I fished DVL for the three years the lake was too low for boat launching. I basically had it to myself with the exception of the rental boats. I fished from an Old Town Loon, 13' I think. It was a sit inside but I felt no different fishing from it than a sit on top. I would throw out a swim bait on one side and a triple joint hard bait on the other and just slow paddle along the damn. Great times.
You can pick up a nice sit inside for a couple hundred. I would recommend it.
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You can catch the linesides in most coves early when their balling up the shad. Use a 3" swimbait in the anchovie color.