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Everything posted by mixermarkb
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Stable lake levels help a ton. The COE lakes all go up and down way more than LOZ.
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Talk to Babler, he may be able to put you in touch with someone at Falcon that can get you a low rider with full grips
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Leading the BASS Open heading into the final day!!!
mixermarkb replied to Mike jones's topic in Table Rock Lake
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I fish a lot parallel to the bank, and sometimes fish "uphill". I've heard that a lot of the guys out west fish "uphill" as much or more than they do "downhill" I think casting shallow, retrieving deep has as much to do with our human habits as it does any habit of the fish.
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Ok, this is admittedly gonna sound cocky, but what the heck are those guys that are pre-fishing and still not catching 5 bass on the tourney day out there doing? I normally only get one day to figure something out. A few times a year I might be able to string together 2 or 3 days on the water, but by a few hours in on a normal day I've gotten a bite or two and start to put together some sort of idea that is driving the rest of my fishing. Are those guys just stubbornly doing the same thing, not getting any bites pre-fishing and not getting any bites in the T? Or is it nerves causing them to abandon whatever meager pattern they've put together thinking that "a limit of keepers won't cut it, I've got to find a big bite". I won't claim to be able to do it on a grass lake in Florida or on Lake Erie, but I'm pretty confident given two days to figure something out on any of the Ozarks lakes, that I can bring 5 to the scale in a day. I'm under no delusions that it's gonna be the right 5 to compete against some of the sticks out there, or even on this forum, but I can pretty consistently catch 5 keepers. What gives? What am I missing?
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My lews reels were a good bit faster than my old shimano chronarchs and curados, and I blew up a brand new spool of flourocarbon on the first cast with one learning that lesson. It took a little more braking and spool tension to calm them down than I was used to. Lews makes reels with internally adjustable centrifugal brakes (BB series), externally adjustable centrifugal brakes (BB pro series), magnetic only brakes (MCS), and a combo of internal centrifugal brakes and externally adjustable magnetic brakes (MSB). Generally speaking, I've found that if I'm backlashing at the start of a hard cast, more centrifugal braking will help. If it's an overrun at the end of the cast, that's where magnetic braking shines. In practical use, for pitching, flipping or roll casting, where I need a fast startup to let the bait pull line easy, I use mag braking only, because the centrifugal brakes slow down the spool startup too much. If it's a reel I'm using to bomb long casts, I get better distance with centrifugal brakes because they let the lure keep flying at the end of the cast where the magnetic brakes tend to kick in and shorten the cast. For folks who are new to baitcasters, I use the MSB reels, and use some of both style of brakes, loosening up the magnetic brakes as they get more time and their skills build. The MSB reels are also handy to be able to click a little more magnetic brake on if the wind suddenly becomes an issue without having to take the side plate of the reel off to make an adjustment. I rarely ever have to adjust centrifugal brakes after I set up the reel with whatever line size and general bait range I'm using it for. Occasionally I'll have to adjust the spool tension knob if I make a big change in lure weight, and I try to keep tension set so the lure falls slowly and the spool stops spinning almost immediately on its own when the lure hits the ground, without using my thumb, when I click the release. (for casting, much less tension if I'm pitching) Nothing beats an educated thumb, but choosing the right braking style and setting it up properly really does help the learning curve.
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It's really hard to beat a lews BB-1 for throwing cranks, available in 5:1, 6.4:1, and 7:1 gear ratios. The centrifugal brakes work very well for hard casting, and haven't required a lot of adjustment for me once I get them set. If you need a lot of on the water adjustment the BB-1 pro series has an external brake adjustment instead of having to take the side plate off, but I couldn't be happier with the half dozen BB-1's I have on the cranking and topwater rods.
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Lol, ok guys. I'm gonna wave the white flag here. I derailed the topic, and we had some fun, but let's get back on the fishing subject. I do appreciate the fact that we can have a laugh about politics and be grownups about it. Hopefully polite, civil discourse and humor will find its way back when it comes to politics, but for now let's get back to fishing... now I'm gonna go check AnglerSpy and see what this cold snap has done to the water temps...good luck to all who are fishing today!
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Hey, you guys are right, it could be just like the election. I could go out and catch the most fish and dominate the day, but if I didn't catch the fish that the rules say matter, I'd lose! Just like the popular vote and electoral college! ?
