We've been having unseasonably warm temps here the last 4 or 5 days, so my buddy and I decided to hit a local lake Sunday night. We fished from 6:30 till about 8:45 and had only 3 bass, 2 of which were very small shorts.
So, instead of calling it an early night or wasting time there, we trailered the boat and drove 10 minutes to another nearby lake to see if the fish there were locked down as hard.
They were in a sense, but since this lake offered more options with regard to depth variations, types of cover, etc. we were able to catch a few good ones. I had 3 fish over 3 lbs. And he caught one small keeper and another one around 2 1/2 lbs. So lake #2 saved the night for us.
The best part was that we spent about the same amount of time on lake #2 as we did on lake #1. So lake #2 was definitely more productive under those same conditions.
It's always nice to have a backup plan