Smithvillesteve

Its Mr Bill!! So good to see a report from you Bill. I'm gonna be down that way next week. I may sneak up that way and try for some eyes!! How far up river do i need to go from Eagle Rock? I've never been up river from there. Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks for sharing Quill. Interesting article. I have a few jigging raps in my aresenal but have only used them at Stockton lake for walleyes. Lmtout took me and buddy out and showed us how to use them and he caught one on his first cast. Made a believer out of me. Looks like a warming trend is coming up. Hope you boys get out and fish and let us yanks up north know how you're doing.

Thank you for all the advice gentlemen. It is much appreciated. Whenever I have asked for advice on this forum, be it clothes, gear, boating, sunglasses, fishing reports you boys answer the call. Very much appreciated.

Anybody willing to offer up some advice on the trout fishing lately? It would be much appreciated. My buddy and I are all catch and release. We are going down wed to fish for a couple of days. Got cabin fever and the weather looks pretty good. Are they running water with any regularity? I realize that changes. Any bait types or colors would be appreciated. Thank you very much.

When we going?

Happy Birthday Phil Lilley!!

I think i do Dutch. Thanks.

Dutch: not sure what a micro remote would be? Its just the remote i got when i bought the boat, used, from a guy up in Albany, Mo. Used mostly for spotlock.

Thanks boys. I figured there would be some kind of syncing that would need to be done. Dutch: its the remote that runs my trolling motor if one prefers to run it with a remote v the foot pedal. I use mine to run the trolling motor when i am bottom bouncing for walleye and for spotlock.

Another question for you boys. I have an Minnkota Terrova trolling motor with 24 volt. The latch on my spotlock remote that holds the batteries in place is broke. I have tape over it but periodically i have to pound on it to get it to work. Pain in the butt!! I am going to bite the bullet and order a new one. 80 bucks!! Ouch!! My question to you boys is the new remote ready to go out of the box? Does it have to be setup with my trolling motor someway? Always appreciate your help boys. Hope you are staying cool down there!!

Thank you boys very much for all your responses. I have a couple of buddies that have the Bubba and they really like it also. But they are pricey! Of course everything is nowadays. I went to Wallyworld and was going to buy the American Angler, suggested by some of you boys, but they didnt have one. I went online and checked on some top rated fillet knives and the Bubba was highly rated. So was the Rapala R12 Heavy Duty lithium. The top rated one, for what it is worth, was the Kastking Lithium-ion Speed Demon Pro. 95 dollars. I ended up ordering it. I also ordered a Tower Top 2/10/25 battery charger. 90 dollars. It was highly rated. Once again i sincerely appreciate your input. ps Happy Birthday Champ!!

I like to come to this site to ask you boys about outdoor gear. You boys have been very helpful thru the years. I need a new battery charger and a new filet knife. I just bought a new Mister Twister knife and the blades were just awful. Tried to filet up a walleye the other day and it would barely cut. My old battery charger sat in water the other day and i think it toasted it. It was a cheap charger from Harbor Freight that had 2 amp, 10 amp and 50 amp settings on it. Thanks boys for any input.

Headed down this week to mow, weedeat and put some grub control down. Moles are tearing up my yard! No fishing reports in quite a while on Pomme. Anybody got any advice? Would be much appreciated.

In Canada fishing with my son. Time to eat and sandwich and take a break. I put my jig and minnow over the side of the boat just barely in the water to keep my minnow nice and lively. Big mistake. Rod shot off the boat like a missile. Probably a pike. Tried the metal stringer trick. Never could snag it. Nice St Croix rod with a nice Pfleuger reel gone!! Live and learn.

Went down to my place on Pomme and did some work. mowed. weed eated. put some Tom Cat worms in some mole runs in my yard. Thought i might try an evening fish. But i went to the ramp in the Wheatland park area and the courtesty dock was out in the lake! I would have had to swim to it! So much for that. Drove over to the dam park ramp and same thing. So much for fishing Pomme yesterday.

Nice. Thanks for the report.

Thanks Ranger. Appreciate your input.

Any of you crappie boys down at Pomme willing to share any crappie news? I've been going down to LOZ the last few weeks and have had some moderate succcess. I have a place on Pomme and was wondering what was going on there. I dont fish for crappie very much. Ususally just in the spring when they are shallow and i can target them with a jig and a bobber. No ffs. Thanks for any info.

Hank Parker came out against the use of ffs. This was one of his main points. Some kids fishing in tournaments can afford it and some cant. Thus, an unlevel playing field.

72 degrees here in Smithville at 4 pm today. By 7 am its supposed to be 17 degrees!!!

Tackle Warehouse is having a sale on select Lews rods and reels. They got the BB1 Speed Spool on sale for 159. Thats a pretty good price for that reel isnt it boys?

Dont get too excited about a win over my hapless Tigers boys! The loss v your Hogs set the all time record for consecutive losses. The shine is off Dennis Gates. The arena is half empty again. MU will have a new AD that did not hire him. Supposedly he has a good recruiting class coming in. Supposedly. He certainly deserves a 3rd year but he is venturing out onto thin ice territory.

Thanks dpitt. Sincerely appreciate your advice.

Can i place a split shot or two a couple of feet above a scud just to keep things simple? Or are these Tanneycomo trout to wise for that? Would it be better to put a weight below the scud? Kinda like a drop shot setup. I'm from the kiss school. Keep it simple stupid!

The cabins at Orleans Trail are small. The one i stayed in had the bed right in the main room. No bedrooms. Maybe some of the other cabins had bed rooms. The motel is nice. Not sure if they had plug ins in the parking lot though.