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I will be fishing a Jr. Bassmaster Tournament here in KY in the State Championship in October 1st and 2nd. Nolin, the river lake i will be fishing, was created in 1963 as a flood control impoundment, so the water depths on the lake can vary as much as 70ft. per year. It covers about 6,000 acres, has a mazimum depth of 95 feet and an average depth of 55ft (at summer pool). Most of the shoreline is heavily wooded, but there is also a lot of residential development nearby. As is the case with other flood control impoundments, aquatic vegetations is limited in Nolin River. Most of the fish cover is downed timber, stumps, and broken rock, shich accompnies numerous fish attractors. The size limit on all largemouth and smallmouth bass is 15in. which can speak well for the size of the fish located in this body of water, and spotted bass are 12in. And the base forage is baitfish. Also because it is a river system, the oxygen count near the surface is as high as 8.0. PLEASE, do you have any suggestions? I will be going there to pre-fish, and am looking to build some confidence, after a startling ZERO there in the March of this year. Any specific patterns you would look for or try to pull together, or any baits / techniques that you would suggest.

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I wana see..... I wana see.....

I can fix washing machines ;D Does that count?

If you dont want to put any money into this boat... Don,t. Go to Wal-Mart get some seat cushions for ten bucks and tuff it out untill you get your new boat. Or K-Mart has swivle pedistals for about seven bucks and you can get a cheap seat for twelve or so. I bolted mine down with some heavy duty self tapping screws right to the bench. It works Great.

Here is a thread, they just talked about videos http://bassresource.com/cgi-bin/bass_fish/YaBB.pl?board=gen_bass;action=display;num=1126123533

Thanks for the info Chris ;D

Very good point. I used to fish only live bait, when I started out, and still do every so often. It takes most of the challange out of it for me now though. I find using lures more rewarding. Its like geting something for free. Free stuff is great but I know I will appreciate something more if I work to get it. JMO.

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Sounds good. Thanks man. good quote too

Welcome to the forum. ;D Thanks again Raul.

Great post Raul!!! Thanks for sharing all the info. ;D

Raul what year, month, issue, is the article in? I am coming up with ideas for my jon boat and would love to read this. Thanks for another great post!!!! ;D ;D ;D Keep em comin!!

Oh Jeeze!!! Thats to much!!! LOL

Welcome pal ;D

I like the Tracker. Has potential. You could do something like LBH did to his boat with that. The other two seem cheesey to me. JMO.

Or any lure for that matter

In the past when bass are in the shallow waters I will throw a deep diving crank. On the retrive ill pause give it a jerk or two and keep it coming. This stirs up the bottom and has the same effect as ernel stated.

I thought thats what that biosonix thing that KVD is pushing now did. So that thing does work. It just won't trigger a strike, right?

Another great one. Thank you sir ;D

Thair is another list I am puting in the boat ;D

LOL. I guess it would

Buzzbaits.

Or you can pick up some super glue and use it to fix the tears and breaks. This usually helps with the problem.