds, and I had to pull her up steady and haul aboard a weed pile about as big as a Christmas tree with her in the middle of it.

Moral of the story:  To fish Malouf, pack a good stout 7 foot rod with at least 14 lb test Copolymer line, and about 4-5 medium crankbaits, and get ready for some fun action!  Bring a few worms, lizards, and senkos to change the pace, but don't waste all day with them.