Smalliebigs

Sweet fish Joe!!!! And personally I love the shorts and you aren't even close to a jerk on this forum. ....some people can't take honesty Kudos brother that Smallie is Phat

Let pin Aaron down and go

hahahahahaha

He's not kidding!!!!!......I had no idea what would be involved in this process and we have a ton of work right around the corner....but it's gonna be awesome and OAF forum members are gonna get benefits trust me on this

Agreed.....I love the first run version a whole lot

Agreed on the Teckel but, just like you Mitch HFC is a true dynamo crank....awesome

Man I have been wanting to fish with you!!!!!.....let me know when you can get a free day.....alright? ???

I had an hour to kill before I picked up my daughter from the aftercare at school....so I saw the approaching cold front and figured I'd hit the river for a quick deal. As it turned out I caught 15 White bass, 1 Little Hybrid, 2 Spotted Bass, 1 Largemouth and 1 Walleye all on topwater At this point I may be force feeding some fish topwater but, as I have said before I just can't quit topwater and have extreme confidence in it, which is also an important factor to my success with topwater. Now I must say I have never caught a Walleye on topwater before so that was very cool for me and a decent little Wally at just under 22 inches. Not that bad for an hour of fishing from the bank.

seriously???? 2400 trout in that lake in the ghetto.....I'm sorry the urban trout thing is stupid as hell IMO

sweet report.....I personally love our jigheads and craws.....they just flat out work is all I can say. I really can't wait until more people are nailing fish on them

I will second that.....I love my Custom Pro Speed stick lite I am buying some right now and don't even get me started about Tournament Pro speed spool....me loves those reels

Man I love those rods!!!!.....in the spinning and baitcasting, they just feel good in my hands and gives me confidence. ....really not sure how to explain it but they are really nice IMO.....followed very closely by my second fave the Falcon Cara finesse jig rods, I also have an addiction to those

Yeah its a bummer. ....I am buying all Custom pro speed stick lites and custom tournament pro speed spools I can before they go to ~~....such a bummer

good for you for getting your Dad out.....that is AWESOME

Baby Hybrid

my friend is ever so true with this piece of advice.....here's another......the bigger fish are lazy and these temperate bass will allow the smaller more aggressive fish to ambush and smack the shad in a injure and destroy mode.....the big ones lay below and slurp up the shad the fall thru the destruction. A big fluke rigged sideways or flat on a round jighead dropped thru the school will get you the hawgs.....it flutters down like an injured and dying shad......it f's them up trust me. I think me and Pete need to do a Hybrid trip :)......might even have to break out my 9wt Sage??? ****** also add to note **** I went to the same spot I walked into yesterday and hooked another huge fish and fought it for good while and it ended up breaking me off....it broke 20lb braid if that explains the power on these suckers I was using a 6+ inch dawg bait and did manage some decent Whites...the Mississippi is full of fish

Hey What's up?? Okay here we go::: All of the Temperate Bass, which would be Stripers, White and Hybrids prefer the water temps from 59 down to 49, when these water temps occur they will run up into creeks that feed the river and hang around creek mouths. This occurs in the Spring and Fall and we are not there yet as this has obviously been a very warm Fall....so the best is yet to come IMO. These fish are quite tough to pin down from the bank as they are constantly moving but, you can if you know the areas they traditionally move thru and to. I normally am chasing them in my SeaArk which helps big time, they will surface and nail shad and you can run to them.....from the bank not so easy. I also wanted let you know don't limit yourself to creek mouths, When I fish from my boat on the Mississippi I normally hit riprap banks and levees. your questions::: I use a 7 foot spinning rod from the bank with braid and have never used a steel leader. In my boat I am usually using a med/heavy bait caster. Lures:::I am a top water freak after being an Al Agnew disciple for years, I just love the action and it keeps me busy....so that being said I may go with Top water too much but, I have big time confidence built up with that technique and I tend to nail bigger fish it seems and I owe it all to Agnew, reading his musings from trips over the years. with that being said a KVD dawg bait the bigger version in shad colors, Bone, white, chrome, those baits walk very easy. Crank baits work as well, note of caution snags abound on the river so go with cheap baits, same deal shad patterns. I have caught a few on a whoppler plopper this year, they will work and I like that bait personally. Temperate bass are always moving and ambushing.......they fight like nothing else in freshwater but, are some tough fish to really put a pattern on and that intrigues the hell out of me personally.....expect some rejection and failure, it's just part of the game. Here is another good tip.....try to stick to low light situations......cloudy, morning, evening....even drizzly. I may be probably giving too much info and will get blasted by a few of my Hybrid buddies but, give it a shot they are not an easy fish to get a handle on and as I said the main reason I simply think they are cool as hell. The bite should last until December this year as the water hasn't cooled much at all.

