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A common recommendation is 15-30 lb test braid for thick vegetation or lily pads, but some anglers successfully use 50 lb braid in the same conditions

You were heading out for some pickerel fishing and maybe the tackle shop was out of minnow, maybe you prefer fishing artificials, or maybe the bucket spilled in the back of your pickup and you arrived at the lake with nothing but stiff little minnow-cicles scattered across the bedfor one reason or another there will be times when your offerings are limited to lures

Read your sonar, drop on the fish, and work the presentation vertically through the zone

Minnow-Shaking Techniques Winter time is also a lethal time for minnow shaking, which to a degree, is still a vertical form of fishing