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I will be heading to LOTW with my Grandpa on June 26th -July 1st and I need some sure Fire spots to at least try to produce some nice skies. I do not get up to LOTW often but I should would appreciate a couple of positive places. We will be staying near Morson. I have a good map and lots of baits and colors. ANything is greatly taken to heart and will try to do our best. <P>Thanks Damon in middle MN<P>------------------<BR>

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Too tough to tell you spots without you and I looking at a map.<P>But the best bit of advice I can give you for "free" is to.......<P>Look for rock points that shoot into deep water. Big fish like access to deep water. They will hang out off these points that go into water in 3 to 10 feet. This is the tea stained portion of the lake. You can find plenty of the deep water juting points in the Big Narrows region of the pond. jerk-baits and bucktails are your ticket. Red/black jerk-baits and bucktails. Also don't be afraid of the classic red/white bucktail.<P>Make sure you fish saddles too. The fish love to hang out in these for "staging" spots to hit food. <P>Saddles and points that have "access" to deep water should be your focus this time of the year.<P>Stay away from bays.<P>Focus on your deep water access areas and you will find your bigger fish there.

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I'd agree with most of this, but sand bays with good cabbage growth (west, and south facing typically) are places that shouldn't be ignored. Throw spinner baits right up in the cabbage, and you will get bit.

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Widetrack, are you going up this weekend?<P>The father in law and the brother in laws are up for the weekend also! <P>Feel free to stop by.<P><BR>------------------<BR>Where's my crew??<p>[This message has been edited by shmick__shmacky (edited 06-16-2004).]

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My mistake Widetrack.....<P>I misread the dates. I thought he said July 26th.<P>Yes!!! Fish West facing sandy bays with cabbage. I would probably fish that a little more than rock points leading to deep water.<P>I'm heading up this Friday to the Angle for a week. Schmick.........you said you are heading up too, right?<P>Good luck to you guys and call "Big G" on channel "69" if you are up in the area from June 19th to the 25th..... It would be good to have a beverage with a fellow FM'er

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I'm not sure when exactly I'm going to make it to the Angle. My schedule is really messed up. It won't be this weekend though.

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Monument Bay has been showing some good signs of Muskie lately - we were up in the back bay of "No good Lake" on the North end of Monument Bay. We were fishing for walleyes and we drifted over to some of the shallower water with some cabbage - so I put on a Husky jerk and started to cast a few times to see if I could pick up a Northern. I caught some weeds and was reeling up fast when a nice Muskie totally cleared the water after my lure - at bare minimum a 48. Some of the other guys at the resort up there also reported seeing some nice fish. This weekend I imagine it will be very busy though - as the resort owner said they were booked this weekend with all Muskie hunters.

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