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Lots of roadbeds in reservoirs I fish, paved or otherwise. The nice part is most run pretty straight with just a few turns or intersections here and there making them easy to find and follow. A good depthfinder will easily show you where they are, even the old flasher units. It’s just like following...

Gorgeous. Know you'll enjoy the heck out of staying there. Congrats!

Always fun watching your videos. Hope this virus stuff and the shutdown in IL doesn't kill any future trips and videos. Kind of a strange world right now.

-Brian

Welcome to the site. Always good hearing from some of the early Spoonpluggers.

We’ve got 7 inches of snow on the ground down here and forecast overnight is 6 degrees, but the lakes are still open for the moment, and a warmup is in the forecast, so I’m excited to have a chance at open water possibly by the weekend

Just so we can get to the answer quicker, I’ll throw one out there I do know that in addition to Spoonplugs, Don Nichols and John Buoy used to also use L&S Bass Masters a lot, at least down in Florida, though probably mostly for trolling with. I’ll go with it...

Two great days on the water! Good stuff!

New lakes are so much fun to explore and try and figure out. Sounds like you have yourself a good one there. Great job!

Mr. Perry states in the green book that the most important thing in your future as a fisherman is your ability to interpret bottom conditions. Without this knowledge , a fisherman has no chance. There must be a reason for every trolling pass or a cast. It is to eliminate the unproductive water and ...

The original newspaper picture from that trip that appeared June 20, 1965, and the article headline (article written by Art Reid, who passed away back in 2005 at the age of 78).

Good post - good reply...

Welcome! Great part of the country for fishing you're sitting in

Thanks, Sonny!

Thanks guys! I even got to fish for a few hours yesterday afternoon

John, you need to try and find out what chemical they will be treating with. Probably something similar to what they’ve used in the past. Also, any idea what type of weeds are in the lake? Milfoil? Cabbage? May or may not be able to do something based on the answers above. Hopefully they don’t go fo...