I hit the Mississippi in one of my secret spots::::: hint, hint near a big creek that flows in:::::: I had a fish so large attack my bait Three times that was so large it scared me actually.....It honestly looked like a big Tarpon or something....I'm thinking Striper??? The swirl and actual strike on my top water bait was ridiculous and violent....it was something to behold but, whatever it was struck Three times and missed all Three times. I did nail Two nice Hybrids though one 23 incher and then this one.....both fought like a freight train as they were in very thick current....average tackle would not hold these fish IMO The Fall bite is starting to get going now that the river has receded some and I couldn't be happier

Dwain my wife has worked for SSM and BJC at the executive level, being a director of a line of service, vice president of the hospital and president of the hospital. In all three of those positions she was told by people within the company higher up than her that management level employees were not to fire employees who were beyond horrible and problematic to the team in many many ways. The only reason these people could not be fired and they knew it was because of their race, the sex and age. These absolutely horrible employees let patient care suffer because they just did not care and knew they had the company by the balls because of fear of a lawsuit. Patients suffered needlessly and eventually the crap employee would be passed on to a different department so some other management personnel could deal with them. This happened with more than a few people my wife had to deal with at both health companies here in St.Louis and many a patients suffered with inadequate care because an older Black woman knew the company didn't want to do anything because of PC fear and litigation. I am lucky as I am self employed and I will say what I please and deal with the consequences. If someone doesn't like my opinions they shove them where the sun doesn't shine so the PC BS doesn't affect me all that directly but, I see it almost daily at my daughter's school here in Kirkwood and just laugh and make sure and influence my daughter to be a critical thinker.....her mom is a beast so she better not be lazy as my wife will bring the hammer down like Thor.

agreed 100%.....look at Mizzou or Washington University here in St. Louis....complete joke

Al your last sentence says it all.....I'm not sure why they are going with that sort of scheme???

Jim he is as steady as they come.....I am extremely lucky to call him my great friend, business partner and hero :)....if you saw his house you would know what I'm talking about. Hog Wally is a guy you always want on your side for sure.....he's quality thru and thru

Wow!!!!.....Olde Mizzou is pretty much what I thought. ....weak as hell. SEC team's just don't loose to Middle Tennessee State at home. Missouri does not belong in this conference as we are just not a top flight D1 school anymore. We are officially the worst in Football and Basketball in this conference. ..what could the alumni and boosters be thinking??? Especially whoever donated 15 million earlier this week. It's cool to be a backer and support your team but you have to call a spade a spade.....Mizzou is in shambles on many levels and it is embarrassing!

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Echo Bluff is a joke.....my family will never stay there.....our family like real camping. I wish some of the seizure money could have been used to help the MDC to do something about all the illegal gigging that is taking place on the middle Meramec between Sand Ford and HWY 30.....it's gonna be a Bass and Walleye slaughter fest this year....clear water for the first time in two Winters and overly anxious giggers out for meat no matter what it is.......a perfect storm is a brewing