MLF Pro Tips: How to Fish New Waters

These Major League Fishing pros share their approach to a new lake.

June 21, 2019 By G&F Online Staff

We asked Major League Fishing pros a variety of questions on subjects ranging from go-to baits to setting the right drag.

In this video, Alton Jones, Robert Watson, Anthony Gagliardi and Jeff Sprague give their answers to the question:

How Do You Fish a New Lake?

Gagliardi looks shallow first, Jones looks for a lake’s biggest flats, Sprague compiles as much basic lake info as possible, Watson focusses on the bottom.

Check out what else the pros had to say in the video

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