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Take a small hook maybe a long shank 8 and thread about 1 inch of night crawler on it up to the eye.
Pinch a small split shot (just enough to sink it slowly to the bottom)about 12 inches above the hook.
If you are in a boat go to anywhere some kind of water enters the lake.
sitting a short distance off the shore let the worm fall and with the bail open keep paying out line as long as it will go.
If you are afoot you can do something similar with a slip bobber.
I am not sure why, I think there is some current near the bottom at these points that takes the bait to where fish are feeding.
I have caught nice stringers of fish doing this when no one else could lose bait.
Pinch a small split shot (just enough to sink it slowly to the bottom)about 12 inches above the hook.
If you are in a boat go to anywhere some kind of water enters the lake.
sitting a short distance off the shore let the worm fall and with the bail open keep paying out line as long as it will go.
If you are afoot you can do something similar with a slip bobber.
I am not sure why, I think there is some current near the bottom at these points that takes the bait to where fish are feeding.
I have caught nice stringers of fish doing this when no one else could lose bait.