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Just wait till I show up at the OA one bass with my "hope and change" boat wrap and "I'm STILL with Her" sublimated jersey.. LOL
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Careful Champ and Ham, Johnny is a right good capitalist. You all are gonna start sounding like commie liberals like me if you hate on his greedy capitalist ways... I'm kidding of course.
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Hey Dave, I saw Jason Christie likes to throw a craw colored bandit where a lot of people throw warts this time of year, and I've heard of the old rebel being a good cold water bait. What's the general difference between the wart/rock crawler school of crank and the rebel/bandit?
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I think if I knew anything at all about cow pasture pool as my Dad called it, this would probably have been a pretty funny comment by Vernon.
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We all have those days.
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So, I've read that photo period may have as much to do with bass spawning as water temps. I wonder if the fish will catch up to their seasonal pattern based on temp, or will they hold off and wait on the longer days? Lots of variables this year, with the low water and warm temps. Odds are still good for a cold snap, and/or a big rise in the lakes. Good luck to you Bill, and all the other guys that figuring these fish out is your livelihood, it's got to be a challenge!
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Hahahahahaha, is that ever a true story!
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I'm a big fan of the #5 Aaron Martens "finesse" gamakatsu. They are a very light wire, and that thin diameter seems to penetrate better for me when they are just nipping at the wart. Can't go wrong with the owners though, and trophy sounds like he's really dialed a setup in as well.
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Hey Guys- The 9 year old didn't have school today, so he came down with me, and caught himself a keeper smallmouth. It was his only fish that made it in the boat of the day, but it was a puller. I had 3 keeper smallies, 3 really fat 14" spots, 2 keeper largemouth and a 19" walleye, along with another 3-4 shorts of the various black bass flavors, in between helping the kiddo try to deal with the wind. The walleye came on a jerkbait as I was making the last cast of day about 5pm. We hit the water about 9:30, and fished from Theodosia to Music. Water temps were 52-54, bumped 55 a few places. With the exception of one little school of smallies, the fish seemed to be scattered and on the move. Chunk rock on flatter banks near deep water seemed to be the deal, with Arig, wart, and single swim bait on a fishhead spin all catching fish. All in all, I was happy with the day, even if I didn't get the 4# or better LMB that I was gunning for.
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There was a virus that effected the largemouth bass (not sure about spots and smallmouth) in the late 90's early 2000's, that killed a ton of fish in the white river lakes, especially Table Rock. Bo and Bill could probably give a lot more details.
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Sample Kansas City Star Table Rock Fishing Report
mixermarkb replied to Bill Babler's topic in Table Rock Lake
Champ 188, you are so correct. Journalism has been thrown the way of "pretty people". Don Henley was prophetic with "dirty laundry" in the 80's, and things have only gotten worse with the Internet and 24 hour cable news. -
I was ignoring it anyway
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I shouldn't have been stubborn and left all the spinning rods in STL. I was seeing a lot of fish on the graph, a dropshot or grub or even the ned probably could have gotten a lot more bites in the flat calm/high skies that most of the day was. I just didn't want to fish that way today, was hoping for a big fish. Oh, and my shoulder is REALLY feeling the whole not fishing since May thing! Holy crap it hurts! Lol
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Well, I finally got to make a cast. Got on the water about 11:00 after dealing with some dumb boat owner issues. Tough day for me, but ended with a 17" smallie and a 14" spot, both on the ARig. Lost three fish on a wart, just couldn't get the deal done. I think I just wasn't setting the hook fast and hard enough. anyway, things got a lot better for me late with a little more breeze and the start of some cloud cover. Found both my fish about 1/2 to 3/4 back in coon creek, one ok a channel swing and one on a secondary point. Water temps consistently 49-50 about everywhere I went, with a pretty good stain in the area around theodosia and clear down the lake. A little more wind and clouds and a fisherman who knew what he was doing (unlike me right now) could really catch them. I agree with everyone else, it's gonna be an early spring unless we at a real, real cold snap.
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My old friend Gary, the former mechanic at TMR used to tell a story about having someone drop him off on the saddle when the lake was at the right level and mess with the summer crowd by pretending to walk on the water...
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Yeah, I'm used to running at 650-648, I just haven't seen it in a while and since its winter didn't know if anyone has kept the courtesy docks usable. I'm packing up to head down tho, so I guess I'll see how it is tomorrow morning.