Im not sure about southern lakes but up here in MI early in the year the white bass school up big time and push all the bait fish up to the surface. One way of locating them on a big lake is to look for the sea gulls..not the big fat flying carp thatll eat anything dead but the smaller faster ones that actually work for their food. Once you find the gulls working an area usually the white bass will be there...Although I have caught a sea gull once on a false cast..lol Yes, I was the only fly fisherman there..I think im the only one in the state that warm water fly fishes...I can count on one hand the fly fisherman I have seen on the lake.