when fishing the humps, you want to be OFF THE BREAK in the deeper water mid day, and on the humps morning and evening.
Active fish will go up the break up top to feed, and then hold in the deeper water during the day.
You can catch fish on the tops during the day, and sometimes you get steady action. More often you get fish that will respond to your bait / lure, though not actively feeding, at the base of the break during the day.
Cut a bunch of holes from deep to shallow and work them back and forth until you figure out how active the fish are up top during the day.
But you do want to be on top early and late.
This pattern holds true for most lakes that I have fished with mid lake structure. The far East end of Cutbank on Slave is a prime example. Nothing on the "ramp" until the sun starts to dip, then steady action to dark.
Drewski
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