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  Finding fish can seem to be a daunting task on huge lakes you're not familiar with or on lakes that haven't been explored during the summer. But with a few key elements you can put the odds in your favor. I will always tell people three things- location, presentation, and observation. The number one thing is location, location, location. I just can't say it enough. If you're not on good fishing waters with a healthy population of fish, you can't catch them.

  Get a good lake map. Many times you can find maps that have the DNR fish population information. Checking this out can lead you to what lakes have decent populations of the fish species you're after, and also the average size that were netted or shocked. You can find key points of structure zeroing in on them very quickly. Also, by taking note of where the other people are fishing, you can easily find similar structure and get away from the pack.

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