Reservation Number : 35822
Property Name : Briar Branch
Reservation Date : 04/06/2023 PM -
Total Fish/Sizes : 10 ranging between 2 to 4 pounds
Lures Used : Drop shot and Texas rig worms. Ratters and Frogs.

This was my first time at Briar Branch.  If you plan on using a Kayak you need to know you can not deploy a trolling motor or pedal drive until you clear the shoreline vegetation.  It is thick and from what I could tell runs pretty must around the entire lake.  Once you get past the vegetation you are in about  12 to 14 feet of water.  The day I was there the water temp was in the low 60s, cloudly day, and water visibility was just a few feet.  I fished the edge of the vegetation in deep water with a drop shot and then a Texas Rig.  Bass were hitting the worm at the bottom and sometimes mid-water column.  When they hit, they hit hard.  Tons of fun reeling them in.  Sun broke out for a bit and I tried a rattler and had some success with that too.  Again throwing just on the edge of where the shoreline vegetation starts up.   

After two hours on the lake fighting the winds I put the kayak up and bank fished with a frog skimming across the thick vegetation.  I had some pretty awesome hits and pulled in a few more nice ones.  All in all a nice afternoon of trying the learn about the lake and thinking about what my strategy will be next time I go there.  Which I definitely will.