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Quill did you ever think he just liked you or maybe your boat or maybe he was trying to tell you there were no fish in the area. I really hope in the name of diversity you did not hurt his feelings.

I bought some from northlands tackle this winter. plan to use them on drop shot rigs. thought I would try them as the weight below the drop shot. my thinking it gives the fish two targets. I've not used them yet staying off tr till the idiots leave after labor day. will post if they work.

4" drop shot worms. I've found greens,brown ,plum and shad colors work well. also 1/2 oz war eagle spoon works well. if you find the fish and they don't hit the spoon use the drop shot. if they start hitting the drop shot goback to the spoon and they will usually hammer it. to find the fish run off the points start looking in 30 to 50 feet of water. if that point is near a river or creek channel even better. I would say check boat houses with their ends in 30 to 50 feet but that is hard to find at Stockton. another spot that can be killer is channel swings. one tip is don't over work your drop shot this a little movement is all you need. one thing to be aware of is the thermocline. most bass sit right on top of it and eyes in and sometimes below. what I'm saying if thermocline is 30 feet don't waste your time in 50. if I do find the fish I usually will mark with a buoy. much easier to stay on the fish if there is any wind.

come june 1 I usually quit fishing tr. there are other lakes without the crowds and problems. after labor day I come back and get some fine dropshotting and dock fishing. that being said no use to complain fish real early or at night.

can't say about spiderwire I use power pro. found you use for about a year then reverse it and use for another year. darn sight cheaper in the long run than mono or fluro.

bitethis you made a wrong turn and was fishing LOZ maybe. you got to love Stockton in the summertime don't you agree?

instead of tr fished Stockton past two weeks. caught 40 to 50 lm & sm both days. saw a total of one (1) speedboat over the two days and hardly anyone bass fishing. that was really nice.

I like the z-man. I use a black marker to color the blades if they are shiny.

went to indian point Friday lots of bed only saw a few fish on them all small. caught fish in ten to 20 fow. two of us caught around 40 with 15 keeps. no giants but some solid fish. caught them on grubs early chompers salty sinkers later. water temps 57 to 58.

anyone care to say what this cold weather will do to spawning fish and the others shallow but not started to spawn? I think it will run the spawners out and others into 15 to 20 fow.

put in at 7 am. 1st fish on jb. went to smoke grub after no more love on jb. caught 12 sm with 5 keeps. slow period 9 to 11. went to banks on spawners. caught around 20 to 25 mix of sm,lm and spots about ten were keeps. left at two lots of boats and my 1st jet ski.

just want to know if anyone has tried the 3" stickos on a ned rig?

thought you might be after the eyes in this water temp.. you will get next time

1/16 to 1/8 jighead with white slider. 8 pound test cheap jigs if you lose it your wife won't be as mad.

bill as a ps to my thanks would you let me know if you do start catching them like that.

quill thanks for the post. brought my wife home from knee replacement surgery Friday and will be off the lake for several weeks. I will just survive by following your post.

it appears that you prefer a coors can for a tape measure.

they work well if you back into the docks on table rock.

bill it's always nice to hear a great guide and fisherman along with being a great guy tell it like it is.

agree with the backing. no backing on braid and just spins around spool.

sore thumbs I use humminbirds but I have found on bass boat central they have a world of info on their electronic forum. go to bbc click on bbc boards scroll down to lowrance and you will find how to use all kind of tips and how to understand what you are seeing. I think you will find a lot of info you can us.

sore thumbs I use humminbirds but I have found on bass boat central they have a world of info on their electronic forum. go to bbc click on bbc boards scroll down to lowrance and you will find how to use all kind of tips and how to understand what you are seeing. I think you will find a lot of info you can us.

it has been a while since I downloaded my waypoints but as I remember downloaded from computer to sd card than straight to my hummingbird. the one thing you must do is to make sure the format for the waypoints in your hb is the same as the ones in the sd card.

did you look close. the boat and trailer might be under the ice in the water.

I started using 10# hi-vis yellow power pro braid when I moved to fla. 10 years ago. I only fished in salt water never put a line in fresh water for ten years. moved back to sprfld in 2010 and have continued to use the same set up on my spinning reels. some things I have learned is 1 don't fill your spool as full as you would with mono. 2 use 1/2 or less drag setting as you would with mono. I use fluro leader not fluro line as my tippet. trout leader is 100% fluro not coated. it is usually a smaller diameter and much tougher than fluro line. I always attach with a uni knot 6 turns on both lines make sure the turns don't have an overlap. I have found that I seldom lose a fish because of line or knot breaking. if you hang up and have to break a steady pull will break at the bait not at the connection. to ensure this I attach uni knot to bait with less turns. also I run one spinning reel with 6lb power pro and will use for finesse fishing.