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I take pics with my mobile phone, then email them to myself. Download them from gmail and attach them to the post. Hope you get the pic up, would like to see it. Congrats on a great fish.

TW action is right around the corner.....can't wait. Let us know how the popper works out.

LOL Good report Sprint.

Crackle, The LF magic popper looks good, real close to the yellow magic. I haven't seen them anywhere. Have you tried them yet?

I was in Academy the other day, and noticed the h2o poppers. Great colors, and a decent price. I will go back and pick up a few. I did buy several of the SK sexy dog look knockoffs.

Good report moto. Sorry about the prop, what a bummer. Always enjoy reading about the variable Ned Rig techniques and retrieves. If your in the right places and not catching them, don't change baits, just change the way you work the rig.

x2 on Hook Line & Sinker in Rogers. Great small shop, and always well stocked.

Congrats on a nice fish on the little rig.

I hear you on keeping them. They are such a cool fish, I just couldn't do it.

I just can't see the little rig getting it done at night. It just doesn't have the vibration and profile that other proven baits that night fishing requires. The Ned would catch a few, but certainly out of it's element at night. Just my opinion, since I am not a regular at night fishing.

Methinks you need to invite me and Brett on that fishing excursion, that sounds like fun! Are you talking sending a drop shot down to the gog's, or something different?

Thanks for the info abkeenan. Your facts about them is dead on. We did catch most of them in 1 location on the bottom, within about a 30 yard area.

Good to hear that Lowrance has finally figured out that they are not the only game in town. Humminbird has provided great service to me on a few issues in the past.

Champ. Can Aaron at H.L.& S get them made up for you from bass x?

LOL on the lab experiment. Crappie body with smallie color, head and eyes. Never caught that many in one area before, but they like Ned and the grub. Does anyone knows what different bass species together created these little beast?

Took some much needed time off from the Salt Mine and fished with my brother in law, my nephew, and his friend in the Kimberling City area last week. No, all of us were not in the boat at the same time. Fishing shifts were taken, the ones that weren't fishing had chores to do. Didn't know what impact the cold front that blew in early last week would have on the catching, but kept an open mind and figured something out. I can tell you now the front had little to no effect on the fish, other than it might have pushed them somewhat deeper. Water temp was in the mid to upper 50 degree range on Thursday with it rising to the low 60's when we got off the lake Sunday at noon. The morning bite was slow to get started, but when the sun hit the water the catching was on. Caught most all of our fish in gin clear water with about 14 foot visibility. Targeted areas were main lake points leading to spawning pockets, secondary points inside creeks or pockets all with a mix of gravel and small rock. Fished some deeper stuff with larger rock and didn't do good on those. The best depth for better quality fish was 10 to 20', with good numbers of smaller bucks coming much shallower. Our best baits in order were: The Ned Rig on 1/16th head for flat water and 1/8th in the wind, 5" zoom fat albert grub, Keitech swim bait, and a finesse C-rig fished on spinning tackle with either a doctor or 4" stick worm. Our fish total for the trip was in excess of 100, with a mix of K's, small jaws, LM, and goggle eye. We even caught several keeper crappie on the Little Rig. The goggle eye's were huge sows ready to discharge their load. We caught so many eye's that I wondered why we didn't keep some for the dinner table, but they are all still swimming. Our best fish were smallies with several in the 2 1/2 to 31/2 lb range, but we also had some football K's full to the brim. When the water was slick we did see some bucks in or around nest, but not many momma's A wonderful several days fishing on the Rock! What a great fishery we have. Good Luck.

Alex, I suppose your fishing the senko weightless? Texas rigged or wacky? Good catches for you, keep up the good work. Packed up and ready to go the Rock after work today. Will fish Thursday through the weekend in the Kimberling City area of the lake.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I have watched too many fishing shows shot up there, that place is amazing! Count me in on the trip.

Scratched out a very nice fish Dave, on a very cold windy day. If the reports you have posted since you've been on your trip haven't convinced everyone of the power of the little rig nothing will. Have a safe trip home.

Your story about using the little rig for the first time is familiar to a lot of us who now use it regularly. That first fish is a riot, and it never gets old. Good tip on how to cut the Elaztech.

I hear you on the wind. Just really howling here in Rogers. Still would have rather been on the lake.

Good report. Not many posts about the fluke bite, so good to hear they are liking them. Congrats on a great weekend.

The little rig does require some time on the water to get the hang of how to work it. As Dave preaches on this board......if you think you are working it slow enough, slow down some more. For the most part you will not feel the rig, your just fishing it in space. Glad you enjoyed your visit to the Rock. It can be a humbling experience finding fish and making the proper presentations with the right baits.

The larger swim baits and heaver heads would be better fishing on the bait caster. I just prefer to fish the small ones on spinning tackle. I have found that they hit the swim bait different at times depending on how aggressive they are. Sometimes they will flat out slam the bait and swim off with it. Other times the bite is just a slight tick like they are hitting the tail. A M or MH 7' moderate flex (crank) bait cast rod would be handy to handle all swim bait applications.

Those boys from Nebraska as used to parking their rigs wherever they want up there. What's wrong Dave, have you caught your quota and had enough? Sounds like the LM may be in all phases of the spawn, with some already done. With the K's and small jaws still coming in.