Took my Pops out on the boat to Horseshoe Lake, only my second time on the lake, and the first time we only fished for an hour or so. We went from the boat launch to the falls area, and then the the far section of the lake. My dad used worms with and without a bobber, and I threw jigs with a drop shop, tipped with bits of worms. I also tried a large spinnerbait with no success. We did however, catch a whole heapload of perch, bluegill, several bass, a big Tench (my first tench ever - threw it back because I didn't know what it was) We fished the rocky area in the farther lake area - and caught numerous sunfish - they looked like dull colored bluegill and seem 'softer' with very big mouths for sunfish - any ideas what they were? They were very aggressive, normally caught one on each cast.

Fun day, nothing huge, but my Pops really liked catching upwards of 75 fish in the same day. Everything was caught and released with the exception of 2 sunfish and 2 perch who didn't look like they would make a good return to the water.

Does anyone have any tips for catching trout in the lake? Also, should I not have released that Tench?