Cecil,
I believe you are right on both points.
However, I have given up fishing large public impoundments in favor of finding fish that haven't been overexposed to every lure imaginable, so don't have recent knowledge of public fishing places.
I do know for absolute certain, that on any day of the week I can place a small BG on a hook, around a feeder, and catch beautiful LMB from my pond....lures and flies, no way, no how.
