I have only tried wading the lake once and wasn't very successful. That was salty cajun tourney last year and the weather was awful. Gonna try it a bunch after duck season. I have about $200 in corky's and haven't caught a trout on one yet. Hopefully I change that in the next month or so. Until I catch one on a corky, my big fish bait is a bone or white/chartreuse Super Spook or live bait.