fishinwrench

Fishing dry patterns wet definately works. I got spanked bad on the Niangua by a guy nymphing a #16 Adams, and as soon as I changed up it was Game On.

I haven't been out much, just a few short jaunts in the evenings. I'm still finding lots of super shallow crappie, and like the rest of you I am seeing the average size go up. So since I can't seem to stay on the whites this Fall I guess I should load up on crappie so I can have a few fish frys this Winter. I find it interesting that Wharfrat's bites were coming 3' under the floats because that's exactly the depth I am finding them up on the flats. It would actually be better for me to wade than to fight the wind in the boat. I don't know if they are up that shallow all day or just in the afternoon/evening since I've only been out from 5pm til dark, but there sure is plenty of them. One little twiggy piece of brush can give up 10 or more on a #4 clouser. All bites are on the pauses.

Yeah my favorite bluegill honey hole has psycho beavers. The creeks where I grew up were lousy with beavers too, but they were shy, very mellow, and kinda cool to watch. The beavers down here have apparently been raised differently, they are pretty aggressive. Not sure what a beaver would (or could) do if he got hold of you because I haven't worked up the guts to stand my ground yet.

That layout is terrible. To extract a 6.5-7' slightly tangled rod from that rodbox you'd almost have to stand on top of the motor.....and you still might drop it in the lake. A FRONT baitwell that I guarantee won't hold 10" of water, and you'll have to lay on your rods to get a minnow out of it (Calling it a livewell is a stretch). And the rear one is just weird. Cheesy console caps, and windshields that will both be out of production after 3-5 years. I could go on..... That's just awful considering who's name is on it.

A boat with character. You can't buy one, they just happen. Cherish it.

Dude, you look like an emerging cicada! Hope you don't plan on doing this every 7 years. I bet the nurses hated to see ya leave

In a small canal oxbow near the town of Okeechobee (Buckhead ridge) I spotted a "half submerged tractor tire" and slung a buzzbait over it. Don't ever do that !!!! There are no tractors anywhere near Bulkhead ridge, and a startled 10 foot Florida gator that you've blocked his exit path is just about the scariest thing in North America. He went under my boat in 3 ft. of water and I think I tasted my asshole, it was gross!

What he^ said.

It's worth fittybucks for sure, but if your budget will allow I'd keep shopping for a decent plastic or fiberglass canoe. What make is that one anyway, I don't recognize it.

The driving force in competitive fishing is knowing that no matter what the conditions are SOMEBODY is gonna come in with a fat sack (or at least a respectable one).

Hey LO boys, let's pick a day, buy a newspaper on your way out, then go out and see how big of a bass you can catch, and post up a pic of it here (next to the news paper). Just for fun of course. Who's in ?

I assume then that THAT is what you'll have in there to fish for over the Winter C&R period. How far will folks continue driving to catch 9" stocked rainbows?

When did we last have a flood that overtook the hatchery?

Oh man. Nice one!

I like it! Wouldn't look as nice but I can't help thinking it would "fish" better minus the CCG though.

Everything that swims in saltwater will either bite, sting, or eat me. I refuse to move somewhere that I'm not wanted.

Yeah, cold doesn't kill off the bugs that we want gone. They love us, and a long cold spell just temporarily seperates us and makes them miss us that much more.

I'm welcome?! Was that supposed to be GOOD news? Piss on you, I hate Winter

Should known you'd have to have a license. Who actually owns the internet anyway?

Yeah but WHEN WILL YOU RECEIVE IT? ????? Anyone else having mail/shipping issues as of late? I sure have been, and I paid for it!

They'd prolly take a SH. I caught them on Clousers. OP, my whites have either vanished or aren't feeding when I am out. They'll be back.

Arrested, or asked to leave ? I'd be interested in knowing what (if anything) they are being charged with.

There's a bunch in the backends of the bigger coves around here, super-shallow and relating to anything wooden. Little twigs seem to produce better than big laydowns. None are very big though, just keepers. They are chowing on those big midges that are hatching now.

Guess that answers the age old question of "who makes Orvis line". Now if we just knew who makes those awesome dog beds....

LMAO! Yeah you won't locate a thermocline on Okeechobee, I do know THAT. I also know that if there is lilly pads in the water then the ph is just fine.