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You should check out Bush Lake in Bloomington.

I'm not sure the size but it was light enough I could fish it through weeds and it wouldn't get caught up even though it didn't have a weed guard. I fished it S.L.O.W. let it fall to the bottom. Lift it up, give it a twitch, maybe drag it a little. When I felt weeds just slowly pull it through, possibly have to give it a small pop and let it fall. Repeat. I would typically lift and feel weight so I'd lift higher and there'd be a fish on.

I was fishing a Ned rid today in stained water. Coppertreuse color and a green jig head and was hammering them. I think they love the chartreuse. It was out fishing a dropshot and that's one of my go to's. Punch, let's make it happen!

I'm going to be moving pretty close to rum so I plan on going out at least a few times this year.

Ha, funny you said this. This morning I couldn't really find any edges, the lake I was on is basically all weeds everywhere. So I fished in/around thicker clumps in 10-15ft of water and caught two 4lbers. Dropshot of course. What made it even better is that this is a lake I haven't done all that well on in the past. Redemption with the trusty dropshot.

I had to retie a few times so roughly 8-10 inches.

I'm with punch, dropshot or bust. I went out to the local lake yesterday for a few hours in the afternoon and caught good numbers. 90% of all the bites we on a dropshot (roboworm straight tail 6"). No lunkers but average fish around 2lbs. I was fishing offshore weedlines, everything kinda just tapered off, I couldn't find any abrupt edges. It was all in about 10 FOW. Tried a few different tactics but nothing else was successful. Dropshot is becoming a confidence tactic. It's funny how quickly things can change, just in the beginning of this thread, I stated I wanted to gain some confidence in the dropshot. Now it's always on my deck because I know it'll catch fish!

I'd probably break that up into two different rods. One for flipping and frogs, the other for jigs, soft plastics. If you want to still stay in the $200 range I've been surprisingly impressed with the Cabelas ZX rod line (http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Tournament-ZX-Bass-Casting-Rods/1619298.uts) You could get both rods for $200. What I like about them is they are very light and have a great grip so they are comfortable. Cabelas has a lifetime warranty so if something happens to a rod you can bring it in and replace it with a new one. I already did this (stepped on an eye and the center piece fell off). Otherwise, the Black *** 2's are nice, and I love my Loomis E6X. I have the E6X worm and jig rod as well as the dropshot rod and use them the most out of all of my rods.

Went out for 3 hours this morning, wasn't sure what to expect with the all the lighting that was happening in my area last night. Tried topwater, flipping, slow rolling a keitech but the only thing I could get bites on was finesse. weightless senkos and a dropshot. two biggest fish came off a dropshot fishing docks. The interesting thing about it is I just had to fish really slow. I would flip to a dock at least 10 times. It was a different style of fishing docks for me but it was really effective. Right before I had to go I landed a 4.5lber. It was quite the experience. Saw my line running so "set the hook" dropshot style and the fish didn’t budge haha. it stayed on the bottom and just swam out deep then back to the dock and got tangled. I just kept pressure on the line and she untangled herself. I thought for sure it was a bowfin or something. 8lb line around docks probably isn’t the best idea but I'd rather get the hookup and try to get the fish in than never getting the bite.

Fished Gull Lake on Sunday. I was out there with about 150 other boats. The chop was absolutely insane. I found a spot where they were loaded up on a deep weed edge. Caught probably 20 in that spot alone, most at 2lbs or over. Switched to docks late morning and caught a good one, weighed 4.6lbs, biggest of the year so far and a few more here and there. It was really fun, would love to go back when it's not a holiday weekend!

Went out this afternoon and caught a few including a nice 4+ lb chunk. Yesterday's storm definitely slowed the bite down but they were still munching. Shoutout to Sully who I met at the dock!

I'm going to have to agree with Punch. Only had a few hours this morning and from about 5:30-7am they were hitting the frog. Caught 13 total on a frog. Is there anything better?

Fished Tonka for the first time this morning. Caught between 20-25 total, a couple around 3.5lbs. Pretty fun day for fishing new water. Caught them on a popper, keitech, senko, Ned rig. Tried a jig and chatterbait for a little bit but didn't get anything. WT: 71. Tonka is clear!

Shimmy always makes me want to throw a jig. Out of curiosity, do you have a favorite jig? Trailer?

Thanks to Sullys comment, I went to try out Fish Lake. Fished from 11:30-4:30 (only time I could get out) and had a pretty fun day. Caught probably 20 bass, a few around 3 lbs. The bittersweet part of the day was I 100% had a new PB on but she broke off right after I got a good look at her. Easily over 5, I think she could of been 6lbs. It was totally my fault too, I'd been meaning to change out the 8lb line I've been using on one of my setups and I was using this setup I an area I shouldn't of be throwing 8lb line. She dove to the bottom and broke off and I proceeded to freak out. Still fun, I hadn't hooked up with any big bass this year so it was nice to know I wasn't jinxed or something. Everything they hit was plastics, trig craws, senkos, keitech fat impact swimbait, dropshot. WT: 72-74, WC: Stained, 3ish ft visibility.

Anyone ever fished on Fish Lake in Maple Grove? I'm going to be in the area so I thought I'd try it out tomorrow afternoon. Any advice? I like trying new lakes but I might just go to Medicine Lake because I've fished it a few times.

That 360 is working wonders for you, Tlauz!

Back to what Punch asked at the beginning of this thread, I've spend a lot of this year already on dropshot/weightless setups. I've been able to catch fish every time I go out which wasn't the case last year. They may be dinks but at least I'm not getting skunked. What are your favorite baits for dropshots to get bigger bites? Also, anyone working on the techniques you want to get better at?

Got out tonight for a few hours. Caught some on a spinnerbait and a few misc baits. Once the sun set I threw a popper in and around patchy grass and caught 6 bass and a northern just shy of 10lbs in about an hour. First topwater bite of the year so I was pretty stoked. Biggest bass was maybe 2.25 so nothing huge but oh so fun. WT was around 62.

Went out to Medicine Lake yesterday and was going to brave the storm. Only lasted about an hour and then was hit with blue birds and heavier winds. Made it a little difficult to fish but still caught some. Caught all my bass but one on a weightless senko. I was just flipping reeds in 2-3 ft of water. Nothing huge. Missed a lot of fish. Water temps are already high 60's.

How'd everyone do? I ended up being able to get out today in the morning for a few hours with my dad. We fished Sarah Lake, caught probably 10 bass, the two biggest being just shy of 3lbs each. Nothing crazy, but it was nice to set the hook a few times. It was only my second time on Sarah and my cranking battery died so we were limited in where we could fish. By the time we left at 11am the parking lot was full with about 15 trailers. Super small boat launch so that was pretty crazy!

Always. I'll DM ya.

I consider it my "local" lake because it takes me 10 minutes to get there. It's a good little lake if you just have a few hours. Vegetation is already growing in thick on the flats.

I went out tonight to make sure everything on the boat was working correctly. Water temp was already 64 degrees! I went out to Lake Johanna in Arden Hills.

Doesn't look like I can get out this weekend. I'll get out Monday for sure. Can't decide if I should hit up a regular lake or try a new one...