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Thanks 196 Champ. Appreciate the input.

Hey Champ: I'm looking at the Lowrance FS 7 unit and am glad to hear you like yours. I too am not that interested in Active Target. Not my cup of joe either. Would you mind telling me what transducer you got? Thanks.

Ok I'm 70 yrs old and clueless on the new depth finders. I want to buy a new one for my console. And move the graph on my console to the bow. I have a Terrova trolling motor with the transducer in the head. I have been told all i can do with that is put 2HD finder up there and that is what is currently on the console. So move it to the bow. I am looking at buying a Lowrance FS7 with the 3 in 1 transducer. I believe i get sidescan with that and downscan. And later i could add the Active Target if i want. Is this correct? Can i put the Active Target on the back of the boat? Or does that need to go on the trolling motor shaft? Or does it have a shaft of its own? Thanks for any help boys. I sincerely appreciate it.

Good job. Good report.

I got a 7'4" St Croix Glass Cranking rod for Christmas. MH Power Moderate Action. I havent used it very often as i am not a real big deep crank guy. But did use it last monday down at Pomme for awhile. Was throwing a 6XD. It just almost felt too stiff for me but a 5lb flathead loaded up on it real nice. And like you boys say, that heavier rod makes it a lot easier for throwing a 6XD. I just ordered a Lews David Fritts Cranking rod from TW to throw lighter cranks on like the RK, Wart, DT's etc. It got good reviews for the price. 99 dollars.

Bill: I am certainly not one to give you advice. You will forget more about bass fishing than i will ever know. But everytime i read on BassBlasters about a tournament guy winning with a crankbait they talk about changing out the hooks. Now, they are fishing for thousands of dollars and their livelihood. I dont have the time, energy or tools to change out hooks. That 6XD is a popular bait right now.

Dutch: I fished Stockton monday afternoon from 2 to 6. Got a little bit of repreive from the heat so I thought i would give the smallies a shot before i headed home. Bright sunshine and very little wind. Tough conditions to bass fish that clear water. I focused mostly on bluff ends and points putting the boat in 25 fow and fan casting the area. Tried a jig, crankbait, shakeyhead and swimbait. Caught a 15 inch walleye on the swimbait and a very small smallie on the shakeyhead. Headed home with my tail between my legs. But it was nice to get out. Never saw another fishing boat. Only sail boats.

Wow. Hope there is no major fish kill.

You Stockton boys love it when the spots disappear!!

Dont think i could put a knife thru a 7 lb 8 oz walleye. Not knocking Mr Stillings at all just saying I personally could not do that. I fish for walleye at Stockton quite a bit and i cant bring myself to fillet up a walleye over 20 inches. Just my personal opinion here. Congrats to Mr. Stillings.

I fished Pomme for about 5 hrs last thursday. Bass fished. With the water in the flooded bushes it all looked so good. I caught 4 dinks. Tried a spinnerbait thru the bushes and no luck. Tried a baby brushhog in there and not much luck. Caught a couple on a shakeyhead outside the bushes. Trying to hit the old shoreline. Water temp 75. I went back to the ramp around 8 pm with my tail between my legs. Lots of big floaters still around. Be careful!!

If its being reported that there is way too much pressure on the bass at TR why do we allow all these tournaments to continue? Seems just asanine to me. Why wouldnt they start limiting the numbers? Why wouldnt they want to protect that valuable resource?

thanks for the info MoPanfisher.

I spent last week down at Pomme and the crappie spawn did not seem to be on. Now, i am a bass guy but will fish for crappies when the spawn is on. Let me ask you crappie guys: what happens now with the lake going up 10 ft? Will the crappie still come up shallow to spawn? Spawn in deeper water? Not spawn at all just dissolve the eggs? Thanks boys!

spent 3 days over at Stockton instead Ketchup. 3 out of 4 guys got turkeys. You can guess who didnt get one! The crappie fishing over at Stockton was hit and miss. One of my buddies who is pretty good stick over there got his limit monday afternoon. Jigs in 8 to 12 ft. SLOWWWWW. Tuesday he got shut out and he fished almost all day. I struggle over there crappie fishing. Coming down to Pomme this sunday afternoon. Will probably go over to LOZ and fish a couple of days but will give Pomme a shot. Any updated info on Pomme?

Thanks boys. I sincerely appreciate your input. And the bass always have my attention Ranger!!!

Any crappies moving up shallow yet? Coming down monday to turkey hunt and thought i might try for some crappie. Thanks boys.

We fished friday afternoon for 3 hours in a cold nw wind in Duck Creek. Thats where our abnb was. We caught 11 bass with 4 keepers. Big at 2 lbs. But i was thinking this is great! Sat was bluebird skys after the front and we struggled. We went to Drowning Creek. Only caught 7 bass but i had a nice 2.14 LM. Sunday the wind was brutal with 40 mph gusts wo we were really limited in where we could go. We went to Honey Creek and both of us got shut out. Its embarrassing to type that! Yesterday was a beautiful day to fish. Cloudy with light winds. We waited out the rain and fished from 12 to 3. Had to leave for home. But we caught 11 bass with 4 keepers and i lost 2 nice fish. A nice little cut on the north side of the lake down by the dam. Found a nice stretch of chunk rock bank and they were in there relatively shallow. Hated to leave i think we could have had a great day. Grand reminded me of LOZ. Lots of docks. No standing timber. Water color was great. Mostly 57 to 58 water temps. I would definitely go back. Once again thanks to all you boys on here that offered up some info.

Nobody has posted on this Grand Lake site on OA in over a year and a half. But i thought i would give it a shot. I have a trip planned for Grand Lake this next week end. Meeting my son in law who is coming up from Dallas. I've never fished Grand Lake and neither has he. I was looking for any info i could get. Not your fishing spots. Water temps, water color, part of the lake to focus on, baits, anything to help us out. Any info is greatly appreciated. Is there anybody out there?

Where's good Ol Bo when we need him? He would have hauled some of these 4 lb smallies up to Eagle Rock!!

Unbelievable Bill. 5 smallies at 20+ lbs. Thats Seth Fieder stuff!!! Why do we fishermen have to suffer in rain, sleet and snow to catch fish?

Thanks again for the info boys. Got you PM Dave. Thanks a bunch. From asking for advice for long underwear to sunglasses you boys are the best!

Thanks for the info boys. Really appreciate it. Not sure where we are launching Quill. I'll be meeting my son in law there. He lives in Dallas. Grand lake is about exactly half way for the both of us. He's a working man still so it is a weekend deal. Fri, sat, sun. Sounds like it will be crowded. Sounds to me like, according to you boys, find clean water and power fish relatively shallow. Once again i sincerely appreciate all your info.

I realize that Grand Lake is one of the lakes on OA site. However, no comments on there since late Nov of 2020. I have a trip planned for Grand next week. I've never fished there before. Any advice would be welcomed. Thanks.

Always enjoy our OA tournament. Its fun to see you boys. Thanks Quill and Mike and anybody else that did all the legwork