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just a quickie update http://bullshoals.uslakes.info/Level.asp lake is steadily dropping, 674.27 water temps are hovering either side of 80. most corps parks are still closed to my knowledge

WT 79 674.51 Bass fished above 160 bridge again. Launched around 9:30, fished till 3:30. Overcast and very little wind. Fish were shallow, aggressive ,and they were biting topwaters,cranks, custom blades, and texas rigged soft plastics. Caught them on bluffs,steep banks,flats, and suspended over the channel. Lots of short fish, lots of keepers. Best 5 easily went around 15lbs. Largemouth and spotted bass, no brownies. All released. Ran into a buddy who was fishing the same areas and he was catching the heck out of them too with a custom blade I made. Said he had been on the water since 6:30, and had already caught 2 dozen keepers, mostly spots. p.s. check out the buy-sell-trade page. I have a bunch of soft plastic baits for sale listed there.

grilled cabbage is something I'd like to try with some baked taters and grilled sausages

mmmm mmm goood that jambalaya long list of ingredients reminds me of a chili recipe a buddy showed me i'll try to get it from him and make some, have not had chili all summer, now it's oficially Fall so bring on them beans!! by the way there's a 10lb channel cat baking in the oven right now!

I talked to 3 guys who fished today. They all had a good luck again today. IF.... i can drag my butt outta bed early in the morning I'll be out there too

I knew if I ever clicked on this topic I'd gain more weight ,lol some seriously fine eats on here WOW! if ya'l don't mind may I show off my ribs? Hickory Smoked American Honey BBQ Ribs rub garlic powder ,paprika, ground turmeric, ground cinnamon,chili powder ,onion powder ,curry powder.,ground ginger sauce a bottle of Maull's mixed with American Honey bourbon ,black pepper ,and garlic salt

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/record-100pound-flathead-catfish-pulled-from-missouri-river/21048998_35465572 congrats Mathew !

the time to burn baits is whenever the bass want them burned and bass will bite suspending jerkbaits year round

about as common as a MO black squirrel

Yep, there are thousands of fingerling bass swimming around. I took a short boat ride from Theodosia area down to pt 13 and back last night. I didn't fish, was just looking around. I saw hundreds of shad balls on top all the way down there and back. Nothing chasing them. I don't remember seeing this many shad ever.. Talked to a guy who fished yesterday morning. He was on a good topwater bite, no lmb, but lots of kentuckies 12-14". I think he was in Spring Creek, but not for sure. Saw another fisherman loading his boat. He had caught some big crappie on minnows about 20' deep he said.

man that is one fat bass! i bet she pulled hard too

how neat is that ! sounds like the family had a great time

forgot to mention there is more room to launch again above the bridge with places for a few rigs to park

WT 80-81 678.14 and falling Saturday bass fished 6:30am to 5:30pm above hwy 160 bridge. Sunny, nice breeze all day. Water had good color to it. Caught a couple nice smallmouth, lots of spots, and short largemouth.. Had a pretty good spinnerbait bite going early for short largemouth on windy gravel flats. They came 5' or less and in the brush. As the sun got higher I was getting bit a little deeper in 8-10' on a lipless crankbait and swim jigs fishing them through the brush on flats adjacent to sharp drop offs, and for the bass suspended just off the wind blown points in 5-10fow. over deeper water. Threw a deep diving crank along the edge of a very long brush line on a mud flat in 20-24 fow and caught a few more keeper spots doing that. Ended the day with 21 keepers ,19 of those were spotted bass, 2 were 16" brownies. Dozens of short lmb and short kentuckies too.. So many short fish today I lost count after 30 something .Saw big schools of shad and fingerling bass everywhere I fished. All were released. 9/20 677.74 Sunday fished from 8:30-2:30pm, above the bridge again. Very little wind, overcast sky..Tried shallow with a topwater and spinnerbait, for about 30 minutes where I found them early the day before..not a bite, Fished the sharp drops,points, and deep brush lines that were producing the day before,.not happening. Time for a new game plan. I tied on a 1/2 oz jig w/ plastic chunk and started pitching it at a channel bluff and got bit on my second or third pitch.It was a keeper spot. Got nine more keeper bites pitching that jig, all kentuckies 12-14".,and more short bass. They wanted that jig deadsticked after the initial fall. They wouldn't bite it if it was moving. Turned the boat around and went right back down the same bluff throwing a lipless crank parallel to the bank in 5-8fow and caught a couple more keepers and even more short fish. So I moved across the lake to another bluff ,but it didn't produce. I wanted to try flipping jigs to shallow hard wood(stumps.laydowns,standing trees ect).. Well that worked too, but all I could catch was short largemouth, and more small kentuckies. I saw some really nice largemouth blasting through bait balls in the super shallows, but there's no way you could get your lure to them behind all this brush. Went back to the first bluff again, backed off the bank a ways,tied on a deep diver,and cranked the 10-15 zone over deeper water, yep I got bit, more small spotted bass,lol . Put the deep divers away and went back to fishing shallow only this time looking for ditches and subtle depth changes on mud flats while using the lipless crank. Plenty of shad around. Caught nothing but short lmb, and more kentuckies. Wound up with 15 keepers on the day, all of them spotted bass, and about 30 shorts, spotted and lmb.. . All released.

a lot of those fish probably just regurgitated it..

thank you for the reply, this weekend I'll be out there ...somewhere.....looking for that big bite too

counted the rays and spines in the fins look at that upper jaw in relation to the eye the size of that tail has some typical smallmouth marks also, some brown bass have them some don't and it looks more brownish on my screen but, it could be a cross, like Al said it looks way more smallie than a spot

you could do what some "elites" do, follow leaders , see what they are doing, and fish around them slowly working your way closer to their boat so you can see what they are throwing. get closer and closer to their spot "honey hole" as the day goes on, then on the final day there could be a half a dozen boats "sharing" that water and then get a prize? isn't that how it's done on TV.lol? but seriously ,fish your strengths ,and fish the moment good luck

very nice smallie! just curious, how you are fishing the football for those brown fish? are they hitting it on bottom?

nice fat one!

I've spent the last 15 years learning how to fish Bull Shoals. For sure the hardest lake I've ever fished in my life!

within a couple miles of Theodosia both days. WT 83 early ,87 late in the day stained , 3' vis Thursday I fished from 8:30 to noon. After about an hour of searching I found some bass chasing shad on a big flat. They bit a swim jig, shallow. After that I quickly pulled out a little deeper, 8-12' and I got bit on a crankbait series 3 strike king. Had 4 keeper lmb on the jig, they were decent 3lb class fish. A couple 14" spots cranking ,and several short smallies too. Today I fished from 4-7:30pm. Fished the same place as yesterday. Nothing happening shallow in the late afternoon except for a 13" spot on a jig so I moved out into 20-22' and cranked the middle zone and got bit on a series 4 strike king. Had 2 lmb in the 3lb class , a 14" spot, and 3 little spots banging brush with the crankbait. As the sun was setting I was waking a squarebill through the tops of deeper bushes and caught this on my last cast! threw everything back

crickets......

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