top dropshotting choices for me. I use 4 and 5-inch grubs and 4 ½, 6 or 7-inch Roboworms. For my Roboworm selection, I like Oxblood Light, People’s Choice, Aaron’s Magic, MM3, Morning Dawn and like Gary Klein says if you’re not using a Folkestad Special, you’re using the wrong color. When dropshotting in limited cover, I nose hook my baits and in heavier cover I use a Robo rebarb hook. I tend to use the dropshot when the sun is high and the shade is limited. I concentrate on fishing below the light break on structure. The gear I use is a silver Daiwa Drop Shot rod with a Fuego 2000 reel with 6-lb Seaguar.
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There can be a real good jig bite during the summer months at Lake Mead and what I usually use is a ¾- to 1-oz football head with a Yamamoto skirt and trailer. I stay with shad patterns and I like to fish the jig on steep walls, points and drop offs, where I have located clouds of bait with my Lowrance HDS. I use 15- to 20-pound-test Seaguar Invizx and fish the jig fast with a lot of hopping action triggering a reaction bite. When there are heavier winds, I look for the spinner bait bite and go to the banks that get a mud line on them. I always use a ½- to ¾-oz double willow in shad patterns. I fish the bait quickly, not much deeper than 3- to 4-ft. The chatterbait can also be productive in the backs of coves and guts that have submerged brush in them in the presence of pan fish. I use a ½-oz and with a bluegill pattern. The colors, techniques and patterns seem to be never-ending, but the above are good starting points.
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During the warmer months a basic, but extremely important thing to remember at Mead is staying hydrated. Some tips to ensure health and comfort are to stay away from alcohol, wear a wide brim hat, drink fluids the night before and the morning before you start fishing. If you start getting too hot, throw a towel in the water or wrap the towel around you as you drive from spot to spot. It’s like a swamp cooler.
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June 2012
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