Pepe

I'm glad you had a good morning, other than losing a good fish and lure. After taking several rollers over the bow near point 22 I was afraid we would lose everything on the deck. I only had one fish on a spoon.

Falcon Lake in South Texas, for us at least, is hugely over-rated. We tried 3 times, different times of the year. It is full of Gar,

Was that the Kings or White?

SOLD

My buddy and I are going through tackle from prior trips and found a sizable box of these 5/8, 3/4, & 1 oz. Ledge & Deep structure jigs with screwloc. All have Black Nickel 6/0 hooks and most are GP or Black in color. $1.00 ea + shipping OBO. (Flat rate box $5.95)

Pressured fish get used to the baits they regularly see (so say the "experts"). This is probably a more significant factor for multiply-released fish. The slight difference of a baits look or vibration could be enough to make a difference. This seems to be demonstrated by cycles of popular & tournament winning baits. I really like this board, in part, because of the age diversity on contributors. New ideas and older memories of what worked several cycles ago.

Note: the "Hairpin" jig has a premium Owner brand hook.

I have a few of the following available. As usual, payment is directly to the St. Jude's Childrens hospital, not me. Only selling what is already made. Spoons in 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, 3/4 oz & 1 oz. Clear coated or White No hook or split ring - make offer "Hair Pin" Jig has a springy wire clip anchored in the head. Unhook it, Thread on the bait and push wire clip through the plastic, rehooking the clip. These really helps durability of soft baits like Yamamoto and work great. Some in black & some in GP. Make Offer "Stub Grub" or "Ned" jigs in 1/16th and 3/32 oz. With & without wire weedguards. Make offer God Bless us all

We are coming down for the big holiday weekend and will be fishing at night. Not very experienced with that. Should I make Black, Black & _____, or ????? Thanks for the help, guys

We recently fished at Lake Picachos in Mexico (it was HOT) using 8", 10" and 12" worms that I poured. These were much softer than most store-bought plastic. The bigger fish all came on the longer worms with the Owner 7/0 hook they make for big worms. Picachos is a similar clear-water reservoir, but has a lot of flooded mesquite. The big fish were relating to rock structure, not wood, It got me wondering about using the big worms on TR. That plum color is apparently hot at several Ozark lakes as I have made a heck of a lot of the hand-pour drop-shot worms in that color lately for friends that are guides and tournament anglers. I may try that color in big worms. Thanks for the input.

Anybody using 12" worms?

We fished mon-yesterday this week and had best luck with those two baits, Spots & LM

These are sold. I am making some more that will be available in return for donation to St. Jude Children's Hospital. I plan to post when finished but feel free to contact me.

There is a lot of big timber at and just below the waterline. It has made it past Lost Island. We saw 2 boats that were damaged today (talked to one of them) and I hit several submerged logs at fast idle.

Selling extra stuff to re-order materials TYD $12 These are 3/32 oz TYD $8. these are 3/16 oz TYD $12 these are 1/16 oz

I have an extra dozen of each of these jigs. 3/8 oz, ultra point black nickel hooks. I think they are 5/0. I use them with the Keitech's and they work well. $18 TYD per bunch (dozen).

My experience is with Avgas burning air-cooled piston engines. Avgas is 110 octane with no ethanol so that is not a variable. Aircraft engine manufacturers provide a reccomended "Time Between Overhaul" (TBO). This is typically measured by running hours but there are also testing metrics that are checked at least once per year at the FAAMandated Annual Inspection. Aircraft that are in regular use often see engines in good shape well after TBO. Conversely, those that sit for long periods of time often require overhaul in less than half TBO. Example; Lycoming 540 wth 2,000 hour reccomended TBO in an aircraft that flys at least every other week may not need an overhaul for 2,500 hours. That same engine run only once every 2 months, may not make it past 1,000 hours. I think this demonstrates that longevity depends, in large part, to how often the engine is run. BTW General Aviation Aircraft have a low point drain port that allows visual inspection of the contents that have settled at the lowest point in the system. It would be nice to have something similar for boats.

Kings River has trash & barely submerged large timber. I hit a big one today doing 35. Fingers crossed on damage.

In the 90's there was an issue with Springfields lack of Waste Water Treatment Facilities an there was a noticeable effect on the James and into TR. There was litigation and the new SWWWTP was built. This cleaned up that water some. Many folks don't know that municipal sanitary sewer and storm sewers come together into WW treatment facilities. In heavy rains the facilities are inundated and the sewage often bypasses the treatment system for lack of capacity. The Clean Water Act provides a means to bring pressure for facility improvements/replacement. zoning regulations, regular inspection & code enforcement is effective in controlling septic deficiencies - except we all hate being regulated. I believe Bo is right. The "Mung Weed" is not consistently found evenly around the lake. It is directly related to sewage and poor septic systems.

Nice report. Thanks.

We got on the water at 1 and fished until 5:30 today. We had a half dozen on spinnerbaits around lay downs. We then drug a swing jig with a brush hog for 8 or 9 on a secondary point and also got several topwater fish in bays where the wind was laying down. The fluke was a bust and we never tried out the Ned. What a georgous day. It was so pretty with so few boats, I didn't let it bother me when a pair of KVD wannabees in matching shirts blasted in and cut us off as we were fishing a cut. "Sorry, dude, trying to win a tournament". I wasn't going to let the Jackleg tread on my cloud. We just moved on.

I have been using a line called iron athlete for the last several years and I'm very impressed with it. It is a floating mono and is a bright yellow color though I have no idea why they made it that color. It does not absorb water and always floats on top

Tommy Dog is way better than bass, I don't have to clean fish and they have free copies of The Rattler. Your missing out. (Good burgers too)

I bought a few of the Buckeye baits as they were being discontinued and have had good luck with them. My favorite is pretty chewed up. I only have one spare now. Red fins are a PIA to me. One works and 3 don't. I hope to try some custom baits this summer that I got in a tackle swap. I live for topwater action!