fishinwrench

Malarky, there is a bunch of guys just like me, evidenced by the number of *LIKES* I get every time I think I've pushed my limits around here. Turns out there are zero boundaries on OAF. Who knew? Or...maybe y'all just like watching me hang myself.

Yes the bow of the boat is supposed to butt up against it. It needs to be repositioned. Kind of a crappy design there really, but it'll work. I'd position it where needed then have it welded so it will stay put.

Yeah Ness takes really good care of himself, you can just tell.

I never see big bluegill on LO either.

Not while in a boat. Not that I can remember anyway. I get it when I step out of my truck sometimes.

Awesome! Would love to see some recent pics and story's from there.

Someone just told me that MDC came into a bait shop and informed them that they had to purchase a receipt book from them, and that all live bait sales had to be documented from now on. Is someone stretching the truth here ? What's all this about?

Ouch, that had to hurt.

Can you tell me if the motor has EVER been titled/registered ? Is there a registration sticker on it ? Reason I ask is that if it HAS then getting it legal will be impossible. If it has never been titled then it can be done....although not easily.

Drum aren't fun to catch when your bass fishing because of the letdown factor. For the first 6-8 seconds after the bite you think you've stuck a TOAD... .then they start going in circles and the disappointment hits ya.

That tingling/sparking rod sensation would scare the piss out of me. Can anyone explain the science behind that ? I did see some leaves float up off the ground just before a close lightning strike once, and I've heard about guys making a cast and having the line hover in the air. If you are standing in a dry fiberglass boat shouldn't you be insulated from ground regardless of what you have in your hand?

Well thanks. I said when I first responded to this thread that my knowledge of the lake was dated and not recent. It is otherwise VERY accurate. I'm glad that someone is doing well there and enjoying the lake. I miss it kinda, especially during this time of the year when this lake (LO) is like fishing in a washing machine. More reports on the MT forum would be cool to see. Get on that will ya?

I'll say one thing, it has become THE bait of dock owners all over around here. If you see a guy fishing off his dock there is a 90% chance that he is rigged with the Ned. And if you even say "Hi, doing any good?", they will put on a seminar for you. People are really excited about it, and there's nothing wrong with that at all, but it is kinda funny.

Dave has written enough about the Ned on here to have written a bible about it.

If there's any "stacking up" going on I'm not hip to it, but there is ONE good fish on just about every 12-15' brushpile now. By September they are tired of looking at worms and jigs I think, and more in a mood to crush a crankbait if it bumps the cover they are in. A DD-22 in September is as dependable as a Wiggle-Wart bite in April. It'll get the bigguns.

It's over 78° so no need to care about water temp again until October.

For Gete and Dion? Yeah pretty much, unless they're running low on crappie fillets.

Nah, there wasn't even access to those ponds/pits anymore back then even if you wanted to stock them. You could get to them with a dirt bike or a helecopter but that's about it. People (or the MDC) didn't even own 4wd trucks back then, so there was no stocking going on. Most of the pits were clay pits dug in the early-mid 60's during the space launching pad era and for years remained too alkaline from gypsum spoils to even hold fish.

When MT was being impounded the "story" going around was that they (whoever THEY was) heavily stocked all the little pits and ponds that would eventually be flooded. Now that I'm older/wiser I know that was a crock of s#it, but it was amazing that only a few years after it reached full pool that lake was FULL of nice sized fish. The only arms of that watershed that had truly decent bass populations before the lake was made were the Middle and Elk forks, and there is just no way that they held enough fish to populate that entire expanse of new water. So where all those fish came from in the early days is a mystery to me. The South fork was heavily contaminated from fire-brick waste and raw sewage (Thanks to AP Green and the city of Mexico) and nothing lived in it but bullfrogs, crawdads and mosquitos, and the North fork was a muddy farm runoff ditch full of turtles and bullheads.

LOL Yep, I didnt only see the episode, I was there. I think one of those fish (in 2 days) MIGHT have bumped 15". It is a cute way to entertain guide clients in the Spring but you ain't gonna take home many checks doing it.

It will catch them on LO but you're not gonna wrestle a decent fish over the cables on 6-8# line unless you just get lucky. I'm holding out for a Magnum version.

Nice work! I tried some deep crankin' on LO the other day but they didn't wanna chase it. It's always a September thing for me.

I'm on it. Thanks! PM's sent.

Good grief, that's not a day of FISHING....that's a day full of livewell maintenance.

I wish they would!