Whit Warriors

Can we pick up rods Thursday in Spfld??

Apologies for the duplicated pic. Trying learn this posting picture deal.

QB Your report is spot on! We fished today and boated over 30 fish with 15 keepers. A real nice mean mouth!! Another decent one! The fishing was on fire! Best bait - wiggle wart!!!

Nice collection!

What color? Congrats that a BIG bass!!!

I also fished both days this weekend. We had a little better results but no comparison to what won the Central Pro derby. Saturday put in at Shell Knob bridge. Caught 12 fish with 6 keepers. All fish caught on the ARig except 1 Ned rig fish. Fished out of Indian Point today and had better results. Caught 17 fish and had 9 keepers. Again all on the ARig. We tried Ned, stickbait, swimming grub and a football jig with no luck. We have been using the Graduate School ARig that Brian Thompson sells out of his store Outdoor Xperience in Spingfield. Great ARig! If you like throwing highly recommend the Graduate School! Whit

My son-n-law and I fish the 13 area 12/27 and found the a-rig and sppon bite to be the best. Zoom has a new color out in their swimming fluke jr series, Pro Blue Red Pearl Belly. It caught some really nice K's in the trees by bluff ends. We were also successful in the same areas with a War Eagle white spoon. We stayed out on the main lake most of the day. Fishing was good even though the weather was horrible. Good fishing, Whit

How many boats are registered? My partner and I are fishing again this year and super pumped about it! Can't wait to get my new rod as well!!

There were 50+ boats fishing to raise $$$ for a great cause, Cystic Fibrosis. Thanks to all that put this event together. Especially Jack Stack and the SRC companies. The winners had 15+ lbs and it took 11.5 to draw a check. My good fishing buddies Les and Mike finished 4th with 12+ lbs. We had 9.86 lbs today and struggled to catch any fish with any size. Our best baits were split shot and Carolina rig with anything green pumpkin on the hook. I did catch my first top water fish of the year on a spook jr. Caught a couple on the wobble head and my partner caught a couple on a spinnerbait. All in all it was a great day on TR. Thanks again to all who fished and help put this great event together.

Something green Something plastic Somewhere where bass like to spawn Top 3 tips I would tell someone. Oh 1 more - tie on a Red-Fin or a Spook. Good luck!

Really? A $135 top water bait! No thanks, I'll throw a spook, wiggle diggle, and a popper.

Spent the day chasing cotton tails. Kept telling the boys wish I was fishing. Had a great time at Fin&Feather annual fish fry yesterday. They do it right! The crappie, hush puppies, taters, and deserts were awesome! Thank you Fin & Feather Team! PS: the sales they are having are worth the trip to Springfield

I went from a Nitro to a Ranger. Both boats 90's models. There is NO comparison. The Ranger is a MUCH better boat. Now u have heard that the newer Nitro's have caught up with the big boys. A good friend of mine bought a brand new Z7 last year and loves it. It rides, handles and fishes very well. I fish from a buddy's Champion often and it's a good bass boat. If your a die hard tourny guy look at the boat manufactures incentive program. It makes a difference. If not, my advice would be to stay with boat manufactures that will still be in business in 10 to 30 years. I feel the that OEM longevity means a lot. Not just in boats but a lot of things. PS: I love my Ranger!!!

The wind definitely help my bite yesterday. Fished the same areas today with not has much success. Boated 8 bass with 1 keeper. We went slinging the Arig in other areas with little luck. However or only keeper today was on the Arig. Yesterday out best depth was 25 to 45 right on the bottom. I mean you needed to pound that spoon on the bottoming to get a bite. I forgot to mention that the areas we fished yesterday and today have quite a few dead shad floating. They are all really small, less than 1". The bass that were put in the boat were spitting those little shad up everywhere. I also had a crawdad in the boat. Had to of come from a bass. Kinda weird seeing a bass buffet in your boats floor. Might be a good thing?

The boat was rocking on the rock today. Fished in the wind all day and boated 31 bass with 5 keepers. Measured several others just too short . All Kentuckys with two smallies. Jigging spoon the best bait all day. Great day on TR. Almost had the lake to ourselves.

April 2013 I caught my biggest smallmouth ever on TR. I was fishing with a guy from California that was loving the smallmouth action on TR. We both were throwing Carolina rigged or split shot finesse worms (turd worms) or better know as Zoom centipede & fish doctor. We had a great day and around noon was sharing a secondary point with a buddy of mine. Both boats catching bass. I hooked and landed a 4.67 pound smallmouth. I thought it was over 5. I have caught my share of smallmouth on TR but this is my personal best. So far.....

Wind is my friend! Put in at Aunts and caught 2 Kentuckys right off the bat on the War Wagle white spoon. Moved to the White river and my partner caught one on the Arig. Wind was really blasting us so we moved back to Aunts, fished the big channel swing bluffs up river from Aunts and found schooling Kentuckys. Caught them all on the Arig, several shorts with 3 keepers. A lot better day than yesterday. Another awesome day in an Ozark lake!!

Alright men! Did you catch them today? We struggggllllleeedddd! Fished from Cape Fair to Hideaway with ZERO fish. A-rig nada Sticker nope Jig uhh no Spoon nothing Ice bait not happening The fishing trip...... Priclesss I love fishing even if the fish don't love me. Headed to Baxter area tomorrow. Hope to have better luck!

Shut up and fish! Just kidding and trying to lighten the mood around here. Spent the day chasing Whitetail Deer with no luck. The whole time in the tree I kept thinking about this post and how bad I want to go fishing. I really enjoy spoon fishing so keep the opinions and input flowing! I think I will go tomorrow

Fished it before Christmas. My reply is prob too late for you but caught my only 6 bass on a black and blue jig. Slow slow slow.

The War Eagle was the best bait in Aunts Creek today. The wind was just right and the bushes held fish. Covered a lot of water and had good morning. Had a few early on a spook and nada on the square bill or jig. Going back tomorrow and was thinking going further up the James. Anybody catching bass around Piney or the Cape? Imagine the water is got some color.

I read this post and went yesterday targeting docks close to deep water and the advice was spot on. Had several keeper LM and Eyes. Spoons and single tail smoke grubs was the ticket. Caught several LM and Spots on top water spooks. Great AM on TR... Right up until the madness began. Headed home to fry up fresh walleye!!! Whit

Is that AGFP tourny open to the public? If so, how much is the entry?

Fished the Purcell Tire bass tournament today with my buddy Landon Rogers. There were almost 60 boats in it. Another great turn out for Randy and Purcell Tire! We ended up 18th place with a little over 10 pounds. Typical Pomme day for us. Caught our better fish on a KVD square bill up in the river. The brush hog and baby brush hog in green pumkin caught a Water in the low 60s and dirty dirty dirty. It took 16 pounds to draw a check and 20 pounds won it. A couple 7 pounders took big bass. We caught a lot of fish, just not the right size. Good day fishing! Thanks to Randy and Purcell Tire! They do a great job running bass tournaments. Whit

NWTF Gobbler - On the big worm - you got to let them eat it. Its hard not to set the hook immediately. I find when I do - all I reel in is 1/2 a worm or a tailess worm. Maybe smaller bass, not really sure, We had several reel backs with 1/2 the worm that night. More than usual. Where you successful this spring turkey season? I took my first bird on Stockton opening day. Two years in a row opening day lake bird. Its fun hunting and Stockton is full of bass and birds!! LOL