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Table Rock helps remind me how much I love fishing. Beaver makes me want to quit. Ha

Yep Cody. Can't wait to get back and try it again. I have had a hard time finding groups of fish like that on Beaver

Pretty sure I saw this on my graph today. I was all excited but had no luck throwing on top of them. They were all over point 15 in the James. Felt like soft bottom so we got out of there pretty quickly.

Yes Sir. Not leaving home without it. ?

Put in at Cape Fair Marina around 6am. Ran up toward Bears Den Hollow. Fished around the 3 points there. Caught a few on the jig early. Pretty shallow in the flooded brush on the point closest to the bridge. Went across to the sharpest point and was sitting in about 25ft throwing a jig to the right side of the point. I hooked a big one. At least 4.5lbs. Lost it when I was being lazy and tried to swing it in the boat. Yikes. Didn't get another bite there so we move to the 76 bridge. Got s few bites but no fish. Left there went to the next point on the right and decided to try a drop shot. After that switch I caught a bunch of fish. Early in the day they were 10-15ft. Later in the day they were 15-20. Messed around here and there til about 1pm and went back to the bridge and it was on. I caught around 20 fish on the northern most bridge piling all on drop shot. They were suspended around 20 ft and almost always hit on the initial fall. If not I would raise it up to about 20ft and wiggle it and get a bite. Sonar would light up with streaks and I was able to drop in on them and get bit. Several bites were right on the piling itself. Just threw at the piling and let it hit the concrete and let it drop strait down. It did not matter what color of worm on drop shot. I tried Plum,Aaron's Magic and Morning Dawn. Got off the water around 2:30. My buddy and I caught around 40fish (mostly Kentuckies) and our best 5 prolly would have been 10lbs. Not great size but I learned a lot about drop shotting today. I had a great time.

Cool way to show off a fish

I had to wear cocoons after I got Shingles in part of my eye. Couldn't wear contacts for a bit. They work great over glasses but man they aren't too attractive. I call any glasses that are ugly Birth Control glasses and those definitely qualify. Ha. Work great over another pair though.

Don't think I'm coming til Sunday. Sounds like a nice boat

Better day than I'm having at work. Nice job

I'm fairly new to fishing. I am pretty much self taught. It comes down to time on the water, studying the bodies of water your fishing,Forums like this one. I gather info off the water as much as possible. I think the Elite among the Elite have God given instinct. As far as LUCK goes. I was told by a wise person one time that luck stands for Labor Under Correct Knowledge. I don't have great Instincts so I have gain knowledge by time on the water.

Thank you GNS. It's not as much as I figured it would be. Gonna check into it.

I am curious about how to do this. How much does it cost to hook those up to read motor info? I would love to have that stuff displayed on my screen. Will a 06 Yamaha Vmax 250 have the capabilities to hook up to HDS Gen 2?

No fish is worth the risk down there right now.

Costas are good.

No doubt

If you guys see a white/black and silver Skeeter 20i come say high. Like to put a face to these names.

AGFC.com might have that info.

Looks healthy too. Never seen that

Well said

Hey. Just called Aaron at hook,line and sinker. They have an older one for $1500. He said give him a call.

I'll keep my eyes open

Recommendations on where to put in? Coming from Bentonville. James river /Aunts creek area.

Any ideas on where to put in near James/Aunts Creek area? Not up to date on all ramp conditions and ramps close in proximity other than Aunts. I'm coming from Bentonville

Give Falcon a few years and it will be on fire again for sure. I'm scared enough going to Falcon. No way I go south of the border right now. Too many people getting killed or missing in that area of Mexico

If I had too choose I would rather have the bigger graph at the bow. So if you could get a bigger one in the front and a little smaller at the helm you could save your self a little money.