I jump at every chance to fish with other people especially from different states to attempt to pick up on techniques...just so happens I fished with a guy who fishes tournaments on Lake Okeechobee. We fished Okatibbee Lake in Mississippi and he indicated it was very much like Okeechobee which is around 6' at its deepest. When we started off he said we would fish shallow so I go with a baby brush hog on with a 3/16 bullet weight, he tied on a Watermelon cut tail Senko with a super-line 5/0 hook 14-17# test. We fished 6" to 1' of water...the most shallow I have ever fished and he absolutely schooled me, about 7 to 1 until I took the weight off and added a super-line hook and only then did I start to catch numbers fish. I do want to say my second cast was a 6# LM though which was big fish of the day.
Lesson Learned: On shallow lakes...fish super-duper shallow and never ever overlook 6" water.
Last edited by notorious; 06-05-2017 at 09:54 AM.
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