Channel: How fish use this structure
A channel isn’t a uniform fish highway
An old riverbed or a continuous trough can connect areas, but fish usually still need bends, confluences, bank-hugging stretches, or cover as reasons to stop. The main river channel shown on a map can be wide; the truly valuable part may be just a hard edge within tens of meters on one side.
Separate “channel orientation” from “current flow.” An old riverbed in a reservoir doesn’t guarantee noticeable current at all times, and a deep trough in a natural lake isn’t necessarily carved by a river. Build candidate spots based on surveyed contours and baitfish, not just by following the blue line.
Channel
The old river course or riverbed in a lake, typically the deepest and most distinct structure in a reservoir, used by bass year-round as a travel route and holding area.