MrGiggles

I caught a hump backed eye in the fall, he ate good.

I'd like to see a pic of that 16"er.

I might brave the wind tonight. Will likely go to Pomme though.

Sold.

Looks to me like the bank southeast of the 245 bridge, if those are the power lines that I think they are.

I was out on Friday. Water was stained but not too bad. 53* With the rain forecasted tonight and tomorrow I would expect it to get worse.

What plastics do you guys like to use on the A-rig?

I think I've seen it used to abbreviate Crabtree Cove as well.

For those on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/DaySons-Bait-And-Tackle-195481407714410/?ref=br_rs

I'm glad to see it, I go right through Fair Play to get to Stockton, if I wanted minnows, I had to go clear down to Aldrich and then backtrack to the ramp. I see them doing well, with the amount of fishing traffic that rolls through Fair Play.

I can't speak for the bigger units, only the little 4"ers that I have on my boat. I've got a Humminbird Pirahnamax 4 DI on the bow (transducer on the trolling motor), and a Garmin Stryker 4 on the back. The Garmin is a far nicer, clearer, and easier to use unit. I do not know if the Humminbird transducer does not like to be mounted on the TM (I've had the Garmin transducer on a TM before and it worked fine), but it has never worked that well. Lots of noise in sonar mode, and the down imaging is next to useless.

That's a hog, good job.

I gave it another shot last night, couldn't get bit on anything. Skunked. I went back to the same spot where I caught those two on Friday. 24-28 feet, standing timber nearby. Some fish holding tight to trees (at least that's what my sonar tells me), and the occasional ball of shad with fish on their tail. They moved through quickly and I couldn't really stay on them. Water was 45-47. In my very inexperienced opinion, we still have a little bit until pre-spawn activity picks up. Saw a couple other guys come through, they worked the area and took off, didn't see any fish caught.

Well I put in at Cedar Ridge South, tried fishing the 245 bridge area with no luck, water is still pretty stained down there. Went down Maze and caught a decent white bass and a 12 inch white crappie. If the weather cooperates I will be back this weekend.

I'll be out Friday afternoon, hope to get the skunk out of the boat. Good luck.

I went up Maze last night. Water was tea colored, not bad. Fished timber near the channel, lots of fish on Sonar but couldn't get bit.

Not to play 20 questions, but what is the water like down there? What kind of cranks were you pulling?

Same here. Conservation agent stopped by to check my license and said it had been slow for everyone else.

Supposed to be a bait shop opening up in Fair Play too.

That's just what I was going to say, because it slowed down in the fall once the water dipped below 60.

Water was chocolate milk when I was out on Sunday. Hopefully that will clear up within a few days

You can find topographic maps of any lake here. Study the area you plan to fish. https://webapp.navionics.com/#boating@6&key=cw|aEvmecP Can't say for Bull but there is very little vegetation on Stockton and Pomme. Cover comes in the form of brush piles and standing timber.

I decided to go to Pomme last night. Caught 3. Water was 8ft high and stained. Could not pin them down to one spot, lots of fish on the sonar but they moved on quick. Sure wasn't like it was, before the rain I could load the boat with 10" crappie cast after cast. What is the water temperature at Stockton? Pomme had warmed up to 43 already.

Yep.

Flicker Shads and Minnows 45% off, Suffix braid half price, lots of things discounted or on sale when I stopped in today. You know what they say, get while the gettin' is good.