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Happy birthday Bill Babler!! I think I can say for all of us that we have truly appreciated all the info you have been willing to share with us on this website. Hope you have a great day! And keep that info coming!!

Boys I cant thank you enough. I sincerely appreciate all of your input here. I love checking out the fishing reports on this website. Mostly Pomme, Stockton and Table Rock. In a world filled with turmoil and hate its good to know there is still good people out there. Once again thanks to all you guys that took the time to help me out.

Question for you trout boys. I'll be coming down to Tanneycomo next week to do a little trout fishing. I've read Phil's fishing reports sometimes and he recommended 2 lb line for jig fishing. I cant find any 2 lb line. I was on Tacklewarehouse and i looked in Bass Pro. Couldnt find any. Most start at 4 lb. Any of you boys got any advice? Mono? Floro? Brand? I sincerely appreciate any advice here. All catch and release.

Bill: great post. Every year i take my son with me up to Canada. Since he was about 14. He's 25 now. And there is absolutely nothing better than fishing with him and watching him catch walleyes all day long. I wouldnt trade it for anything!! Its priceless!! Happy birthday Quillback!! I'd be happy to fish that tournament with you sometime.

Happy Birthday RPS!! I dont know you real well Randy but I always enjoyed talking to you at the OA tournament. You were more than willing to give out advice on the walleye fishing at TR. And you share info on this website regularly. Have a great day!!

Thanks for the report Bill. Not much on here lately. I been wanting to come down but just been too hot for me. I hope you wear that MU hat proudly down there around all those Razorback fans! MU back to back double digit win seasons but not ranked in the preseason top 25. 7.5 on the over/under win total. No respect!! I may have to put some coin on that win total!! Good luck on the James and let us know how you do. We love your reports!!

Thanks Bill for sharing. And thanks Randy for your input also. I'm 73 and too old to try and get dialed in on ffs. Its all i can do to text and take pics with my phone! I will share a story about ffs though. On our annual trip to Canada this year the walleye fishing was a little slow. By that i mean we were catching 30 apiece per day instead of around 100. There was 90 degree weather up there for a week 2 weeks prior then it went to 20 degrees the week before we went. Blue bird days for us. I got a younger buddy that goes and he had ffs. We ususally just toss a jig and minnow combination out. My buddy went to a slip bobber technique. He would watch those walleyes on his screen come up to the jig and minnow and swim off. He was killing them on his slip bobber. Those suckers wanted that minnow suspended up off the bottom! He outfished us 3 to 1!!

Question for you Bill if you dont mind: In your post you said you were you using 3/4 oz bottom bouncers. Was that 3 oz and 4oz? Or 3/4 oz? I'm pretty new to the bottom bouncing technique. I've been told you need a 1 oz bottom bouncer for every 10 ft of water. 3/4 oz seems pretty light unless you are in shallow water i guess. As always, I and everyone else on here appreciate your posts Bill. Thanks for the info you are willing to share. Walleye guys, like mushroom hunters, can be kinda secretive about giving up any info. Notice not many posts on Stockton about walleyes.

Boys i cant thank you enough for the information. Ask and you shall receive. And even got one fishing report. Nice. The Pomme reports on here are few and far between posts. Once again. Thanks.

Might come down early next week. Any of you Pomme boys got any info for me? Lake level? Color? Water temp? Any info much appreciated.

I fished Stockton tuesday for about 4 hrs. Fished mainlake for smallies. There was a lot of floating algae. And if you fished on the bottom in less than 15 fow you were in a lot of rock snot. Is the lake turning over? Is this an annual ordeal? Just this part of the lake? Any info appreciated.

We could use more of this kind of justice today!! Whiskey for me beer for my horses!!

Thanks for the report Toby. Not much discussion on Stockton lake on this website. Appreciate your report.

Thanks Dutch and Ranger. Much appreciated. So not too bad.

Hey if possible could someone from the Pomme area tell me how much rain you got and the lake level? Would be much appreciated. I may come down this week and try to fish a little bit. Thank you very much.