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Sorry about the mechanical problems. If I had tools or the fluid you needed I would hook you up. Someone on here might have a connecton....

See you in the morning! I will be in the Skeeter with the 90 horse. Hey....how about a tow? It will be a quicker trip!

When I was fishing with Bill, we had this very conversation. I really don't fish Aunt's Creek more than any other part of the lake, but.....I find it easy to determine what I am doing today. I have a few spots that I can fish fairly quickly and eliminate water. I read all of the posts and pay special attention to guys who fish the way I do...grub, jig sort of stuff. Then I try what worked for them and try a little shallower or a little deeper. There are plenty of arms or areas like Aunt's Creek where you have seconary points, main lake points with rock. trees, deep, chunk rock. gravel, sand.....and so on. I usually determine where I am going after I find where I think the fish are. The challenge after that for me is determinng where the bigger ones are. I seem to find the 12-14 inchers in a particular location (example trees..18 feet of water), but are the bigger ones deeper, shallower, or not even in the trees? Ths is a really fun puzzle and I like it!

Your killing me!

PS....Kudos to Capt Joe for getting this going this time and keeping some folks on track!

Im in for two!

Would be nice to have something for you guys too, but aren't you within greeting distance?

Handle is on the wrong side

I'm thinking about something small, it wouldn't need to be big and gaudy. If stickers are hunter orange, a round dot about 1 1/2" in diameter on each side of the motor could be seen a LONG way off. I concur

Flashing gang signs. I think you had everything else. Someone is just going to have to take the bull by the horn (so to speak). denjac is just silly. Thought he would want us all to use grubs as earings. Just when you think you know a guy! I would be willing to put the....whatever fozzype said on my motor. Where do we get them?

Now I am hungry....thanks. The day would be the challenge. The guides on here make money in the summer and go hungry in the winter. Many others fish tournaments, I think that is one of the reasons they have the New Years Day get together. Weekends the lake is busy, but many of us have jobs during the week. If I am free the summer day you guys pick....I am in!

I don't even sit down when I eat....let alone fishing. Pretty seldom do I have a seat on the deck. I do have one on the back though.

Not sure about those particular rogues, but I started stickbait fishing with rogues. The issue I had with mine is getting them to suspend right. I was always fiddling with the little sticky weights to get them right. The McSticks, (buy a couple every year) seem easier to tune (if that is the right word). I still have to stick on a little weight sometimes, but not so much. I still think lure choices comes down a great deal to confidence. Denny uses a grub year around, I use an Eakins jig, another guy uses a spoon, I suspect Bill has a megabass tied on somewhere. When it does come to stick baits, I have more confidence in a McStick than a rogue and can't afford many megabass. If you like a rogue and do well.....

You are killing me! Shell Knob guys....more fish per acre of water than anywhere else on the lake!

I concur!

The bad thing is that the behaviour is coming from fisherman. No big tournaments and the big boats aren't even racing around yet.

We do keep re-visiting this topic! On the heels of that particular topic.....friendliness in general. When I fished Rainy Lake, every boat you passed would wave. I remember the first time I rode my motorcycle.....every motorcycle I passed sticks an arm out or waves somehow. I was a little worried riding with one hand on my first few rides, but still risked it and waved back. Jeep owners the same thing, wave all the time. Not so much on Table Rock. I always wave anyway. I waved at Cap Joe and his two clients when I went by the other day. I have trolled up to a boat that was fishing the same area as me and sometimes it is a pleasant conversation....sometimes you would think they caught me with their wife or something! It would be good to recognize the OAF brothers and sisters. I always recognize Capt House and the blue tank. I hope we come up with a solutuon. I had a magnetic bumper sticker on my truck, but someone else wanted it so they took it. It didn't help much for recognizing folks on the lake. I am cool with ribbon or tape on the trolling motor. I doubt it would have to be a specific color. Heck we could all put American flag stickers on our motors and kill two birds with one sticker so to speak. I am not sure how far away you could see it though. I am stuck with my Skeeter cap for the most part. It has been very lucky for me so far as I have never lost it, or been killed in it. I suppose when the luck runs out I will try a different cap though.

Hey! I know where that tree is! I miss when the kids were little and we fished a great deal. Everything is more fun with kids.....except maybe a honeymoon. Nice pics!

I saw three guys fishing out of a boat by an island between points 11 and 12 I think at about 1:30. Wasn't sure who it was, but knew it was a guide. Wondering if it was you?

What were you driving Snakem? Saw a Javelin,A Nitro that went toward the James and a couple of Champions. I think I saw a blue Ranger today too. Saw some guys fishing deeper but ours came mostly from the 12 foot deep range. I should have thought of the spoon. Almost tried a white tube, but never did. I wasn't sure if I should go deeper or shallower for something larger. Gosh I love trying to figure it out every time though. It is the fun part.

Thanks Bill. Look everyone...Shell Knob is the place to be!

Is the little guy for rent....could use a guide like him.

We just came back from Aunt's Creek. Apparently the secret is out! Lots of little ones for us. It was slow for me and I must not be near as skilled as you guys as we were no where near 50-100 fish. We were probably in teens or maybe barely into twenty fish. Most were caught on a (drum roll please) Eakins jig with green Yamamoto trailer. I did manage to view four girls in two piece swim suits and two jet skis. Water temps were 49.2 up by Piney and a smidge cooler around Aunt's Creek. I saw a lot of boats around Piney. I hate to say this on the forum, but we did better on main lake points around Aunt's. I hear there are schools of huge whites down by the dam that will eat anything! (worth a try anyway!)

Red and white Skeeter with the wife as a fishing partner! See you there.

I fished it two years ago. Boaters are guarranteed. The worse that will happen is they will boot a non-boater and pair two boaters. My experience is that it doesn't happen. As a matter of fact most non-boaters try to link with a boater so they are supposedly guarranteed to fish. If you have a boat.....you should fish.