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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.

Thanks boys. She might have been over 6 lbs. She was fat!! I was guessing around 6 lbs based off the length, 21 inches. I was up at LOZ crappie fishing the next day and a bass guy came by me. We were talking about it and he claimed there was a tournament at Pomme lately with 2 9 lbers weighed in. Claimed there was a lot of big basss in Pomme.

Caught a nice bass tuesday afternoon down at Pomme. 21 inches, 6 lb guestimate.

Looks like a meanmouth to me. Did it have a rough patch on the tongue?

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!!