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Lookee Super Dave a Wart Fish

I had stuff to do in the morning, but the rest of my day was open. So, I fish. I decided I was going to try for striped bass or hybrids. That was the plan anyway. I idled around looking for shad and fish in an area that normally has some stripers this time of year. No soap. Norfork is still a muddy mess from the Spring flood. Water just will not clear. Water temp was about 58'. Minimal wind. I found me a bluff and got busy. A few minutes in and I got a 16.5 inch smallie on a Crappie jig and 4 pound P Line. I got other bass on FB jig and Ned. I decded to burn a little gas and run as far up the creek arm as I felt comfortable. I shut her down when the main channel on the bluff side was 10 foot deep. Ned fish. wart fish. swapped sides of the creek. Small Walleye on a swim Bait (only my second Norfolk walleye). Ned fish. Crappie jigs. More on swim baits. some big stripers showed up and were blowing up, but nothing doing for me. Super Spook Jr got no love at all. oh well. 32 fish in 5 hours was a Good time. Raced back to ramp at 70 plus MPH trying to beat darkness. This post has been promoted to an article

Seems like a Good deal. Those sure look like Matzu Sickle hooks instead of VMC Barbarians.

I feel better after reading this. I own less gear than a fishing guide. A little less gear so I feel a little better.

You'll have it by March for sure.

Stockton is a Great Lake and I heard it gets about as windy as the Great Lakes so as well. sounds like you have a great boat. I'd love to see pictures of it some day, Especially with you holding up a nice fish in the foreground. walleye, Crappie, catfish, white bass and plenty of smallies, spots, and LMB. A time and a place on Stockton for catching all those fish

I read on another site that Regs IF passed would kick in 1-1-18. So we get to use our Power Bait on treble hooks this Jigfest anyway.

Are the rules changes to be implemented immediately? I'm fine with whatever, bu5 I did not see any date mentioned. I'll read it again. FTR, I'd like to see 1) The entire length of Norfork River catch and release, artificial only, barbless only 2) additional bank fishing catch and keep areas created. Some body keeps to keep a few trout 3) a $25 ticket for fishing on a boat ramp and 4) another catch and release area added on the upper river using natural landmarks that can not be misunderstood

Dave likes a big spool because he insists on using straight flurocarbon. Lunatic.

Good for you man! I've got to wait a little while yet on my next trout boat.

Nice

I share more information than most, but I am consciously choosing the information I share to be about larger areas than can stand the pressure. I can share information without crapping my pants. I'm not willing to ruin a vulnerable fishery to get "likes", brownie points, or fish karma. I share about current conditions on larger bodies of water and patterns that I think are in play rather than go to this spot and do this. you do understand that there is a mortality rate on fish that are caught and released AND those smallies can get loved to death by being caught over and over. I can teach ppl about saving money without giving them my bank account numbers.

Man, I do not for the life of me know why you would post this. Certain places present unique opportunities that will not hold up under the pressure of larger numbers of fishermen.

I really, really like Stockton.

Man, that's tough. I hope he benefits from our intercessional prayers.

Yeah, you can catch fish with non elastec on a Jig head. You can drive a Kia instead of a Cadillac too. I use what I believe is the better option. Zeros/Zinkers

Normally, I overthink and overbuy everything. I want all the options available for that one time where the fish are going to demand that one color and one shape. not with the Ned rig. All I want is half a Zero/Zinker. Always and forever Amen.

Thanks John. It could well be argued that I should have found some shallow dingy water and tried to get green fish on topwaters or squarebills, but I did what I wanted and made it work (some).

I think I just got on a wad of them. I got out the crappie Jig and caught a keeper smallie. Go figure.

Some were on the bottom, some on the way back up.

Here's the fish Godfrey took home. I had 5 more Big crappie after that. Another keeper Spot and a couple "keeper" Smallies.

I love my truck and I love my boat.

I'm not sure why crappie were all over the Ned. Tough bite to convert. I missed several others.

Nine inches of Bluegill.