I was at swepco the same time as him, he fished down by the dam the whole time they were there. Didn't know it was him for most of the time, he was in a bright yellow nitro.
I am a product of Mississippi crappie trolling, and all I troll is bandit 300s. For the price, I think they can't be beat, especially in murkier water. They hooks are even pretty good. But oddly, I really only catch crappie on them on beaver. The occasional bass or walleye
If we're Looking for an example, I can say that I have experienced first hand remarkable striper, smallmouth, and black bass fishing all within a mile of each other on Kentucky lake, and the lake itself is one of the countries best across the board, and has a self sustaining, non recently stocked striper fishery.
There is no comparing beaver to LOZ. It's unsafe to be on ski boats at times with risk of being swamped because of all the cigarette boats. The sheer number and size is something to be in awe of.
Ledge fishing will always be best on River generation lakes where current is a lot more significant than beaver. Think pickwick and Kentucky lake. Bass will sit down current of these ledges because they create a current break and they wait for schools of shad to go over them and then they come up and ambush. Not saying ledges aren't good in lakes. But they can be amazing out on pickwick with big schools of bass.
Worth noting, for current ledge fishing, you want ledges that are perpendicular to the current direction.