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How do you pick your spot???

Canatrapper

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So with everything in the outdoors it really comes down to location location location! Even if you have a great decoy and a sharp spear, it doesn't help you much if you are not in the right spot.

I am excited about this year, I have never done this before. What am I looking for? Weeds? Drop offs? Pinch points on the topo map? Depth of water?

Just looking for some advice, thanks everyone.

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I like to fish flats that have green weeds, access to deep water, and a depth of 6-8' of water. At least that's the pattern on my favorite lake. It also helps if there are baitfish using the area. If I see bugs, minnows, perch, and small sunfish in the hole from time to time I feel good about the spot. If I don't see life at all, I get happy feet.

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Drop offs tend to work also weed lines. My dad and I were spearing on lake X one year and were sitting at about fifteen to twenty feet when he decided it was time to move the house and I had to cut a new hole not 5 feet away in shallower water (about 10 feet) when we both limited out in the same house. But some people fish on flats it varies from lake to lake. Get a group and go out on a lake and set up on various terrain and see what happens is all I got

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I tried that once merk............didn't work well for me???? eekwinkgrin

It worked for me as I seem to remember that a certain trophy was bestowed to me after such time wink and BNS I think the same thing can be said about that at for yet another time..

Oh and smurfy part of fishing is know where to put your opposition laugh

Seriously I read the maps and when all else fails, I look at the lay of the land to try and read a lake. Typically I look for a sharp break that leads into deep water and if it has weeds all the better. If I search out a weed or sand type flat I will look for subtle differences in that structure to start my adventure. The most subtle can produce big time and are often over looked by the hard core guys.

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The secret is to wait until Hawkeye sets up, and set up near him...

Seriously though, in the short time I have been spearing it seems that different structure work on different lakes. I am learning to go with my instincts, If I set up on a spot and I am not seeing fish but the bottom looks good I will stick it out. If I set up and I don't like the look of the bottom I won't stay very long before moving. Like others have said a good place to start is finding green weeds between deep water and the shallows where the panfish are at.

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But than if you're fishing on a lake with no weed structure and you're fishing in the flats you just find out where all the small fish (sunfish crappies perch) are at and the pike tend to follow the food trail

The little subtle differences on the edge of those flats will produce its what hold the bait fish and that's what those toothy critters are after OR sit where I told you guys to sit last year and you'll do great grin

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