I have seen quite a few of your reports and you seen to find a few nice ones everytime out, or atleast that is when you report them, haha. anyhow, did you try any top waters and you say you where sight fishing in 2 feet of water pretty much> stay safe out there.

Hey bassdude, well, I wouldn't say evertime out, I think we all have good and bad days fishing! I know most fishermen on this site don't like to reveal what they use and I was like that when I first started posting, but realized that there is more to this site than bragging about hey, I catch big fish, woop dee do! I realized that this site is a great resource and should be used to share our experience and information on what works where and how. So bazzdude, this is what works for me. I'm a big fan of plastics, worms, lizards and grubs. Was re-introduced to Zoom products a few years back from a guy that used them on big bass in florida, plus I used them in Texas back in the late 80's. I first started using their green pumpkin seed trick worm with red hooks, no weight, Texas rigged of course. Caught lot's of Smallmouth and Largmouth on these, very effective on the smallmouth in Long lake (Spokane river), see my posts. After attending a bass seminar from a local pro last year at the fishing show I was introduced to lizards, so I picked up some Zoom 6" lizards and started messing with different colors and found the watermelon seed with red flake and the green pumpkin seed with and without the red flake to be the most effective in the northern tier lakes Eloika, Newman, Loon, Waitts, and the Pend Orielle river. I have caught a few using purple and black but not as consistant as the other colors. Even though I'm catching LMB up to 6 lbs with these, I wanted to upgrade, bigger bait bigger fish, so I switched to 8" lizards, same colors, ordered these on-line at Cabela's because they don't carry these in the store. Using the bigger lizards has cut down the number of dinks and has increased the number of 3-4lbers, but the 6+lber has still eluded me. Anytime you want to "hook" up, let me know!

wow, well thanks man,i would love to hit up a lake with you some evening as i work 7 days a week right now, i can usually only make an evening adventure. I have never had any luck at newman but fish the crap out of it maybe 6 times. I will get you e-mail and maybe one day next week(before the weather gets to hott in the summer)we can meet up and show oneanother some tricks. Stay safe out there.

Evening is good, and Newman sounds great, I'll be waiting for your e-mail...