Before buying the boat, I always banked Hagg Lake just across the dam as trollin4trout suggested. It's a fast drop off along the central part of the little bay (where the dirt slide is) or you can sit on the rocks. I always used a small treble hook, power bait and a small colored marshmallow. Striking up conversations with some of the old timers taught me a little bit about the techniques. One I started to use is as follows: Put a sliding weight and bead onto your main line and then tie a snap swivel on to your main line. Tie a separate length of leader (18 - 24 inches) with a loop. Slide a marshmallow on to a crochet hook, hook the loop with the crochet hook, and slide the marshmallow down above your power bait. Put this looped leader onto the snap swivel and you're ready to go. You can have 1 - 2 extra baits ready to go when the fish start biting. Just undo the sanap swivel, snap in your backup baited leader and cast out again. Watch what some of the others are doing. I've seen some of them use 3 - 4 foot leaders if the fish are up off the bottom. If I went to an early morning bobber, I added a kernel of corn and worm to keep the hook from floating back up to the bobber. Watch what the others are doing and who's having success. Restroom are right there too but don't use the restroom and leave your rod in the water. I've seen a number of people get ticketed for that one. :smile:
