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I have a junior bassmasters tournament there this weekend, I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on what to use and general areas of where to fish. I have never fished Lake Springfield before any help would be great.

Hi Jim Welcome, I am sure people who live nearby know where that is, but for those who dont where is it located and what is the depth, size, and what types of cover are there? etc 

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Lake Springfield is in Springfield, IL and it is a reservoir which is used as a cooling lake. It is 4,234 acres and its max depth is 32 feet.The lake has a lot of creek arms. I know that there are quite a few docks on the lake, and that there is there is rip-rap, but other than that i don't know much about what cover is in the lake. 

Ok I checked it out. I would be throwing a DEPS Barisky frog, A Spro Poppin Frog, a LP or Northstar or Dirty Jigs swim jig with a Grandebass Megaclaws trailer, or a Zoom Speed Craw, and I would pitch a 3/8 and 1/2 oz Dirty Jig with a Big Paca Craw, Grandebass Megaclaws or other big trailer, into all those docks. Thats what I would do. I would have also prefished it for a week, but thats another story. If I was a coangler, all I would throw, 90% of the time behind the boater, would be a 3 or 4 inch Senko weightless and a Jig.

Alright thanks a lot for your help. I wish I could have pre fished but its 4hrs away from house. 

use  cranks in laydowns , topwater in early mourning poppers and buzzbaits gold is good, spinnerbait double willow leaf and gold / black trailer skirt .

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Delawarebass at June 28, 2012 at 6:45 PM

Steve,

Where did you get the map that you posted of Lake Springfield?  Maps like this would be helpful for other area lakes like Lake Sangchris, Banner Marsh, Spring Lake, etc.  Thanks a lot Steve and have an excellent holiday.

I forget but this is even better > http://www.thebasscollege.com/apps/forums/show/4395058-lake-and-river-maps-angling-technologies

Delawarebass at December 22, 2012 at 4:17 PM

I forget but this is even better > http://www.thebasscollege.com/apps/forums/show/4395058-lake-and-river-maps-angling-technologies

Thanks for the quick follow up Steve.