it's been yrs since i fished the western basin but we just let the wind drift us with weight forward spinners in 3/8 to 5/8 in green, yellow, and pink was good colors but tried any other color we had. this was before the zebra cleared the water and the fish numbers dropped so bad. then we started trolling with 2 9' rods out the side 2 rods off each corner straight back with hot n tots and wiggle warts mostly but tried anything in our bait box. when we were drifting we used spinning reels and let out about 100' to 200' of line then set our rods against the side of the boat and just drifted with the wind. all our fishing was done around west sister. we would start south of the island and if the fishing wasn't good we moved to the n/w or between middle and west sister. with all the fish in the lake now i would think drifting would be good again. good luck to you out there. and if i might be able to help you with anything just message me. ch 79 or 68 on your marine radio.