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[denjac]

Bill, you need to go fish this lake. You would be a shoe in up there!! Shoe Lake Fishing in Becker County, Minnesota. Thats shoe Buisness! I am from the shoe me state, so shoe me the bait.

[Bill Babler]

Ding,Ding,Ding,Ding

CMAC got it first.

Zander found the shoe reference

Denjac, put the economics of the bait in view.

Great fun and a great thread, Thanks a lot for playing.

We have caught some monsters on it, but you have to make a commitment to the bait and to your health, to throw that hung of soft-plastic.

It is amazing, but a 3.75 pound white bass can swallow a 10 inch swimmer, clear out of sight. Unbelieveable.

The fish will thump and hit it and you will get bit, but catching is a different story.

We were playing for fun yesterday and loved every minute of it.

[getfished]

This is fun, keep trying. No one is close to the correct answer yet. This is a slang term for a bait that the BassMaster Elite pro-anglers love to throw.

Should not be that hard, someone will come up with it soon.

Thank you for helping me stir up some interesting options. I would have to agree with some of the other guys that the "shoe" is a swimbait. I have a few of them.

Where to fish them?

On top?

On bottom?

Up lake , stained water ?

Clear Water?

What retrieve technique?

Any suggestions.

I also have heard you can be a hero or a zero with one of these things.

Any tips?

GETFISHED!!!

[denjac]

Thanks for the game Bill. It was fun. This is my last shoe joke I promise, but its just too funny.

Bills new boat and house.

[getfished]

getfished,

To increase your odds of catching a larger fish you will need to target largemouth. While Table Rock has a significant population of Smallmouth and Kentucky over the 4lb. mark, you can consider yoursef lucky to catch one a trip & 6 pound fish are fish of a lifetime. This is why most tournaments on TR are won on Largemouth, not smallies or KY's. To target largemouth prepare yourself for fewer bites in shallow water. Head up one of the dirtier tributaries (James, Kings or Long Creek) focus on shallow wood cover and alternate pitching a jig and a weightless senko (rigged straight or wacky). The bite will not be as strong but you will catch several fish and your odds of catching a 4# - 6# class fish is are greatly improved. Oh, and to answer your question, no I NEVER GET TIRED of catching 2.5# - 3.5# fish.

Hope this helps,

EP

Thanks Eric for confirming my gut feeling. Dirty shallow stained water using drop baits around wood.

It's hard to make myself go that route when there's so much pretty water to fish on the way!!, if ya know what I mean.

I will be down on Wednesday if I can put the pieces together for a few days and you guys on this forum have really given me something to sink my teeth into to help me get started with a reasonable hope for some success. Thanks

GETFISHED!!!