August 2 - List a public water way and the closest city

[Mike Cork]

This weeks Contest should be an easy one for everyone to get a bunch of posts in and a shot at some free tackle. Make sure you look at the contest guidelines to see what you can win, we have some new stuff to give away in August


Post a Public Water Way, the closest city then the state, and your favorite time of year and pattern to fish it

Example:
Cross lake near Shreveport Louisiana
I love throwing a buzz bait before the sun comes up in the summer time.

Don't forget the more seperate posts you make the more seperate chances you have to win Good Luck and make sure you tell everyone about the free tackle you can win on Ultimate Bass every Tuesday

[BoilermakerFan]

Blue Grass FWA near Evansville, IN.  I love using my old Golden Eye surface poppers (it's my avatar pic!) for bass and bluegill during the summer and fall.

[CouchTater]

1.  Guntersville Lake, Scottsboro Alabama
I like to run a 1-minus over the grass while it is about 4-5 in below the surface in the summer.

[CouchTater]

2.  Guntersville Lake, Stevenson, Alabama
Rat-L-Traps over the emergant grass in Feburary/March.

[CouchTater]

3. Guntersville Lake, Bridgeport Alabama
Demolished Dam, Lizards and tubes in the underwater structure in the summer.

[CouchTater]

4.  Guntersville Lake, Scottsboro Alabama
River hump in the summer is a great spot for a 10-In worm bounced along the ledges

[CouchTater]

5. Guntersville Lake, Langston Alabama
Spinnerbaits along grass edges in the middle of the day in the summer.

[CouchTater]

6. Guntersville Lake, Langston Alabama
When the temps go above 95, a Poe's or Norman will be found on my rod, working the 20+ft creek channel.

[CouchTater]

7. Guntersville Lake, Stevenson Alabama
Early spring will find me hitting the backwaters with a Lizard.

[CouchTater]

8.  Guntersville Lake, Stevenson Alabama
Working a albino fluke along the river banks will produce fish before summertime.

[CouchTater]

9.  Guntersville Lake, Scottsboro Alabama
I hit the pads and milfoil "islands" with a rat while everyone else is running from the hot and sunny days.

[silversalmon]

Moose Creek where it hit the Tanana River at break up time, North Pole AK,
Use some cut bait with a 2 ounce weight 18 inches from the hook, toss where the chocolate water of the Tanana and the clear water of Moose creek meet for some burbot

[silversalmon]

Piledriver Slough from Salcha AK to North Pole AK right after ice out. Rooster tails are the name of the game here. White works the best under clouds and balck under clear skies for the all the grayling you can imagine

[silversalmon]

Summit Lake, ummm, 3 hours south near Paxson AK At ice out of this lake(usually around the second week in June ) use a kastmaster spoon, silver in color and fish off a dropoff. Not hard to see the dropoffs in this clear lake, and slow retrival up the dropoff for some nick lake trout

[silversalmon]

Chena River in the middle of July from Fairbanks AK to Eielson AFB AK. Find a deeper darker slow current hole. Look for rolling fish(scouting is required). Grab a wiggle wart, toss upstream and adjust your weight to the current and let it wiggle away for some Kings

[silversalmon]

Salcha River, Slacha Alaska, in the beginning of July. Head for the mouth of the Salcha, about 1 and 1/2 mile walk. When you see the Tanana, throw a corkie into that hole. A corkie is a rig that you make up. Consists of colored balls, yarn, and a very large sharp hook, fo Kings

[silversalmon]

Chena Lakes(right behind my house) North Pole ALaska at ice out, usually 3rd week in May. Go around the back side of the lake, about 1 mile walk to where the slough hits the lake, you will find the feeder char there, the ones getting ready to head back to the salt water, 4-6 pounders Use squid 18 inches under a bobber

[silversalmon]

Mullins Pit, Eielson AFB AK. Use an Ambush Lure to attract the pike on the lazy days of summer with a slow retrival

[pegleg]

Suwannee River near Old Town,Fla. In the fall and early winter I like to throw a plastic craw on a slider jig along the outside bends were limestone cliffs are exposed by the current.

[silversalmon]

Prince William Sound Valdez AK. July 4th weekend. Use a pixie, orange or green with a silver body and a slow retrival to land some nice pink salmon

[silversalmon]

Prince William Sound Valdez AK, a bobber and herring is all you need over labor day weekend, herring 18 inches under bobber, silver salmon on the line

[silversalmon]

Little Tok river, Tok AK. Using a red head bead head jig to get the grayling where it meets the big Tok river in the middle of September

[pegleg]

Rodman Reservoir west of Palatka, Fla. post spawn time, late spring here. I like to cast a white and chartreuse spinner bait in the stump flats near the old river channel during the day.

[silversalmon]

Russian River, between Anchorage and Soldotna AK at the ferry crossing. Take the last ferry over at night, still light out at the end of June. Use red russian river flies from the bank no more than 10 feet in front of you for some red salmon

[silversalmon]

Chena Slough, Noth Pole AK. Use salmon roe to catch sheefish and whitefish off the bottom, just find the school that will be jumping behind the salmon