5bites

I left them biting guys. It just goes to show all you need is a good spot, confidence, patience, and kick butt electronics. Good looks, wisdom, awesome intuition, extreme skill, and humility help to. Humility being really important. I'm better at being humble than anybody!

I'm a big fan of the 13 Fishing Omen series rods. The guides could be better but the feel and balance is phenomenal for the price. They have them at cabelas and hook line and sinker also I believe. They redesigned them so the new ones won't be out until later this month sometime.

I hope this cuts down on my need for photobucket. I don't like that at all.

My high tide chart was pacific time. There's always one by pump two at uncle Roys at high tide.

I clean plenty of bass, just not out of any of our lakes or rivers. I will flat manage a private lake or pond like nobody's business though. I totally agree with a mans right to legally keep bass (hopefully in moderation) to eat. Same with any other fish. Trolling on a forum just to poke the bear though? Come on man. Let's bury this dead horse and hang out instead. I was blessed to be invited to a private lake by Lamar earlier this year to have a 4 hour derby. Big fish wins but they wanted all fish 14" and under kept. I kept over 40. 300+ were kept in that 4 hr period. We could have turned right around and did it again and caught another 300. It's a fantastic place and once balance is restored to the population it will be a dynamite place to fish. I'd give my left arm to have regular permission to fish there and be able to take my two boys. Even the gills were insane there. This place has good depth, boat ramp, grass, loads of craws, and just tons of fish. I brought that many home trying to catch bigger fish. Now I wish I would have nedded them suckers and forgot about the big fish part altogether. That night a family of 9 (!!!) came over from church and we had quit a feed. Not everybody gets to fish but most everyone likes fried fish so when we entertain guests we usually heat up the grease and start frying fish.

So instead of going to bed last night I couldn't stop thinking about this awesome upper end fishing. So I grabbed my favorite grub rod and went to the courtesy dock at the eagle rock camp ground. So here's my report: I fished from 11:30pm-6:30am between Eagle Rock and Holiday Island. I didn't take my boat so I fished off the courtesy dock all night. Most fish came on the flat but some off bluff ends, rock piles, brush piles, tire piles, manure piles and hydrilla. One did come from Uncle Roys at high tide. I think I could have done better but I'm not much on night fishing and I was by myself. I let the big small mouth go. Not because they don't taste good but because I gut hooked it and I was afraid the meat would taste rusty. This one I just held the grub over the net and they jumped in. I never night fish without my Tom Selleck costume. Just another big ol table rock line stretcher. I drew this as I fought it. It's ok for only having three colors and in the dark. This one came right on the west roaring river point. This is the one I let go. With the hook in its gullet and it's name being Cecil, no way was I keeping this one. Second biggest smallies Ive caught this year. Here I'm thinking lemon and pepper? Or Cajun?

This sounds like the idea behind the jika rig sorta only longer lol.

It's a lot of fun when it's going. I've had my best success after the thermocline dissipates in the fall. This is table rock stuff too though I've done it on Stockton. Anyway the only time I've had a real hard time with them moving to much was of the evening close to sunset. I assume they're cruising more then. Usually though unless you have your trolling motor on high you can see them come up and eat it. Or come up then chase it down then when you catch up they are on it. It's fun. It's like hunting and sight fishing with the graph. This is also fun for kids btw because there's interaction and it's less mundane. One day I'm gonna buy a trip from Bill and get a real education on it and table rock in general.

So far I've only fished it vertically. Some guys here drag it and I need to put some time on that but just haven't. I impart no action at all usually. Sometimes I shake it but only for my own entertainment.

Good job figuring something out!

Oh and it's definitely good for fish at any depth in the water column.

For me it's the precision of the fall. If you are cruising a flat looking for fish on your graph and you see a fish and let go of your line to drop the dropshotting to the fish, without a doubt that rig will go to where you intended. So when you back up with the trolling motor to get re-orientated you will be in position. I hope that makes sense. Think of it as a marker buoy at times. Also it drops to fish quickly unless you wacky rig your worm. One more thing is it is very streamlined in that your bait is all the fish see. No jig head or anything. So it drops straight on target. Drops quick. Has a clean natural profile. Does that make sense or help at all?

Lol well you may have a point there. Either way it's not going to end well though based on his decision making skills.

Well he might actually but usually I'm not going to be one to take sides with mike Tyson. I mean if he says turn right I'm turning left. Bass are mighty tasty critters.

Anyone want to turn this into a random meme thread so it's something cool instead?

Lol yea gee I wonder what is going on here. You get things like this when crap isn't left alone. It just draws the flys.

Ty sir

Is this temp at Holiday Island?

Very nice!

It's impossible to resist when it says "There's a rubber ball on the inside..."

Here's a quote from tackletour.com icast coverage: "I-Jack : The I-Jack is one of those innocuous looking baits (if anything from Megabass can ever be considered innocuous) that might easily be overlooked on the store pegboard because it doesn't really look like much. It's a shad profile bait with a bill on it - ok. But the secret with this bait lies internally with Megabass's patent pending "Rudder Action Balance System (RAB)". There's a rubber ball on the inside of the bait attached to a swivel arm that moves from side to side changing the bait's balance as you retrieve making it roll and wobble along the surface, and also causes it to emit a unique thumping sound. The I-Jack measures just over four inches (4") in length and weighs one ounce (1 oz). Retail price is set for $19.99."

Also is there enough vegetation in the water that's dying to deplete oxygen levels?

Am I understanding this correct that this fall when the deep secondary thermocline dissipates those fish will basically be left without oxygen and will more or less suffocate and we will have another fish kill them?

It'll be good if I can be a good teacher. He may take up golf before I'm done though.