Ok guys, I'm getting a little frustrated with one of the lakes that I have been fishing lately. The lake is rectangular shapped, about 3-4 acres long, with some lilly pads lining the edge, but thats it. Its about200-300 feet across, and about 3-4 feet deep all the way across. The lake is man made via a dam, and is located above an older creek. Where the creek is at is approximately 5-6 feet deep and about 3-4 feet across. So basically, i have a 3-4 foot deep lake that is about 200-300 feet wide, and has avery narrow strip in the middle that is 5-6 feet deep and 3-4 feet wide. There is NO structure in the lake, the water is dirty (maybe 6 inches of visibility), and the bottom is silt.

Early on, I caught a decent Bowfin out of the lake on a Horny Toad, but since then, I have come up empty. I have tried 4 types of frogs, Senkos, various rapalas including X-Raps, Jigs, Swimming Jigs, Crawdads, Rattle-Traps, etc., and have come up emtpy with everything. I have fished it from top to bottom with various lures, but nothing works. The only lure i have gotten a hit on was a silver rattle trap with a blue back, but it didnt amount to much unfortunately. I have fished this lake past dark with not a single bite, and I have fished this lake from 5am to 8 am without a single bite. The entire time that I am out on the water though, I will see and hear fishing breaking the water surface all across the lake. Some of the surface eruptions are HUGE, but I cant seem to catch a darn thing. I have literally had only 1 bite in over a month on this lake since catching the bowfin. Finally, I went out and bought some live minnows hoping that would work, and allow me to check the stomaches to see what they are eating.I put the minnowsin my live bucket and dumped it over the side of the john boat. I got my boy's rod ready, reached into the bucket, and every single minnow was dead. I put my hands in the water and the water was HOT, well above 90 degrees. I guess the minnows couldnt handle it. We have gone almost a month with no rain and temps above 100.

Anyways, I need yalls help, I am FRUSTRATED! What do you think I should do, what baits or presentations shouldI try? I'm ready to give up on this lake but I know the fish are there, I just cant get them to take a lure.

What are ya'lls suggestions?