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User:	vinny60
Comment:	Like the real estate business, a Newton Lake bass bonanza usually boils down to three things: location, location, location. The lake's thriving shad often gang up in big numbers near prime locales, particularly in winter months when fish pack the warm water west arm. Find shad, hook bass. If you want to crank, you can. If you want to jig or fish worms, you can. The lake has everything." Newton Lake is known for big fish and plenty of them. The subtle pop of a bass inhaling a jig could mean a tangle with a healthy 15-inch fish or a hawg rassle with a 7 1/2-pounder. Fishing is best fall through spring. High lake temperatures stress bass in July and August. The lake is closed to fishing for seven days during Illinois' firearm deer season in November. Anglers are restricted to the warm water arm during the waterfowl season from Thanksgiving until the end of January. Lures To Pack: Newton Lake bass feast on shad 12 months of the year, so make sure your lure arsenal is well-stocked with faux shad baits in white, pearl, chrome, clear and related colors and finishes. Carry lipless crankbaits such as the Rattlin' Rapala and the Cordell Spot, and an assortment of crankbaits ranging from shallow runners to deep divers. The entire tacklebox may get a workout at Newton. Topwater baits will produce in the dead of winter on Newton's warm water arm. Walker's bait of choice is the skirted jig with a hefty plastic craw trailer, especially for big prespawn bass in late winter and early spring. Michael Murphy prefers the 1/4-ounce BOO Jig from Booyah and Strictly Bass jigs for Newton lunkers. Try a Texas rigged worm or a Carolina rig with a Zoom Lizard or Brush Hog after bass settle into summer patterns in mid-May. A sleeper bait is a Road Runner jig with white marabou or a white and chartreuse grub tail. Use it to jumpstart a slow bite.
Date:	09/10/09 05:19 PM

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