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From: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Default RE: I'm sooo lost I need some serious help!!!



First , I'm a visual person . I need to mentally picture what your situation looks like .Here are a few qustions.
1. Are you walking around this lake or fishing from a boat? Been bank fishing, when the water is low its about impossible to launch my boat.

2. What kind of aquatic plants are in the lake? looks like duckweed, lots of small leaf clusters. its real thick in the shallows grows from the bottom to the surface.

3. What is the bottom like? Sandy , rocky, muck, weedy , brush ?a mixture of sand and rock bottom some banks are are all rock lots of weeds in the shallows and im sure through out the like just most visible in the shallows.

4. How big is this lake? about 100 acres

5. Does it get alot of pressure? only from the trout fisherman fishing the banks, sofar the only boat ive seen on it was mine.

Worm color and presentation can make a difference. Last week I took a very nice young man fishing who had much less experience than me. First..I went to a place where there was a lot less fishing pressure. The fish would not take any kind of spinner, top water or crank baits. When that happens I must patiently fish rubber worms. So Chris and I began fishing .I was using a Junebug type color Texas Rig and Chris was using Fire and Ice Culpret worm with a Carolina Rig. He was getting twice as many hits as me. After his 3rd nice fish ..I ended up rigging just like him and using Fire and Ice as well. Then, I was catching fish. High Desert Wolf...I'm sure you know these things but here are the types of structures I fish.. from Greatest to Least. Also I fish alot by the moon phases. New moon being best .and the week before the full moon being next.


1. I love the points of an island. I back off abouit 20 yds and fish that point real good.

2. Drop offs. Where it goes from 12 footish to 3 foot .

3, Brushpiles in deep water.

4. Flipping cat tails in the summer can still be productive if water is at least 3 foot deep.

When no lures produce....I fish my 6" rubber worms real slow. Don't be afraid to change colors.
Some of my best colors.
A. Red Shad
B. Fire and Ice
C. Black Grape
D. Black / Blue tail
E Black / Green Tail
F. Christmas Tree glitter
G. Purple / Red tail

When texas rigging....light bullet sinker.
When Carolina rigging...small split shot only 14" above worm

Been working for me.
God bless,
Chuck7

PS Get away from the extras like snap swivels, great big hooks, and use the lightest and most invisable line you can get by with. Also...I stick a glass rattle in my rubber worm. Bass also attack by sound. That is why they have those lateral line on their sides.

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