Sunday I headed up to Knife lake in Kanabec county to prefish for an upcoming Gopher tournament. I also had to meet the local Sheriff water patrol to finalize our permit for the event. My partner for the day had been on the lake in the past and had nothing but high hopes for multiple picture worthy fish. He says it will take 20 pounds to win when we fish it. We will see about that although I have heard similar tales from other guys.
The lake is a dirty water lake with visibility at about 6 inches when we were there. It is also a shallow lake with the main basin only dropping to 13-14 feet. These things together add up to me leaving my spinning rods at home. All shallow water fishing.


Nice Knife Lake bass caught on one of my hand tied jigs and a Trigger X trailer.

We managed a few nice fish including this one above that was pushing 5 pounds. Hopefully I can find a couple more like this one on tournament day. My partner wasn't happy however with how we did. Too many of our fish were small and some of his best areas didnt produce. I figure that is a good sign for tournament day. I have had too many bad tournaments after a good practice and visa versa so I am ready for this one. Hope fully I can post a few more pictures of some big ones in a few days. Check back and see!

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