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“it’s about as basic as you can get.”
I fished out of something similar for years and did great. It’s all you need. Your overall costs will be greatly reduced as well. Good things.
“Yes, I’m stealing Devin’s idea from a recent post!”
Good!
“Water on most recent MODIS imagery looks dark which I hope means the water is clear”
Lake Salvador has a hard bottom and generally stays pretty clean. Not like Florida beach clean, but clean. Like blackwater.
“Will probably start with a jig and try different lures to see if I can get the fishes attention from all sides of the rigs, as I have no idea where they’ll be.”
Just make sure you hit the bottom, and an HDS rigged with a 1/2oz weight ought to be sufficient to this end. As for a cork, why not? Throw both. But I bet you’ll have more success fishing the bottom.
“Plan B is to troll back along the south shoreline of Lake Salvador which looks more broken up, maybe find some grassy spots and sight fish for reds.”
There may be aquatic grass there, but I’d expect dirty water from barge traffic on the ICW. Ida really did a number on that shoreline and (of course) it hasn’t been restored. Probably won’t be, either.
For a plan B, maybe try the south side of Couba Island instead. Gold spoon or dead shrimp under a cork is a cheat code.
Plus you can take the Gulf Canal back, but anticipate it possibly being choked out by water hyacinth.
Good luck!
