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I'll try Kjackson. I'm 69 yrs old and computer challenged. I see if my younger wife can help me.

A sincere thank you to RPS, Dutch, Fowlthing, Zulu, FishnDoug, Champ188, Bill Babler and MixermarkB for responding to my question. I will try and do some research on the rods you boys mentioned and i am sure they are all fine rods. Once again thanks for your input.

Looking to sell my old boat. A 2002 Lund Rebel w/40 hp Yamaha. Asking 4500 dollars. Would be a great starter boat for somebody. That 40 hp Yamaha has been a great motor. Boat has been stored until a couple of months ago when i upgraded. Thought i would put it on here but if anybody has advice as where to put it up for sale please let me know.

Hope all you boys had a great Thanksgiving. Every year i get myself a Christmas present. Hey, i deserve it! This year I'm looking for a new crankbait rod. I would also like to throw the occassional chatterbait or spinnerbait with it. But primarily a crankbait. My son in law fishes quite a bit down in Texas and he has the St Croix glass 7' 4" Med Hvy. He loves it. TW is out of stock until Dec 21 but thats ok. It sells for 149 dollars which is right around as high as I would go. Any suggestions from you boys? I've always appeciated any input you boys have given me on gear!! Thanks.

Thanks to all you guys for your kind remarks. And i agree RPS. I had to watch my dad die a slow death of dementia. It was not a pleasant experience. Cherish your moments with your friends and family. His family wants to have him cremated and his ashes spread over some of his fishing spots down at Table Rock. He loved that place!! Thanks for posting that pic Quill even tho it brought tears to my eyes. Still hard to grasp losing one of my best friends. A fishing buddy!! And no you boys can not follow us tossing his ashes on his spots!!!

I was on my way down to Table Rock yesterday morning. Just outside of Joplin I got a call that they found my buddy Keith Blais dead on his porch. His place was up the White river. His handle on here was KBilb. He won our annual OA tournament twice. He was a heckuva good guy and a really good fisherman. He really loved his place down at Table Rock and maybe there is some solace that he passed at the place he loved. He didnt post on here much but he read all the posts on here. If there is a lake in heaven, and i sure hope there is, he is casting that Rock Crawler all day!!

How about adding Bo's name and perhaps image on the plaque for the annual OA tourney in March when there are more participants.?

yea unbelievable. same bag size that Fieder won up at Mille Lacs a couple of years ago. These guys are culling 5 lb smallies!! I watched the video of Yokamuri, is that his name? Good guy. He said, "i got a school of 100 plus 5 lbers right under my boat! Smallmouth easy!!

Just got back yesterday from fishing 5 days up at Mille Lacs. Targeting big smallies. We struggled but caught a few 3.5 lbers and several 2.5 lbers. Beautiful fish. Tiger stripes so pronounced! Beautiful country. And good to get out of the heat. Had to put my fleece on a couple of times. 62 when we left. 95 by the time we hit Des Moines.!! I do love the brown fish!!

I've never experienced any doubles. But i was with KBillb one time he caught like a 6 lb and a 3 lb on a jerkbait i think. Maybe he will see this and send in the pic. Amazing pic!! He's a lucky sob!!!!

Hey Happy Birthday Wrench!!!

So sorry to hear this. Never had the privilege to meet Bo personally but i sure enjoyed reading his takes on here. RIP Bo!!!

Prayers for Bo!!

Dan: Did you try any other techniques or just the spoon? I'm taking a buddy down next wed and thurs. Gonna try for some eyes. Thanks.

Love that spook jr Dutch!! One of my favorites. Caught a nice 17.5" LM on one the other day over at Pomme.

I agree with you Mr Giggles that you cant complain about anybody doing anything legal. I'm just saying there are a lot of meat hunters at Stockton. In my humble opinion. I watched two "good ol boys" at Mutton Creek one day filleting up a 5 gal bucket of 8 beautiful 3-4 lb largemouth bass. Being a bass guy it broke my heart. Almost wanted to say something. But i bit my tongue. These guys were totally legal. Maybe they need the meat to feed their families. More walleye fisherman than ever before from what i see. And somebody on here hit the nail on the head. Better technology plus more fishermen and a lot of walleyes are being harvested. Its still one of my favorite lakes.

A lot of meat fisherman at Stockton. All species!!

Try a Pop R!!!

There is NO crappie to be caught at Pomme! Musky ate em all!!

I fished the north end yesterday. It was brutal. 90 degrees. Sunny. Not a breath of wind. A lot of green mossy looking crap floating around. I bottom bounced for walleyes for about an hour. Nothing. Since it wasnt the ideal walleye conditions i switched to bass. Caught one small LM and one decent smallie on a Robo Worm Desert Craw ned. Plan was to fish from 2 to 7. I left at 5. Lake is like 4 ft high and dropping.

Great info here boys! I have just started using the bottom bouncer technique and have caught a few. Still learning. 2 questions Lmtout: 1) you claim you use half a worm. So do i. I cut off the 2nd hook on the setups i buy. Do you use 2 hooks with half a worm on each? 2) I bought a used boat about 2 months ago. I went to Stockton last week and used my Minnkota Terrova 24 volt trolling motor into a light wind. I went down to one light on the tester pretty quick, 2 hours. Had to go to 4.5 to 6.5 on foot pedal to maintain 1.0 to 1.2 mph. What kind of batteries do you use and do they last all day? Can you recommend the qualities i need in a Interstate lead core battery? Amp rating? Reserve Capacity? My monies are limited so I cant afford the expensive batteries. thanks for the info boys. Great to see you at the OA tournament RPS.

Thanks boys really appreciate all your input. From sunglasses to long underwear and jerkbait rods you boys have always been very helpful. I'll look for a manufactured date Wrench. Sounds like I probably need 2 new deep cycle batteries.

Not another battery question!! I bought a used boat a couple of months ago. The owner was not sure how old the 2 batteries were for the trolling motor. 24 volt system. And neither battery has dates punched out. I went to Stockton lake on friday to target walleyes. Batteries were charged. I started dragging a bottom bouncer into a light wind. Used the trolling motor so i could go 1.0 to 1.2 mph. After 2 hrs my test light showed 1 light meaning batttery power was low. Is this usual after 2 hrs? Should i just break down and get 2 new deep cycle batteries? Anyway just thought i would ask you boys. Thanks for any advice offered. Hope you dont get too much rain!!

Same for me friday bologna. Fished from 2 to 6 targeting eyes. Tried bottom bouncers, tried a jig, tried drifting a jig. Nothing. Talked to a couple of guys who were rigged like they knew what they were doing and they had 2. Bottom bouncers.

Bo: When do you expect to see tackle warehouse sell your new pbj skirt Grass jig?