Steve McBasser

Good job.....I can't wait to go again. Been WAY to long....

well done gentlemen.....I hope to get out there soon. Thanks for sharing.

I launch at both all the time without any problems. The north ramp is better during really cold weather because it thaws out faster.....

Sounds fun.....good job.

Awesome....... Love the jerkbait bite. Glad you caught 'em....

Nice .... well done Dan. I had to work all day. Couldn't wait to get home to see who all went.....Glad you were able to get out.

Awesome.....

Ok bfishn.....now my head hurts. I just want to know if the fish are biting or not......🙂

Hey Straw Hat....thanks for the scientific input. Its been a LONG time since I was in school but I have fished every fall for the last 45 years. Whether it starts to turn over, or the temperature equalizes from top to bottom, or whatever is going on, when the water temp drops below 50* is usually when I have noticed the grey dingy water, sour smell, and tough fishing for a week or two. And.....I thought it was at 39* that it stopped mixing. And that the water on the bottom would remain around 39* as the surface freezes. Otherwise, if it continued to mix, it would freeze from top to bottom at the same time......I am going to research this again.

He doesn't know what he is missing for sure. I've had some cold weather trips where a spoon was the only thing I fished all day and absolutely loaded the boat. For some reason many bass fisherman are too proud to throw it. My goal when I go fishing is to put fish in the boat.......spoons are famous for doing just that. I ain't too proud.....I'd throw a vienna sausage if I thought it would catch fish......just sayin'.

50* is the magic number for the lake to START turning over. It will get skanky looking and even smell weird sometimes....

The guys at The Marine Repair Center in Springfield do an excellent job with electronics as well.....

Well done Dan......I can't image NOT wanting to drop a spoon. They are an awesome fish catcher.

Oh my gosh......it is so much fun when they start bunching up deep. Looks like you guys flogged 'em pretty good. I am going to try to go to the Rock the week after Thanksgiving. Thanks for the report.....

Awesome freefallin......I was hoping somebody got to go today. I knew who ever went would be wacking them pretty good. I sat out in the truck at work today eating my lunch with all the windows open.....it was absolutely gorgeous out. Glad you got to go and glad you caught 'em. Thanks for sharing......

Dan....I subscribed to your youtube channel and watch you videos all the time. You ain't got nothin' to be envious about.....you catch lots of fish too. Always good to hear from you. We plan to be there again next year Deadstream.....come join us.

For the last 8 years in a row, the guys in my Sunday School class have done a fall camping and fishing trip to Stockton. On Halloween day some of us went up early and set up camp so when we got there on Thursday we could go right straight to fishing. The weather was cold, rainy, and blustery, so several of the guys stayed home Thursday, hoping for better weather on Friday and Saturday. Gary and I are pretty hard core, so we went on up and commenced to fishing at about noon. The first hour and a half we skunked out so we decided to find something different. The second spot paid off good and we put several nice, chunky bass in the boat. We were planning a big fish fry Friday night so we kept what we caught. After the bass played out we decided to run out onto the flats and see if we could find some of the whites. That turned out to be a good move too as we immediately began catching those big sow whites. Just as we were packing it in for the day, and heading back toward the ramp, the sun popped out and set the fall trees ablaze....it was awesome. Gary and I thought we were the only ones that braved the weather but as we pulled up from the ramp toward the camp ground, we saw two of our buddies pulling in too. They had been to CC all day and had thrashed the whites pretty good too. So....the 4 of us had our Friday night fish fry for 14 guys coved already. Friday morning started out with a hard rain and we thought we were in for another soggy day. But the rain passed quickly and left us with a heavy overcast and a strong breeze. As the rain quit some of the other guys started showing up so we shuffled things up a little bit and paired up different guys to fish together. My Sunday School buddies don't get to fish that much so we were just looking for lots of bites. We went back out on the flats and by this time the wind was howling pretty good. It generated an awesome bite from the whites so we stayed with them all day. Its a good thing we were just playing catch a release or I would still be there cleaning fish. That evening we had an awesome fish fry. Saturday some of the guys had to head back to town so we shook things up again and I wound up fishing with a guy I had never fished with before. We went back to the spot where we had caught them Friday but I had bragged too much about where we had caught them so there were a couple of boats already on it when we got there. We let them have that spot and we headed up river a couple of miles. OH MY GOSH!!! We found the mother load of the big whites and they were chewing hard. We caught a couple of limits apiece, easy. We had doubles on 6 times. Wow....what a trip.

nice....

Awesome Dutch......so glad you caught 'em. I know it was fun for the new guy. Thanks for sharing.....

I have caught whites on Stockton when it was VERY windy, when it was dead calm, and when it was in between. Sure, if the wind is blowing from one direction for days at a time it will pile the bait fish up on one side, and the whites will be all over them. Anybody can catch them then. Just learn to go with the flow. It keeps you on your toes trying to keep up with them, but its still a ball. The wind direction can change 10 times in a day, you just have learn to follow the fish. Gary and I went Thursday and we had to move around a lot to stay on them.....so that's what we did. We even caught a few walleye, blacks, and drum to keep us entertained. Don't miss out waiting for the fish to come to you......

Yes.....I just launched there a couple days ago with an 18' Ranger....no sweat.