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Alhonna is only a couple miles; you will be fine. Hope you stick something worth weighing!!! l'll let you boys have the fun and see if anyone I know gets the big payday. Mike

Looks like a good day to me, glad you caught fish! Mike

I fished it Spring '14 and there were too many boats with poor manners out there for me; been on the water fishing for walleye during a couple others and same same on the behavior. Fish open water and you will have little competition as the glitter sleds are going to be in the backs of the coves with the young shad. Mike

what he ^^^^ said.... My daughter is up in Chicago nowadays but she loves to fish and I love taking her. We have not had a chance to get out at all this year due to her work schedule ? Mike

Morning bite was best for me last weekend which "should" have been one of the last big events for the big boats. I was fishing the point just east of Duckhead Sat. Afternoon and about got thrown up on the rocks by a swarm of 40+ footer headed up to Beavers. As others have said the shad are thick and right beneath the surface back in the coves; the game fish on the feed are not far below. Mike

Nice eye! Mike

X2 on Beaver Fever. Ask to book boat #1(Don). Mike

Not a fan of stupid laws myself, we sure have plenty. Look around next time you are at a restaurant or in the store; what are people doing? They are doing the same thing while "driving" and it's getting to be a serious problem. I love my cell phone, just don't use it while I drive - don't read the paper either but I've seen that done more often than you would believe.... Mike

I would wager a fair amount that there are more cell phone related wrecks on the roadways resulting in injuries or fatalities than there ever have been that were alcohol related. States are way behind the curve legislating and enforcing limitations on this and getting the message to new drivers.

Phones are worse than booze yet still accepted. I travel a bit on our highways on business and have seen some ugly stuff related to distracted driving and cell phones. At the end of the day any individual driving is responsible for their safety as well as those around them. Distractions kill people; it can wait. Glad you didn't get hurt Jerry. Mike

that's funny. As far as the DUI/DWI debate goes most of the serious accidents I have seen resulted from someone not paying attention to what they were doing. Much higher probability of this occurring with an impaired driver - I don't care so much if they simply take themselves out as that is their choice but collateral human damage is not acceptable. I have driven impaired in the past and I was WRONG. I thank God I didn't hurt anyone. Mike

Daiichi rigs, and yes the big blues lub 'em below the dams or in the deep holes. Mike

Wow! Great story even if you didn't get the official cred. I have been fishing LOZ for 50 years and have never caught one ( or seen one caught) in the lake - only below Bagnell. Mike

I've seen a number of those over the years; they are still amazing to me. I've made a wrong turn or two at night before GPS but never come close to doing that! Mike

Spanish lake has good bass fishing and a boat launch; you did not hear it from me.....

Very nice! Fall is almost here....I for one am ready. Mike

Sounds like some great song lyrics...

Precisely why I am not down. I am doing fall chores so they are completed and when the big boys leave I'll be ready to fish. Mike

Can't beat a sunrise in the lake. Nice job on the LMB! Mike

Didn't get on the water until 930 and fished until 2 without much success. Fished for a couple hours this evening and had about the same result. Tried pulling cranks from 15' - 35' deep around shad and channel breaks only managed one 12" crappie and a couple of 2# channel cat and donated a couple of flicker shads as my ante. Tried switching to bottom bouncing crawlers in the same range but could only manage more channel cat and a drum. Thermocline was either not visible or set up at 46' in the deeper basins and the only good returns that looked like game fish pwere at depth charge depths. The lake was WAY too rough today to try going that deep....I guess after months of current this week the fish are in a bit of a funk with slack water. Going to give it a shot again early tomorrow but what I saw today was not encouraging. Mike

Very nice! Won't be leaving her on the bank any time soon ... Mike

To be sure it is MUCH smarter to tow and launch at another area than scramble your lumbar. Won't be much longer and it may get tolerable again to go more than a couple miles. Mike

RPS is a wise fisher man.....his writings have landed many fish in my skillet. Mike

Nice job. Good luck with the kids this year....

I'm thinking somebody has a lift leaking ..