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Bill: I'm so glad to see you throw your voice into this debate. Your opinion carries a lot of weight on here and around the Table Rock area. We HAVE TO come up with a better way than transporting 5 fish around all day in upper 80"s water temps. I am NOT anti tournament. I've fished a few and it was fun. It did get the competitive juices flowing. But its 2020. Its time to adjust our way of thinking. I know you are a humble man Bill I just wanted to thank you for lending your 2 cents to this issue. We are seeing people like Pat Mahomes voice their opinions on social issues. He talks, people listen!!

Interesting info MoPanfisher. Years ago a lot of the locals felt like the crappie fishing was bad because of the muskie. I think that theory has been proven wrong. Your point about a lot of high water makes a lot of sense. Bottom line is I am extremely happy that the bass fishing seems to be pretty good right now. Good to see some reports on the Pomme on here. Usually far and few between.

Back when the local fish wrap, the KC Star, ran tournament results i would check and winning weights were around 7 lbs. Big fish would be 2-3 lbs. Now, that was several years ago as the Star has gotten rid of those results along with a lot of other stuff. I am extremely happy to hear you claim that Pomme is getting better and better. And the boat traffic this year has been unreal. I am retired so i fish during the week. Last time i was there it looked like a holiday weekend on wed!! Went to BassPro last week and the shelves were practically empty! I ask a guy if it was because of shipping issues due to Covid? He said, "no, we just are just overwhelmed with customers this year. Cant keep up." Claimed they have not had any kayak's on hand for two weeks. Boat sales thru the roof. We gotta get all these working stiffs back to work!! And thanks for the Lindley info Oneshot. I need to try that arm of the lake.

RPS: You've worked hard your entire life as a teacher and whatever else. Now you've entered your golden years. My take is you've earned it! Figure out what monies you can afford and go upgrade that boat, trolling motor, hp, electronics or whatever. Its what you love to do. My dear old dad once told me, "I've never seen a Brinks truck following a funeral procession yet!!"

That is great BF Scott!! I got a place on Pomme and hardly ever fish there. I go over to Truman to chase hybrids and crappie and drive over to Stockton to chase smallies and walleyes. Pomme has a reputation as not being a very good bass lake. Or at least a big bass lake. Your post is very encouraging!! I only had about 2-3 hrs to fish about a month ago and had a pretty good time. Caught 6 bass, 3 keepers with one going about 5 lbs. Maybe I should stick closer to home!! Thanks for reporting! Notice i didnt ask what you were using????

Great eye Randy!! And kudos to you for releasing that fish. Walleye is extremely tasty but i just cant bring myself to put a knife through a 28 inch fish!! Makes me even more disappointed we didnt get to go to Canada this year with the border closed. Got a fly in trip in sept. Mostly smallmouth trip but will have a couple of fish fry with walleyes. Hopefully we get to go!

limits of walleyes and now 4-5 lb bass? Whats next for you Lmtout? Win the powerball? I'm bringing a coaching buddy of mine down this wed afternoon. Gonna target walleyes wed evening and thurs morning. Will probably launch at New Orleans and fish the main lake area. Will probably start with spin rigs with a nightcrawler. Maybe troll flickershads if no luck with the worm harness. Maybe drift a jig with a crawler if the winds are good for that. Might even try a flickershad on a bottom bouncer. Any advice you could give would be deeply appreciated. My buddy, his brother and Dad went down last year and hired a guide. They were not real impressed with the guy. I wont mention any names. I told him you would be the man i would recommend right now. Am i trolling for some advice? Yes i am.

Dont make me cry please!!

I've caught a handful of 28" ers up in Canada. A couple of years ago my son caught a 29 3/4 " eye while fishing for lake trout in 50 fow. We measured that beauty 3 times to try and get to 30 inches. Lodge owner gives a "30 inch club" hat to anybody catching one. We couldnt stretch her out that far. So close!! I havent caught very many walleyes at Stockton over 20 inches. Caught a nice 21 incher there a couple of weeks ago. I released her. I cant bring myself to put a knife through a walleye bigger than 20 inches. Just my own personal beliefs. I will keep those good eating 15-16 inchers.

