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Big Bass Baits
Part 2 - Different Water Types
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 Part 1: Which Bait To Choose
Part 2:Different Water Types
Part 3: Equipment and Baits
Part 4: Proof They Work
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"What is your favorite big bass bait?  Do you ever tie on a bait just for big bass, or do you just hope to catch a big one with what you are using?  Do you go with live bait or something else?"
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By "The Bass Coach" 
Roger Lee Brown
rlbrown@capital.net

Lake George is a ultra clear lake when on a sunny day you can see the bottom in 20’ + depths. This lake offers deep bluff type fishing, weedy areas, many rock areas, different structures in shallow and deep water, it contains many docks, sunken ship structures, and there are some areas you can even find current. Lake George is full of Smallmouth and Largemouth bass and any angler can catch bass in numbers if they know what they are looking for and the "how-to’s" of catching them. Many anglers that I’ve talked with concerning a lake such as this are not sure how to fish it, especially with the lake having the ultra gin clear water it offers. 

Now, on the other hand Lake Champlain offers just about any type of scenario an angler could think of as far as bass fishing techniques go. You can find all these things that are offered in Lake George in Lake Champlain and much more such as; shallow and deep water areas, muddy, semi stained, stained, or clear water color situations, shallow and deep thin to thick vegetation areas, fall-downs, drop-offs, rocky areas, bull rush and lily pad areas, channels, rip-rap areas, different bottom contours, chestnut weeds (or grass), narrow and wide open waters, water current, docks, Etc...(truly an anglers paradise.) 

Now, the reason I am explaining this is because between these two lakes, there probably isn’t any body of water in the USA that won’t offer at least some types of these areas except for tidal situations. Lake Champlain has an over abundance of Largemouth and Smallmouth bass within it. I would definitely rank both of these lakes in the top-10 of the bass fishing lakes in the nation.


Next, I would like to explain one more thing before we get started with some of the "Bigger Bass" type baits. Although I will mention a few of the types of baits that I use as well as teach my students and charter clients with, I am very sorry but I really can’t mention the brand or the company that manufactures these types of baits because of conflicts of interest with many sponsored sites, but, I can inform you of this information by contacting me by e-mail, letter, or phone. I have several sponsors that supply all my baits and equipment that I use and they all make a superior product, that’s why I use them for teaching, chartering, and personal use! "they get results."

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