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Originally Posted by EZM
Tobin Lake is full of snags with all that sunken timber in many productive areas of the lake - be prepared to loose some gear if you are bouncing.
I bought a bunch of blades and made up a fair amount of larger blades (thinking the exact same thing as you are) ...... needless to say, plan was abandoned pretty quickly after snagging hard enough to loose gear every 50 feet.
I'm sure there are a few areas that aren't this bad, but all three areas we tried this in were full of timber.
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You might want to look up Facts of Fishing when Dave goes to Tobin lake in the fall. You can find a small bit of it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeLSaU8buTI.
You can also look up the fall Fishn' Canada episode at Tobin Lake.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvDtML9p3g
Both shows do dead baits with bobbers and have very good success. Though both shows had very calm water.
If you have new technology where you can map out the bottom for your self you might be able to find area's where you can get away with the techniques you suggested. I certainly would not use supper heavy leaders though. When you snag up on a thousand pound log something is going to give and it might as well be as close to the end as possible.