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Brother Hawk- If it is Bass you like, I highly recommend Hagg Lake in mid to late summer. The smallies are abundant and the state record smallie came out of there twice. There as some large mouth but I dont think they are quite as common as smallmouth. The fish in the picture by my name is one that I pulled out of there late last fall. I think it was around 7 pounds. not bad for a planter. I am going to go give it a try this afternoon after work. I drove past yesterday on my way to look at a jobsite and there was quite a few boats out trolling and a lot of bank fishing taking place so it must mean something is biting. Have a good one and Tight lines to all.
I've had a problem with floating baits while bottom fishing. If you use a sliding sinker with a floating bait, the bait will just rise until it is vertical. If it floats too much, it will pull the line through the sinker, making it inch towards you... I could never get the line tight when bottom fishing. How do I tighten it? Everytime i strip in slack, more slack forms.
But the more important point is that when powerbait fishing- you don't want a tight line. The idea is that you want the fish to grab the bait and swim off with it before it feels any tension on it. When you set your pole down- leave a bow in your line- don't tighten it. Now, you watch your line- not the tip of the pole. When it starts to straighten out- you have a fish.
Jim