Steve McBasser
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About Steve McBasser
- Birthday 01/05/1956
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Springfield, Mo
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Started fishing Table Rock Lake 64 years ago. I love it more now than I did then.
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Back to the Bull again.....3/8/2024
Steve McBasser replied to Steve McBasser's topic in Upper Bull Shoals
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Dock-in-it reacted to a post in a topic: Back to the Bull again.....3/8/2024
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Nice fish Dock....
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Back to the Bull again.....3/8/2024
Steve McBasser replied to Steve McBasser's topic in Upper Bull Shoals
Sorry guys..... posted to the wrong lake.... My bad. If the admins could push it to the right lake, it would be awesome. -
Ron and I tore 'em up at Lake "X" on Tuesday. Hoping for the same, we ran down to Bull Shoals again on Friday. We were rained on all the way to our launch site but it quit as we were taking the straps off of the boat and didn't start up again until we were putting them back on. Water temp was 52* when we put in at 10:30ish. We hit all the regular spots hoping for a stronger bite with the slightly warmer water, but it just didn't happen. We fished pretty hard all day. Ron got 3 fish in the boat and I blanked out. Two of his bites came on a jerk bait, one on an A-rig. So far this year it has either been awesome, or awful. I had two good fish on. One on the crawler, one on the A-rig, but both came unbuttoned right at the boat....I might try Table Rock before the end on the week.
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Daryk Campbell Sr reacted to a post in a topic: Ron and I fished Lake X today and caught them pretty well.....3/5/2024
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Daryk Campbell Sr reacted to a post in a topic: Ron and I fished Lake X today and caught them pretty well.....3/5/2024
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Ron and I fished one of his favorite lakes today but he asked me to keep it hush hush. Hit the water about 9:45am. Water temp 52*, air temp mid 40's with a cold wind piling in behind a passing cold front. Water color was stained and the wind was blowing about 20mph. We fished the first hour with everything in the box but only had three fish in the boat. I had already thrown the A-rig several times with out getting bit when all of a sudden they started tearing it up. It was awesome. Until today Ron had never caught a double on an umbrella rig. Today he had two doubles in 10 minutes. We enjoyed a pretty good bite....
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snagged in outlet 3 reacted to a post in a topic: Mid Bull Shoals 2/27/24
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Thanks Bill..... What's weird is that the bite has been better in the colder water and has been more consistent. As the water warms up and they start to move they can be hard to keep a handle on. We'll try to keep them figured out though and I'll let ya'll know what's going on the best I can.
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Steve McBasser reacted to a post in a topic: Mid Bull Shoals 2/27/24
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Ron and I skipped a week so I could fish with Gary down at Table Rock last Sunday evening and Monday. Went back down to the Bull yesterday in the wind. It was a tough bite. We really thought they would be turned on but we had to work for every bite we got. Water temp was 48* in the middle of the creek we were fishing and about 52* back in the skinny water. We really expected low 50's everywhere but it just wasn't. Water clarity was perfect. They wouldn't hit the A-rig at all, which surprised us. But.... we did manage to catch a handful on a jerk bait and a crawler.
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Back to Table Rock 2-18 and 2-19-2024
Steve McBasser replied to Steve McBasser's topic in Table Rock Lake
Rehab is a bear with shoulder stuff. Sorry your having to go through it. Hope you get back out there sooner instead of later. -
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Back to Table Rock 2-18 and 2-19-2024
Steve McBasser replied to Steve McBasser's topic in Table Rock Lake
We don't get much traffic over at the Bull Shoals forums so here are some pictures from there the last three Tuesdays..... -
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Back to Table Rock 2-18 and 2-19-2024
Steve McBasser replied to Steve McBasser's topic in Table Rock Lake
Dang it Mav, I'm sorry buddy. Shoulder surgery is no fun. I'll try to keep ya'll up to date with my posts with what's going on so you are ready to step in and go as soon as you are able. -
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Finally made it back down to Table Rock this week. I've been going down to Bull Shoals with my buddy Ron for the last few trips and we have been catching them pretty good down there. I was a little bit apprehensive about going back to the Rock because my last couple trips down there were tough. But then.....much to my surprise the bite at the Rock was pretty good. The water temp was about 44* on Sunday afternoon after church when we ran down to the mid James River arm. We caught a few there throwing an umbrella rig on inside channel swings. Then, on Monday we ran down to Shell Knob where the water temp was the same but the water color was much clearer. We fished main lake points, again with a rig, and a blade bait. I think I told you guys last year I was experimenting some with a blade bait. After working on my presentation and catching some quality fish, this year the blade has a special spot on the front deck. Its always fun learning a new bait or technique. This thing catches fish in cold water for sure.....
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We went back down to Bull Shoals this week and caught a few more. Monday was a blizzard, Tuesday was a glorious day to fish. Missouri weather is so awesome. It reminds me of one of the famous lines from Forrest Gump...... "you never know what you're gonna get" from day to day. Anyway, put in at mid lake again and found the water temp to be about 45*. Went back to that shady bluff and they were still there but not as thick. We managed to pick up a few.
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yes we did....