On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:01:25 -0500, "Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers"
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park
then wrote:


"What me worry?" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:49:33 -0500, "Bass_Mr."
backed into a tree whilst ridin inna park then wrote:

Hey Dan, go get some big golden shiners and go fishing.
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I did that year ago when I was down here. I prefer to use
artificials. The one guy at a marine tech/bait shop told me the same.
We discussed the pros and cons of shiner fishing. He is of the throw
out a few shiners and drift school of thought. He does admit that
large soft plastic in the shallows has produced more big, 8#+, Bass.
I have just been on one lake and am going to go through a channel to
another and see if the lack of structure is there too. If the water
would come up about 7 feet there would be lots of structure. I can
see it all sitting high and dry.
Come on down and try it out with me. :} I'll leave a light on for
ya!

Dan,

Structure in Wisconsin is quite a bit different than structure in most
Florida lakes.

I understand that.

While a "dropoff" in Wisconsin might be from 6 to 12 feet,
in Florida, it might be 3 to 4 feet, a very subtle difference and not always
readily visible on a locator.

It is a new locator, but I think I have learned how to adjust it so I
am able to see small changes in depth. I spent quite a bit of time
playing with it.

The lake I have been on has one hump in the middle that almost comes
to the surface and is covered and surrounded by weeds/pads at the
moment. The rest, as far as I can tell is a shallow sloped bowl. I
did/do fish the few clumps that are still in the water. The exposed
perimeter land, because water is 7' down, is full of humps and clumps,
channel and docks that are high and dry with at most an inch or two of
water. There are some really nice channels that you can't get to
without an airboat cause of lack of water. If I can't do ok on a
couple of these lakes I'll check out lakes a little farther away or
switch to rivers.

My Florida fishing success was entirely based
on fishing weed edges, pockets, or the occasional stump or boat docks.

That is how I fished it when I was here years ago.
I'll have to post some pics after I go out next time.
Dan