Casey Jeaux

Great pix

The bug/minnow/fish/bigger fish thing is pure myth. I have been night fishing with floating lights then submersibles since the 70's. Keep the light on or below the water. Bug protein just isn't tasty. As far as location.................main lake points, points, points with one 15# anchor when it is calm and two when it is breezy. 25-35 FOW. Jigs are just as good and probably better than minnows. Go to the bottom and reel up one turn. Jig 5 or 6 times. Reel up a turn jig 5 or 6 times. Repeat until about half way to surface. Back to bottom and repeat. I won't take long to zero in on them. Keep in mind, that as the night goes on they will gradually move toward the surface. If you aren't getting bit, adjust depth. That goes for minnows or jigs. As far as I am concerned, there is no better way to teach someone to jig fish than to take them out at night. They will learn to live for the THUMP! This is as good as it gets where fishing is concerned.

B-end O-ver A-nother T-housand

Thanks for posting, Phil. With this info, I was able to track down Truman report. I know this is the Table Rock forum, but the reports are a little hard to find on the MDC website, so here is a link to the newsletter page that sort lake and river reports by region. (If it works ) http://fishing.mdc.mo.gov/newsletter

AMEN!

I had the same problem with the Truman maps. No info above Bucksaw Marina on the Grand arm and no info above the C Highway bridge on the Osage arm. Those areas were the primary reasons that I bought the chip in the first place. They have since updated both areas, but still not the quality of the Lakemaster chips.

Yep! Right back in front of the Point 15 sign. 5# PowerPro is some amazing stuff.

Crappie wouldn't cooperate, but this little guy was happy to come out and play.

Has anyone been having any luck with the crappie over the channel yet? I was down a couple of times and couldn't get them to cooperate. There seemed to be lots of wildlife down there, but they didn't want to play.

You Da Man, DD!

Chasing someone else's fish is one of the most frustrating things that I have ever done. Duplicating is a little easier while trolling, but it can still be hard to achieve the same results.

Academy still has the Lowrance Elite 5 HDI for $299 with free shipping.

Thanks, Dd

Super New Year

Watch the You Tube videos. They give a pretty good basic understanding of the functions before going to the lake.

Academy has the Elite 5 HDI for $299 this week. If you can swing it, they also have the Elite 7 HDI for $449. These both have sonar, DI, GPS.

Academy has the Humminbird 598ci HD Si on Father's Day sale for $459. That is as cheap as I have ever seen it.