Alex Heitman

We got it from Blake at Pros choice in Warsaw

Fished with my Dad and they were on fire. Caught 82 on Thursday and over 50 on Friday. 90% were on Ned. Caught a few on swimbait and couple on top water. Caught them anywhere from the bank out to 20ft. Fished basically everywhere from main lake backs of coves/pockets. It was a blast. We got a new Z-21 3 weeks ago and have been down 3 straight weekends. This was the best weekend so far. Caught some smallmouth pushing 4 lbs and some huge K’s. Had a couple big LM jump off. Can’t wait to get back down.

Any jerkbait bite or is the water too swift? About 10 of us will be down there this weekend

That’s a great day. I was down there mainly to clean up the boat and organize tackle but I fished for 5 hours at the dam and caught 3 just one keeper. There was a few boats but with that many boats in AiA they must of been towards the river arms more. I tried the arig in all usual spots and caught those three off one location in between docks that had a rock shelf by a channel swing and they came in a jerkbait. Some days you just don’t have it but I thought I would catch more. After looking at the results I really stunk it up.

Has anyone tried the maxima fluorocarbon line?

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Whoops that would help. I added it in the post. $29,500.

My dad is selling his boat. Boat has been garage kept besides early spring through early summer when it’s sits on a lift and covered. Boat has been well maintained and taken care of. Serviced every year and have had no issues what so ever. Boat has caught lots of fish haha. I have more pics if interested. Asking $29,500. Here are the specs. 2011 Nitro Z9 250 HP Mercury Opti Max Pro XS with SS Prop and Transom Saver (Approx 250 Hours) Humminbird 998 CI SI flush mount – Dash Humminbird 798 CI SI flush mount – Bow (Transducer mount on Trolling Motor) Motorguide 24 V 80Lb thrust Tour Edition Trolling Motor Dual Consoles (Passenger Side Removable) Oxygenerators (2 each) Auto Bilge Pumps (2 each) Bike Seats (2 each) Fold Down Seat Dual Pro Battery Charger Tilt Steering Wheel Remote Trim Level on Steering Column Remote Oil Fill Trolling Motor Batteries (2 each) Starting Battery Custom Matched Tandem Trailer (Brakes on all wheels) Retractable Ratchet Tie Downs Custom Two-Tone Pro Cover (New)

You didn’t catch any bigger ones because I was up there and caught them all 😉

Did they got give you physical therapy or exercises to do at home? You usually get some elastic bands that are might resistance to start with.

All valid points. The jaw looks like it extends past the eye and the coloration is why I thought it was a mean mouth

What do you guys think? Smallmouth or Meanmouth? Saw this posted on LOZ Facebook page and was caught a few years ago. I said meanmouth because of horizontal line and scales but have been blasted for it.

Here is the link not recent numbers though https://www.swl.usace.army.mil/Portals/50/docs/tablerocklake/Pool History- Table Rock (4).pdf

Anybody remember where you can find the historical numbers on lakes? I remember a year or two back there was a chart that showed the high and low numbers and maybe avg height since table rick was built

Those fish are smart. Somebody stops and fishes that point I swear every hour.

Hey stay off that point leading into my cove haha

Champ see a good chiro first before anything invasive. You would be surprised how much they can help you if you grind the right one.

I didn’t know those strike king king shads could wake. I thought they were sub surface. I thought you needed the wake shad for them to wake. I have one I plan on trying tomorrow.

I almost stop by point 1 every time I’m down but it has been a lot slower for me the past 2 years

Thanks guys. Fish was caught between cedar and Akers 😛 on a crawler. My dad was just fishing for trout for dinner for my mom and him. He usually keeps a few rainbows and has caught some big rainbows over 5 before but not even close to this big. Especially for a brown. I’m happy for him and looking forward to the mount.

My dad caught this brown that weighed over 12 lbs today on the current river. Fish was about 28 1/2 inches and he caught it on 2lb line. It took him he estimates about 15-20 mins to bring in. It’s an absolute beast for that river. I was so happy for him. I’m in Florida on vacation and talked to him for about an hour about it. He caught it on his last cast before he was headed back to the truck. He planned on releasing but the fish was not going to make it. He is going to mount it and I remember a post a while back about fish mounts. Does Phil or anyone know who does a good fish mount in the area?

My guess is he had it trimmed up too high and caught a wake just right. Glad everyone is okay and skeet saw him. I used to bad about not wearing a kill switch over the years but the videos posted the last few years on here have me wearing it all the time.

Don't get me wrong Champ and Bill, it was a great day on the water. Usually this time of year there is a window where you can flat catch 50-100 fish in a day and that's what we were expecting. For the last few years anyway we go about this exact time and hammer the smallmouth on the Ned and senkos with topwater. It just didn't happen this year. Those days we planned on fishing until from daylight until about 4 or 5 and stayed on the water until dark because they were biting so good. My dads back would hurt for a week haha. It was still a great day on Friday. Maybe like Bill said with so much pressure lately a lot of these fish are seeing lots of baits and being caught. I thought about busting out the deep crank this time but the bushes were just too good to pass up. It won't be long if they are not already starting on it. Maybe the MLF guys will try it but I think it will be hard for them to do with a lot of fish still up.

Fished Friday with my dad. We caught around 30 with maybe half being keepers. I really thought it would be better. No topwater for us. Maybe the cold front knocked them down. I really thought we would hammer them and catch around 50 or more. We could not get on the smallmouth. We tried a little be deeper with Ned and Neko rig but no love. Most of them came shallow less than 10 and a bunch in the bushes. We tried all our go to smallmouth spots and ended up catching LM or spots in those locations. Caught some nice 2 1/2 lb fish but nothing really over 3 lbs. We still had a great day on the water but not what I was expecting. Morning bite was good but then we had a lull where the fish would just pick it up and drop it. Probably on beds but we would set the hook and they would come right unbuttoned. After the sun came out the bite picked up and we started just fishing flooded willows and bushes and produced a lot better. Most likely would have had a better day if we started doing that from the get go. No love on swimbait just a couple bumps. Here is a beautiful colored smallmouth my dad caught. This spot is usually stacked with them but only caught this one.