fishinwrench

It's probably like getting me to leave my 5 county area. I've been to the outer-space and determined that there's no good reason to go back. Especially if it's gonna cost alot of money to go there. We've learned that we can bounce around in white suits just fine right here where we are.

I've been seeing that thing also the last few nights. Too big to be a star, not sure what it is.

Glad you guys are all ok, but if something the size of a boat is in front of you.....and you can't see it.....then WTF were you doing moving at anything above idle speed? There could be anything out there adrift, and you can't depend on everything (logs, docks, trees, some kid on a inner tube, ect.) having lights on it for your convenience. There are people out there running down the lake at night with their eyes on a glowing GPS screen. I have to assume it's those people whose kids are the ones eating Tide pods. 🙄

It's all about the brush right now. You can run the points like everyone else if ya wanna fight the waves, but truthfully if you just hit all the 10-18' brush piles you can find.....whether out on the mainlake where the current is, or back in a sheltered cove , you'll likely do ok. Start out fishing fast, usually no need to sit on one pile shaking and jiggling for 5 minutes trying to make one bite. If he's there and catchable you'll get the bite right away. Everybody is fired up about fishing mainlake points in the current now (or at least that's what they are all crowing about) but I promise you that the current don't mean squat.

That's the old "made in Mexico" blanks. They were sweet.

I actually know of more 18+" fish coming from Muleshoe and above, than from the rest of the river below. Spotted bass become rare above Green Ford and it's pretty much all Smallies from there up.

I always do better by fishing my way UPSTREAM. True predator fashion. Only dead fish go with the flow. 😊

Yeah I get no credit for buying 10 ply BFG's so that having a flat is out of the realm of possibilities. I could get hit by a train and the only thing recognizable would be my tires still on the wheels.

I dunno, you could knock the spit out of your wife's mouth if she got lippy, and she'd still cook you dinner and bend over the wash tub that evening. There are days that I'd trade patching a few tire tubes for that. 😅

Cool stuff! I recently purchased 2 additional acres adjacent to my property that was overgrown and rough. After clearing it down to bare earth I see all kinds of holes that I assume are yellow jacket or some kind of bee nests in the ground, but nobody is home at any of them. Where do they all go, and why so many holes in such a confined area?

Yes, the number of inexperienced people with enough money to buy a powerboat is increasing. One of the few negatives of a booming economy. 😏

Glad you're getting after it.👍 Is the water super low, or not?

When I go out it's usually for 4-5 hours and I always shoot for 5 fish that will go 12lbs. Typically I fall between 9 and 11, but I bust 15+ often enough that I'm not surprised when it happens. 20+ is cause for a celebration, a few phone calls or text messages to brag about it, and several pics. 17-18lbs. just pisses me off because I know it was just a tiny little smidgen of bad luck that kept me under 20. And of course I'll buckle down and go the next day.....and I'll be lucky to top 10lbs. 🙄 Fishing, with a goal in mind, is just a recipe for frustration. I don't even know why I do it.

I've got a clue ticket, and I'm saying that 15 is respectable, and 20+ ain't easy and doesn't happen for the same guy day after day. I'm good for maybe two 20lb. days per year while fishing where I do, but if I fished the Glaize area enough to know it just as well as I do the Gravois I'm uber confident that it would happen way more frequently. But I don't compete and I don't care to fish for handicapped bass just because they are bigger. It's akin to the difference in fishing a trout park vs. fishing a river far from the hatchery.

Not too surprising really since they haul good fish into that area on a daily basis. Make them all stay in the Gravois, Niangua, or upper Osage arms, away from release areas, and I bet you won't see weights like that very often. Those are Grand Glaize area fish that are totally lost. Not nearly as impressive as it may seem.

If that ever happens again just loosen the lug nuts 2 turns and drive it on the wheel until you feel it let go. You're gonna destroy the wheel anyway, might as well get 500 yards closer to home.

I'll let my good buddy, Stew from down under take you to Basic Propeller class. The discussion on "Hubs" begins at about 8:30....but watch the whole thing and get brought up to speed. 😉 Hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE ! Stew will appreciate it.

Well in that case the shirt adds class to the pic. My daughter bought me the most rediculous hat when she was like 8 years old and demanded that I wear it numerous times until FINALLY she forgot about it. I paid her back for that little deed though, as embarrassing as it was for me and my wife, I kept that sucker, wore it to her high school graduation, and made her introduce me to all of her friends and teachers. I have been gifted some really cool hats ever since. 😊👍

Nice! I'm hearing and seeing pics about the whisker fishing up there. Some boys I know are having a genuine big Blue jamboree up around the Ivy bend to Cole Camp cr. area, the likes of which I have never seen before.

Sounds like you may have just spun the hub on the prop.....and then disassembled the gearcase for nothing. 😁

Nice fish, but I hope you catch a bigger one soon. Having your PB bass pic taken with a Pokemon shirt on just doesn't seem right. 😆 Gimme your addy and I'll send you a Sims Marine T-shirt.

Well, not really. Moreso caused by a failure of a man made contraption. 😊

The old Charlie Brewer Slider technique using 4# line and a short UL spinning rig was the only way we knew how to catch the bigger bass in Crystal clear strip pits when I was a youngster. Stepping it up to 6# and a light or Med.Lt. action rod just didn't work for some reason. I don't believe we killed any bass (except the few we decided to eat) by using it.

The Tempest Plus 21 is the most recommended prop. But like you said, they are propping for best RPM range and most likely on slick water. Nevertheless, adjusting engine height and trim angle should keep it from blowing out. Those VS hulls are notorious for being bow heavy and preferring a 3000rpm cruise in rougher water.

A fortunate fact that often blows my mind. Seems there's always a spot or two along every stretch of river that make me amazed that a several people don't die there every weekend.