Early spring fishing is some of the best time to fish for large fish close to shore there are a lot of choices but I really like a purple hair jig tipped with a minnow and a stinger hook and if the fish are active you can just use the jig with out the minnow vertical jig slow to med just off the bottom you cant fish in the rivers with mutiple hooks but in the lake its ok ck your regulation book from odnr for spec. on this we are planning to go tomorrow will post conditions and results friday