[Skunk City]

My advice, which has worked well for me...

Summertime is the best time to fish at NIGHT! Getting out there after dark when the temps have dropped a little bit and less fishermen out there will definetly increase your catches. Hot, lethargic fish during the day will be more active at night, chasing baitfish into the shallows. I've landed my personal best Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, and Hybrid Striped Bass at night. The fish will readily hit topwater baits, which is pretty much known as "heart attack" fishing, as the fish will basically explode on your bait, scaring the crap out of you. It's definetly an awesome experience that will take some getting used to, but I've found, and others will agree, to be well worth the extra effort.

My second piece of advice would be to pick up a kayak. If you're like me with limited space and not the owner of an SUV, fishing from a kayak will enable you to hit TONS of spots that are not accessible from land. Up until 2 years ago, I did the shore fishing thing regularly. I caught fish, but hated coming up on spots that guys were already fishing. I picked up an entry level 10ft. kayak for less than $250, outfitted it a bit, and haven't looked back. I've landed tons of Bass, tons of nice Panfish, some Hybrid Striped Bass, and lately, a bunch of nice Northern Pike from the kayak. I can load and unload it off the roof of my Dodge SRT-4 sports car in a couple of minutes and be on my way to spots I could never hit from land. At this point in living situation, it was the best purchase I could make to really get back into fishing.

Hope this helps ya a bit...