Practice

I have been at Amistad for a couple of days now and am yet to get on a decent dependable pattern.  Conditions are mainly sunny during the day with low clouds haze early and an occasional pop up thunderstorm late in the day.  Winds are always from the SE and howling, 20+ sustained and gusts much higher.  The landscape is so flat around here for the most part it is hard to get out of the wind and really I prefer to fish in the wind but this is ridiculous.  Water temps are in the high 70s to low 80s and gin clear.  If it were not for the wave action I would guess you could see 15 to 20 ft easy.  Early in the day I have been able to pitch senkos and jigs to cover in 6-8 ft of water and catch small fish here and there up to maybe 4lb.  As the day progresses I have been drifting with the wind where it is manageable and dragging a senko with decent numbers but still not the size I am looking for, maybe up to 5lb.  I am really searching for an area with trees in about 12 to 15 ft of water so I can wing my swimbait looking for a kicker fish or two.  I need to make this happen as a 3- 5 lb average will NOT cut it on game day.  I have fished some huge hydrilla flats in Evans and San Pedro up to 30+ ft.  Lots and lots of grass out deep starting a 12 going to 30+.  Today I am going to Tule and Zorro looking for huisache trees and drains cutting in and out of spawning flats.  I think I am going to have to fish much deeper than I am used to to find the big bite.  On we go...