Over the years I have been on various waters that adjoin state land, or have empty lake lots, and or public marina's. I learned years ago while pre fishing an event in Southern Indiana that I could actual pre fish from the shore and cover water much faster. There are multiple advantages to this technique. The first is huge. With todays prices of fuel, instead of driving around a whole lake and iddling endless channels, park the boat and trailer and walk marina's, walk the woods around the lake and observe. This is a real benefit when the fish are spawning. Most beds are shorline and marina spawn oriented and what better a way to see them than above looking straight down. There is less glare, no engine or trolling motor noise and zero mud kicked up in shallow area. Prior to GPS I would also utilize blaze orange tape and mark a twig directly above a hard to re locate bed. While I will not advocate littering, the bio degradable orange survey tape used by hunters marking trails and surveyors work great and will break down.
I will give 2 words of warning involving this method however, first make sure the marina doesn't have signs posted "no fishing" a small bribe may be all it takes, and lastly with the woods in spring and tall grasses CHECK FOR TICKS !! I had the sickening find of two ticks on my body after walking the banks of Barkley Lake in Kentucky, the fish were worth it as Matt Morgan will attest and we covered alot of water via foot, but I still itch writing this tip as I think of my afternoon find.
Give it a shot and good luck on the lake.
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Nick Neves
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You are a legend, and sneaky Nick!!!
JH
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