Thanks for the report Gumboot. Havent seen much reported lately on Pomme. Looks like they have been releasing plenty of water lately and today's lake level report in the Star has Pomme about 3 ft high and coming down.

Thanks boys very much. BGC i really appreciate your invite. I was coming down this weekend but the forecast kept me home. I really would like to have someone hop in my boat and give me a tutorial. I'm up the White by Big M but wouldnt mind trailering somewhere to meet you. Pretty sure this unit has Chirp DBlades. I'll try the 200 kilo or the 50. Appreciate your help. And I will try and figure out how to do a hard reset of the factory settings Fozztype. Thanks for trying to help me out.

I am having issues getting a nice screen shot when i use just the 2D sonar. I tried watching a video on Youtube where the guy claimed: use 83 kilowitz; Advance low; Surface clarity off; Sensitivity 2-5. Sometimes its hard to read the numbers like surface temps and/or depth. i dont get any color like yellow or red on the bottom telling me what kind of bottom there is. I am 68 years old and NOT good with technology. Wish i could show you a picture. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Downscan seems to be ok and Sidescan seems to be ok.

Dave!!!! You the man!!!!

I been checking lake levels the past few days . I understand there was a healthy storm last friday into sat. But did the cell just hover over Pomme? Pomme has come up almost 4 ft. Stockton just a little and Truman just a little. And now reports of muddy water and debris everywhere?

Thanks for the info boys! No need to leave Pomme right now!!

What in the heck is wrong with these guys? Once again proving the old axiom, "you cant fix stupid!!"

Thanks Quill!!

When we going Dock?

Warmer weather has helped with virus" in the past. They are not sure with this one. Hopefully you are right. I was down at Pomme and Truman all last week and i thought at least i am safe here! Then i find out one of the first cases in Mo was down in this area and he was treated at Clinton hospital!!

I got a place down at Pomme and was headed down this week to try some crappie fishing. But i'm hearing that Truman is the place to be right now. I can go thru Wheatland take B to K and be at Fairfield ramp in 30 minutes. Any of you fine boys willing to give a guy any advice as to where to go from there? I'm hearing up the creeks. 20 fow. in middle of creek. Much appreciated.

Those walleyes are so good to eat. But i tip my hat to you for releasing a 26 incher!! I realize the debate is out there if walleye spawn or not in Stockton. If they do you did the right thing in my humble opinion.

thanks for your report Quill. Kbilb and I fished pretty hard sat, sun, and monday up in that area. It was a grind. We just couldnt find any kind of pattern. Catch a few on an A Rig, a few on a jig, a few on a crank. No jerkbait bait whatsoever. Sat was sunny with very little wind. If its a good day to play golf it probably isnt a good day to fish! Sunday was cloudy with some chop and i thought it might be on! Nope. Same deal. Monday was back to sun and very little wind. We caught like 13 bass monday with 2 keepers. Hey, it was nice to get out and be on the water!! Looking forward to seeing you boys at the OA tournament.

Thanks boys for your opinions. I really do value the thoughts and opinions of the "regulars" on TR. Bill, Dock In It, RPS, Champ, Bo, Quill and others. I love fishing that lake. It sure can humble a guy but thats bass fishing. I'm still learning especially the deep bite. Need to learn my graph better. It really does come down to what a guy prefers and what he has confidence in. Read the BassBlaster today. Chris Zaldain had a video on fishing the Vision 110. He uses Seaguar InvisX 12 lb.

I think all three line types have their value per lure selection. Only in the last few years have i gone to braid and/or floro for certain applications. I read the BassBlaster and they will post their tournament results with the lures, rod, reel , line used etc. so i pay some attention to that. My question to you boys, and maybe Mr Babler can answer this: the last couple of years i have used floro for my jerkbaits. Now I'm hearing Mike McClellan prefers mono for this. I'm figuring this is a great guy to copy for fishing jerkbaits down at Table Rock

Phil: thanks so much for the report. Some buddies and i will be down there next week so i am really hoping you will post another report around this time next week. I know you are a busy man but much thanks.