fishinwrench

A DD-22 on 12# line and a fairly long cast will either smack or get "close enough" to the tops of brushpiles that are sitting in 18-20fow. Shad pattern cranks are hard to beat here. September is actually the prime time for big crankbaits but they'll do the deed right now pretty well. Another good crankbait pattern on this lake is burning a 7A Bomber alongside the shady sides of docks. You won't win any tournaments doing it but it's a good numbers technique for hot sunny afternoons and doesn't requuire precise boat positioning so even if the water is kinda rough you can still pull it off. Slow falling a big worm T-rigged with a 1/16-1/8oz. Bullet around big condo docks is a good way to catch some hawgs in the Summer...it's a line watching game where you may be sitting over 30-40ft. but your bites will come between 5-15'. Stitching bluffs still works, but again....your gonna catch mostly dinks until you find a sweet spot. Lots of ways to catch bass, that's why they are the #1 sportfish. It never has to get boring. If you really wanna step up your game leave the 'gear' at home and take a 7-9wt. flyrod after them.

No, not at all. The guides will often suggest soaking a crawdad, but deep crankbaits (DD-22's and the like), C-rigged centipedes on humps, or pitching shallow docks and brush in 2-4' in certain areas will all catch some quality bass during late Summer. If you're going with a guide though you'll be better off playing to his particular strengths and taking his suggestions. If a day with him doesn't scratch your itch then go at it alone the following day using what you DID learn from him....cuz you WILL learn.

I don't think the COE is in charge of generation release at all. Floodgate operation MAYBE. I have never seen a COE truck/car at the Bagnell parking lot or anywhere around the structure, so if the corp is a presence around Bagnell they hide pretty well. I don't recall anyone from the COE making any statements during the shoreline management discussions.

Throw in lifetime shuttle service and I'll go fetch a check.

Well, that didn't work.

So that guy truly is the owner/deed holder for that piece of land ?

Oh yes you do, we all do. Some we even call objects

Looking good up this way Get out and fish those breeched seawalls and weed edges cuz this bite doesn't happen near often enough. Alot more fun than the typical 22+ ft. August brushpile bite. There's a bunch of eating sized channel cat in the backends of the coves too. I caught a good mess in 4 hours yesterday evening and never even had to change spots.

Tripled !? With no expansion? That IS a bite. Why are they picking on YOU?

Exactly! LOL I only carry liability coverage on my truck, so when I sense a hailstorm I squeeze it into the garage. The garage is fully insured. Floods don't come crashing down on you like an earthquake with no warning, if stuff needs to be moved to higher ground then you'd better get off your butt and either move it, insure it, or loose it.

You mean like Me? I either repair the damage myself or hire someone else to do it. In my case I'll do a little of both, so I'll be buying a wheelbarrow, 2-3 loads of gravel, and either paying for/or bartering out for some backhoe assistance. It doesn't kill me and it helps a few others. On the other end; Someone will undoubtedly smack a log with their lower unit and it'll all work out. For operations with more damage than I received there are these things called insurance claims. I'd rather see all that premium money back in circulation rather than drawing interest for the insurance corporations. Just my twisted viewpoint.

I don' t think I'll ever see the day that there's too much water. Bring it on! Flood damage produces jobs and there's still plenty of dry land to stand on. Just don't fall asleep next to the creek and it's all good AFAIC.

I agree with this : I never do any whitewater paddling but I've always liked and preferred the heavier polylink hulls. Neither me nor an F2 tornado have been able to tear one up. The extra weight doesn't bother me because I bought my canoe to float in, NOT to carry. I can drag my polylink model over a dry gravel bar with one hand.

No kidding! I had forgotten about THAT! Those boulders were a permanent structure in the river that created one of the best runs that could be accessed by road. He wanted to use that spot for a launch/takeout and was probably afraid too many knuckleheads would swamp their canoes there, so the basturd goes in with a friggin' D80 and totally "redesigns" that stretch. How the hell can you get away with that? Especially when it was a MDC owned area WAY before he came along. Now I'm pissed all over again ! I like the folks and crew at Riverfront and at Adventure, but NRO, Redbeards,and The Park really should be reigned in until they realize that they are USING the river, not OWNING it.

Makes sense now. I actually first saw that on an old Heddon lure included in a collection, it was one of those cigar plugs with the metal ring around the head (the name of it escapes me now.....I wanna say it was a very early "spook" but I don't think that's right). Anyway, I remember thinking that "some bonehead put that on there, and if it was part of MY collection I'd take the stupid thing off". LOL Turns out "that bonehead" knew more than I did. Edit: it was a Dowagic minnow. (That drove me crazy)

I'd love for someone to explain the science of this whole spinnerbait skirt on the belly hook thing.

Well duh! How do you think they got the weed?

I just figured that the hatchery trout couldn't hack it in a warm water flood. Maybe Denny can prove me wrong this time by having a banner late Summer/early Fall.

Yeah, so much for my hillbilly barometer ! Then again it HASN'T rained HERE where the barometer sits. Ahh, Alis Ben Johns.... Yep that was pretty intense. I was actually more afraid of the lawmen than I was of an encounter with Ben during that "manhunt". He had all them boys WAY too nervous. My mom assisted with the psych-eval on him at Biggs afterwards, interesting fella.

Hate to pee in your cheerios but I've seen this before on your favorite river. The trout bite on the Niangua is probably gonna suck after this major flush of warm water. A cool rise might have been good, but I'm about 90% sure that this warm flood will pretty much wipe 'em out.

I don't buy that. The alcohol restrictions at the trout parks don't starve out anyone.

I'll throw in todays "Fly of the day" for consideration... A Dahlberg Flashdancer in 1/0 (white/silver, or white/gold)

Some really cool accountings here. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when someone asks my kids the same question in the future. I stopped trying to "teach" the day I realized that my barking instructions was making my oldest daughter nervous. From that point on I just bit my tongue and let her figure it out on her own. She's 18 now and I'd put her up against any 20y/o boy around here I hope she keeps fishing long after I'm gone.

I'm gonna get grounded for this one but.... Ya know the definition of "relative humidity"? That's when the sweat off your balls runs down the crack of your cousins butt.

The Erin B. story is famous because there was a conclusion. Whether there are specific inspectors hired or not there'll be no satisfactory conclusion to THIS.