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reading is good(needed), if its a lowrance unit, i would download the emulator, lets you "use" it on your 'puter to become more familiar with the settings, BUT, time on the water was the only way for me to get better at interpetation

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I think you have to figure in all the rule changes from past to present. It has been said that Dance and Martin used to hire all the guides on a lake for info before tournys. Each generation of anglers has their own set of rules, such as size limit and creel limits. By todays standard, it's KVD

bigtimfish, our last club tourny was out of six mile, if you look on your map, find #18, look about 1/2 in east of there and you will find a point. that is where the tourny was won from, drop shot in 15 to 17ft of water, didn't have any luck there myself, however it worked for my friend.

Well Catt, i just got my copy of buck perry's guidelines course. hard to read when you want to fish but whatever it takes to learn "structure". can you help me disect the south main lake point of six mile? i use the hickory ridge boat lane to get close. the point goes out to 35, 40 ft of water at the tree line all the way to shallow. down the east bank of the point there is a grass line. have caught a couple of fish carolina fishing a slow drift from about 28ft into the 10ft area. tried to graph the point but i don't think i found any breaklines, there are some stumps down there though, lost a few baits...

chunking and winding, keeps the day moving, doesn't always catch fish, so you have to have 5 or 6 different baits on deck.

sounds weird,,,but fun,,,put me on the list

i was watching bass cast today, they had kevin short showing, just as he got all his gear ready to move to another spot with his marshall all buttoned up, he stepped out of camera site, but as he went past the camera, he was unzipping,,,,have to conclude he was going out the back of the boat

i love ripping the hydrilla with a trap,,,not usually the best in the summer,,,but when it's working, you stay busy all day

i like to have a beer around 1 or 2 pm, it's hot, time for snack, and it helps me unconcentrate for a few minutes before i pick it back up, now, any touraments i fish don't allow beer in the boat at all, and i don't like to drink much the night before because it's too hard to get up.

i usually fish very large impoundments "rayburn-toledo bend". i'll swap spots and technques if you do, i usually try to determine what structure and or cover thats producing. well, just recently the structure. i talk to my club guys frankly, the ones that don't tell lies back! any new guys that are interested, i try to give what has worked for me and where. not just to everybody.

Catt, where do you get moon rise and set times? my astro tables tell me moon overhead and underfoot, local weather gives me sunrise and sunset,,,just trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. i should ask why you prefer these times also. thanks

very thought provoking thread. i tend to agree that we need enough fisherman to have a voice in matters as navagation rights, stocking of fish and other such things. i'm interested in rhino's definition of "promote". i fish with my dad, my son, with my friends, or by myself. i don't want my son to some day not be able to fish if and when he wants to, simply because we don't have enough fisherman to carry a vote.

bigtimfish, i think that ridge your talking about is close to the hump, if not it. we'll have to talk about how you fish it that produces for you, thanks

thanks Catt,i'll give the readings my full attention. hopefully it'll help me get closer intune to what i'm looking for

Catt, what is the procedure for getting the personal lessons? is this a good way to get a visual concept of the visable breaks and breaklines? how much does electronics come into play?

yes sir, i understand, but how do you know, or trial and error only? my thinking is that you look over the map,,,decide places,,,,fish places in the time frame you have and hope for the best,,However, experience says that if you do your homework right, have better chances?

Catt, i found a "hump" about half way back in six mile, out of the boat lane but not to far out. saturday was topped out at 7' full of grass, about three or four boat lenghts long, sides tapering down to 20',,,,thought i could catch fish on it or around it and nada..any thoughts as to why no fish,,maybe timing? i did hit it three times,,boat on it first light, so didn't have the chance then. i can get more specific if would help your answer? i'm really trying to get off the bank and reading structure is what i'm trying to learn

thanks for the quick reply, i seem to have trouble getting my head wrapped around the "highways" theme. i looked at the places you listed on the first page of the thread and think i understand what you're trying to point out, but where would the spawning areas for these fish be? i'm told that resident fish have an "area" like buck deer, spawn to deep? and you fish this area according to the season. thanks for giving us your input

fishfordollars, i didn't see a thread for your insights on rayburn? did i miss it or not have one?

whew, long thread, took me two days to review it all. CATT, i would like to know if you consider points ,inside, six mile, as main lake points, thinking that six mile is like a lake unto itself? Very interesting reading, thanks for all the info