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I got used to the guage before they tore the slab out. I had to re-learn what levels I consider good for floating.

Rick, you ought to take the Boys. We caught Channel cats everyday on bass lures. What would cut bait do? We got White Bass everyday on bass lures. What happens if you really fished for them? And oh My Goodness the smallies.

You the man Dave! Are you ever going back to Kansas?

CajunAngler and I took our annual Spring trip this year to Tenkiller. We fished from 4/19 thru 4/23. I wanted to see if the the stories of plus sized smallies were true. Well... They are true. In spades. The lake is flat full of fish and if you are willing to put you time in and can fish TR or BSL, you'll catch them at Tenkiller. We put over 400 fish in the five days we fished and had a handful of smallies over 18 inches every day. CajunAngler had the big Smallie of the trip. 19 1/2 inches. She was obese. 4lb 12 oz on a digital scale. We caught Smallies, Spots, LMB, Drum, Channel Cats, A Blue Cat, White Bass, a Black Crappie, and a Green Sunfish. We mostly caught smallies. Supposedly, the lake has largemouth bass. We never found them. The lake is full of Spotted Bass. In Oklahoma, there is no limit of Spotted Bass and NO minimum length. They value White Bass above Spots. How can this be? The little Spots are hanging in there despite the best efforts to wipe them out. It is also full of White Bass, crappie, and catfish. We had an outstanding trip. I suspect that we will return. I know I want to do so. We stayed at Cookson Store and Cabins. Their phone number is 918-457-5171. Reasonable rates and a good spot for fishermen. Close to lots of boat ramps. I recommend them and I'd stay there again. I appreciate the help and encouragement from TrophyFishR. He knows the lake better than I ever will. and as always I appreciate CajunAngler setting things up. I mostly just show up and fish. We split expenses, but he does more of the heavy lifting prior to us getting there. Thanks Man!

Fishing was great, but I suspect would have been better if they had not been pulling it down. It all worked out,

It's dropping a few inches a day.. Sucks

I most def would have left that little tramp alone. I would love to catch more meanies. That's funny! My obsession precedes me. Enjoy the rest of your time at TR. I'll send word from 10K.

I really prefer the prespawn to the actual bumping and grinding fish. They don't bite as well when they are actually getting busy. I want the females looking for the pre game meal or enjoying a post coital snack.

That's fantastic!

That's a bunch of chunky fish. Maybe not legal keepers, but a lot of fun. Glad you got out.

It's crazy how good they are. I'm happy to hear of your success. It just gets better and better the more often you fish them.

I certainly agree they don't pull like a smallie, but they let you know they aren't happy.

I keep reading that, but I don't get it. Drop on down to Bull and pull on a 26 incher for a while and honestly try to drop that wet sock line.

I HAD a HP 180 with a Yammy 130. The motor self destructed and multiple opinions came back with same repair needs an $4000 dollar estimate. I sold the motor for parts and got some money for the boat. I GPS'ed 54 MPH with two guys and full load. It very happily ran mid 40's at 4500 RPMs which is what I mostly ran. I could turn around in a really tight turn at a high rate of speed. It was crazy. I'm in a Bass Cat Cougar with a Pro XS 250 HP now. I really haven't tweaked the set up and I can get 72 MPH on GPS but it gets loose. 70 MPH is rock solid. Low 50's at 4500 RPM. Really good on gas as long as I don't get goofy. I'm not burning a lot more than I did with the G3.

It's nice to tow the Aluminum down the road, but glass just doesn't get blown around the wat a metal boat does. I also felt like my aluminum boat didn't punch thru waves so much as want to ramp off of them. It is fair to say that I can comfortably run stuff in the BassCat at 65 MPH that weren't gonna be fun at much speed in my G3. Having said that, I loved my G3 and have so many fun time in it. I caught a ton of fish all over the place. Great boat. The Bear trailer really sucked, but the boat was first rate.

I'll add some photos soon. I'm at 22 species for the year. I should easily pass last year's 28 species since I made the salty trip and got a quick five species down there. i got a Green Sunfish day before yesterday. No photo on him. I'm get a pretty one soon and take a photo of it instead. Last six species. Drum, Yellow Bass, Black Crappie, Channel Cat, Long Ear Sunfish, and Green Sunfish.

I had a HP180 with a Yammy 130 HP. I bet you boat fishes very well. Good on you for getting you Dad out on the water. You're both better off for having done so.

See, another great guy in a BassCat. Champ ought to run a BassCat Puma or Cougar.

I'm a bass fisherman by way of birth, I CAN NOT use 2 lb line. I break off when I think about setting the hook, but your skill set may be lots better. I use 6 lb on the White River and usually catch the fool out of them and I rarely will use 4lb That wimpy stuff would not be required on the White River below BSL, but Taneycomo is a different animal. Phil is THE MAN on Taney (and pretty darn good everywhere else), I would at least try what he recommended. .. I would likely do the 4 lb in a P Line CX Premium or Maxima or Berkley 100% fluro on Taney IF they are not running water. When they run water, it's game on. The trout are full on stupid.You can use 6 lb line and lean on them a little bit. It is more challenging when there is minimal flow. You can sight fish individual trout and make a jig flare up off the bottom as they approach it and catch em. Been there and done that.

PTI : tie the 2 lb onto the 4 lb with a surgeons knot. easy , easy knot. Even a bass fisherman can do it. tie a cinch knot to the bend of the hook on the trout magnet You're gonna have a lot of fun with 2 lb line.

Dave loves PB&J like Fat kids love doughnuts. I struggle with it, but I will throw PBJ when its cloudy. I hate the Coppertreuse color, but the spots in the stained water clearly preferred it Wednesday. I'm more likely to throw Dirt or GP or CC.

Lol, you're too much Man.

You're killing me.

that almost looks like Canada Craw sticking out of that fishes mouth.

That's my boys right there.mi just knew y'all would have a good day.