Hit the lake about 11:30 wanted to see if my home made down rigger worked. Dropped the down rigger weight down to about 7 or 8 feet and had a fish on with in 5 minutes. I was using a sling blade rainbow colors one side and chrome on the other with a pink side and white side dick nite behind it. It didn't seem to matter what sling blade or dick nite I had on the fish were hitting everything on the down rigger. The shallow set up didn't get as much action unless the sun went behind a cloud. Caught five fish 1 at 10", 3 at 11", and one at 12". Lost a lot of fish though. Trolled between the three points about a 100 yards in front of the dock in a zigzag or circular pattern.

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