Morning of Day 2 and you're going out fishing - What's your approach? Where do you start?

I'll go first;

Lake Trout - I'm starting with a blue and silver Little Cleo. Slowly trolling the shoreline, targeting what I think is around the 20 foot depths. Early season with Late Ice out - I'll target South Facing Shorelines. Late ice out or fall - i'll target north facing shoreline.

Brook Trout - I'm going with a Red and Gold inline vibrax spinner. On an unknown lake, i'll start with trolling until I find some fish, then switch to casting. Brookie lakes are often small and I'll troll the shoreline all the way around. On a known lake, i'm casting the shoreline in the usual spots.

Walleye - On Lakes, i'm trolling a lindy rig with a salted minnow. I like chartreuse or white and pink. I like areas adjascent to feeding flats. 10 foot depth approximately. On rivers, I'm finding the pools and jigging. I like white jigs with a minnow or leach depending on time of year.

Smallmouth - I'm starting with earth tone colored plastics and casting the shoreline. I like timber in the water. I like shorelines near humps and points.

Northern - all of the above seems to catch northern (brookie lakes excluded)

Lake Trout - I like to use Rapala Tail dancers in the 20 or 30 foot depth variety . If it's a cloudy day I would try a brighter color with some white to it. On a sunny day, maybe troll a chrome perch pattern. If that doesn't work maybe try a nickel krocodile spoon with a snap weight to reflect some rays and attract their attention. I try to stay at a depth deep enough to not get snagged, but close enough to shallow water that might hold schools of cisco and other baitfish, though you will sometimes find lakers suspending in the deep parts of the lake as well.

Brook Trout - N/A for the lakes I fish. I have fished stream brookies in WI and would favor a small nickel spinner, if going artificial.

Walleye - In June, I look for structure that is exposed to wind. The structure could be a point, exposed rock or sunken reef, usually with lots of rocks or crevices that walleye can take refuge in. I catch a few walleye trolling while I search for these structure areas, but once located, I then I switch to a 1/4 oz gold jig with a 3/0 long shank barbless hook with a 3-4 inch swim bait type trailer. White or natural colors work well, but if the water has a lot of tannin stain, I might even try fluorescent colors.

Smallmouth and Northern - I don't typically target them specifically, but catch plenty while fishing for Walleye using the above techniques.

I'll be thinking about the "where" more than the "how." For walleyes, the more structural elements in a given spot, the better. For example, weeds near rocks adjacent to deeper water. Current is the first thing I look for. Then wind, wood, weeds, rocks, edges of any kind. Then I'll pitch a little jig and live bait.

For bass, similar. 4" wacky worm, whopper plopper, leech and bobber.

Lake trout, troll out over deep water structure with a big rapala tail dancer.

I am READY TO GO NOW!!!