Some of the most-productive areas for summertime spotted bass include rocky points, sheer rock bluffs, underwater railroad beds and current pulled through the dam.

In all cases, remember that spotted bass are driven to feed by power-generating lakes.

Fish main river points with small jigs, grubs and tiny plastic worms as soon as the current begins to run on the lake. Rocky points out on the main river will draw spotted bass like a magnet when the current first starts running when you fish these points with Carolina-rigged 4-inch plastic worms.

Don't strike a spotted bass as soon as it takes the bait. Instead, retrieve the rig slowly, and let the hooks and the worms set them. Carolina rigging also catches spotted bass on main river ledges and points found on the underwater road beds in the middle of a lake.

Another successful tactic is to troll a crawfish-imitating crankbait or a deep-diving crankbait. Troll over main river points, along rocky bluffs and on the edges of creek channels and river channels in the middle of a lake. Also troll across the tops or the sides of underwater roads.

Tie a 1-1/2-foot-long leader made of 10-pound-test monofilament onto the back hook of the crankbait, and attach a silver spoon to the other end of the leader. If you troll deep-diving crankbaits with a spoon trailer, you'll have to reel it in constantly to take spotted bass off your lures. This tandem-bait trolling tactic will produce numbers of spotted bass.