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Spawning areas
Dogwoods are starting to bloom, lots of fish are gonna start spawning soon. What types of areas do you guys look to to try and find spawning areas?
I've got 69,000 acres of water to fish and need to eliminate about 68,500 acres of it.
As far as terrain is concerned should I be looking for areas that gradually slope out to deeper water? Should I be looking at areas that drop off fast? Shallow flats?
I know where 2 good spawning areas are, but I want to find other areas to fish. These two areas are nothing like each other. Maybe it doesn't matter, just need shallow water with some sort of structure??
Just trying to scout from home and that's usually not productive...
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Steeper banks with rock or sand or pea gravel grass lines close to the bank. Trees or stick ups. Every lake is different a d the use the best available things on each lake. You need to tag along with me soon buddy
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Sounds like a date to me Glenn. LOL
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I always do better in hard bottom areas with some cover, spawning depth is more related to water clarity. Muddy water they sometimes spawn 12" deep, clear may be 5 or 6 feet. I do better with hard clay bottoms then sand or gravel.
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North Banks in North Creeks and coves warm faster.
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There is a boat launch inside of the State Park right before the larger boat launch that you have to pay to use. It has a nice sandy/gravel cove with shallow water. It should be a prime spawn spot and has some cover under the boardwalk that is built along the shore also as the water goes several feet under it.
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I know where the two big boat ramps are at the park but don’t know of one you have to pay to use, unless it’s the little ramp at the cabins.
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The big ramp has a guard house out front and the times i've been there no one has been in the building but I saw a "Honor Box" for boat launching on the side. The spot I fished was right before that with the gravel parking lot and a pit pot off to the side. It has a wooden deck on the lakefront that they were measuring when I was down there last week to be replaced.
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