Alex Heitman

Hey guys I have a brand new Nitro z-9 boat and I have been having touble with my livewells I think. When I go out I fill them with clean water from my first fishing spot with the areation on high. I also put my recirulating pump on high as well. After I put the first fish in there, I turn on the oxygenators, which are running with the areation and recirculator as well.The fish seem to act fine for an hour, but after a while I notice they are putting their mouths toward the top of the livewell, as if gasping for air near the surface. After a few hours I will drain part of the live well and fill it back up again. After about three hours I have noticed the fish are starting to turn belly up. I have never had this problem before until now. The livewells seem to be performing just fine. I can't figure out the problem. I have always taken pride in proper fish handling, and I am just curious is there a small mistake I am making, or should I have my livewells checked out? Like I said it is a new boat so I am getting used to it still. What are you guys thoughts?

What an awesome day they had. I watched them catch a couple big ones right off my dock at my condo. I fished all last week down there and had good bites as well. My last day there Sunday was not as good, probablly my wrost day with only 5 or 6 keeps around the 3 pound range between the two of us. Looks like they caught all of them that day before I could get to them. Haha. Here is a couple pics of so nice ones I caught during the week

It didn't seem to matter what time of day it was and structure was also irrelavent also. Just as long as it was way back in the pockets where creeks or runoff came in. The wind was so bad over the weekend I just looked for an area that had protection from it. It seemed though if deep water was somewhat close to a long shallow flat in the back of the pocket they were there scattered close to the bank. The fish were not bunched up either, but I caught 4 or 5 nice keeps in each area I fished. All of them as fat as can be. This tells me the fish are exploring spwaning areas and more are going to come up early this year if the nice weather continues.

Mike, just noticed that Lake of the Ozarks and Table Rock are the only lakes that Lakemaster does not have on the Missouri list. I do not understand that at all. guess I will be getting Navionics then.

Which one is better for the humminbird unit? I have herd good things about both, but it looks like the navionics chip might be a little better and more detailed. What are your guys thoughts?

Has anyone been catching fish shallow in 8 ft or less in the very back of pockets where the water is warmer? I was down at the Rock last weekend and was surprised how many fish we caught that shallow. All of them were keepers with a couple of nice 5+ LM.