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Question for you Pomme boys. Any info greatly appreciated. My last two times down there i have seen a couple of guys trolling for crappies with their trolling motor. Very slowly in the creeks. I would like to try that. So lots of questions: How slow? Size of jig? How much line out? I dont have Livescope so finding brush for me to fish is difficult. I ususally only fish for crappies during the spawn. But I saw these boys catching some. Thought i might give it a try. Thanks for any info.

77 for the high down at Stockton today. I got buddies coming down wed thru fri of next week for some fish/golf. Supposed to be around 100 by then!! Why?????

A buddy of mine sent me a Youtube video of Mike Iacanelli describing the Hover Strolling technique. Basically a minnow type bait on a 90 degree eye hook with a nail weight in the nose. It looks like to me that could be deadly at Table Rock. If you get a chance check it out.

Just got back from our annual trip up to NW Ontario. Caught a lot of walleyes despite the hot weather. Mid to Upper 80's every day. Unheard of up there this time of year. I been going to this lake for nearly 40 years. Never caught a smallmouth bass. You can portage over to another lake and catch them however. This year we caught several. Mostly cookie cutters in the 14 to 16 inch range. My son did catch a fat 19 incher. Beautiful fish! My question to you boys is this: The lodge owner wanted us to kill every smallie we caught. We didnt do that. There are guys in camp from Minn and Wisc that hate the smallies also. Claim they will take over the lake. One Minn guy points to Mille Lacs lake. Claims the smallies have overtaken that once great walleye fishery. Is there any truth to this? It would be nice to talk to a conservation officer or somebody in the know on this topic. But i thought I would ask you boys about it. What your thoughts are.

I finally got the message Quill. Hope this is not too late to save you the trip!!

Boys I'm a little confused. I personally wish all these tournaments would go to a catch weigh release system. And the thought of a fisherman taking a female off the bed and throwing her in the livewell repulses me. But Jay Kumar, author of the BassBlasters refutes all these claims. He claims bass fishing is as good as ever. And that tournament fishing is doing no harm. And i like Jay Kumar. He is a god fearing family man that i truly believe has the best interests of bass in mind. In one of his latest issues there was a state that implementing catch weigh and release tournaments only. He blasted the government regulations made by men that have no idea about bass fishing. For the most part i agree with Wrench. But i just dont know.

Hang Em!!!

I talked to a guy the other day while i was down there and he said he had a pretty good day throwing a wacky rig just off the edge of the moss. Claimed he had a 3 and several 2's. Good luck. Let us know how you do.

Thanks Ketchup!!

I'd take a few golf balls Quill. Let me ask you boys a question: I've never had my boat down lake from the mouth of the Kings. For the OA tournament would i be better off taking my boat off the water and driving over to Campbell point or just boat there? How far is it? Is there places to beach your boat? If i have a fish to weigh in I obviously would need to boat there. Thanks for any input.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the info.

Any of you Pomme boys willing to tell me what the crappies are doing? Not locations. I'm 4 weeks out from knee replacement surgery and i think i can try and get down there. Been pretty quiet on the Pomme page.

Thanks Bill. I will give Mr. Stone a call in the next few weeks. I am only 3 weeks out from total knee replacement surgery and have not had a chance to get on the water. Would like to be on the water when i call him. I could get the depth and temp from the data overlay. But not the mph but i see it there??

Bill you quite the setup. Life is good. I got a Lowrance setup Bill. Dont have Active Target but i could add it if i ever wanted. I cant get the mph to work. Its not all that important but it is useful if i am dragging a worm harness around for eyes at Stockton. Need to be in that 1.0 to 1.2 mph range. Graph also has 2D and Sidescan. Would Mr Stone be willing to spend an hour with an old clueless guy like me to help me get dialed in? Or are you talking about helping the Active Target guys? And i totally understand.

Nice fish! And kudos to you for releasing that big female!!

UConn looks like the odds on winner. I put 10 bucks on them to win it all at 17 to 1 so go UConn! Most of us up here in KC would have enjoyed a KST v Creighton matchup. Heartbreaking losses for both teams. Personnally i like the fact that there were no greenbloods, errrrrr bluebloods, in the Sweet 16. 3 teams in the Final Four have never been before. No McDonalds All Americans in the Final Four! I like the parity. Gives me hope that maybe my Tigers actually have a chance.

Ark has some long athletic dudes!! Their problem seems to be fouls and not closing out games late. A lot of money is coming in on UConn. An MU reporter claims that Kobe Brown is coming back for a 5 th season!! He will certainly check out his draft status but this guy claims he believes Brown is coming back! Hey, Desi Sills of KSt is older than Mav's Luka Doncic!! Crazy!!

Thats a tough draw for you boys Hogs. UConn is playing well and has a legit chance to win it all. But once you get to Sweet 16 you are usually gonna get a tough team. SEC has 3 teams left. That leads the country. Go Hogs!

Congrats to the Hogs for beating the Cheaters!! My Tigers played like all they needed to do was roll the ball out and they would win. Got outrebounded by Princeton 44-29. That is inexcusable. I love what Dennis Gates has done this year but I really hope he starts paying more attention to the defense and boxing people out. You play defense like the Tigers and rebound like the Tigers you are gonna get beat. They play like they just want to outscore people. Great season just losing to another 15 seed kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth!

Kobe Brown just willed MU to that win. He did everything while battling foul trouble in the first half. MU the 7 seed was a 2 pt dog and i think that motivated them also. Got to play the no respect card and thats huge. Ask the Chiefs v the Eagles. Illinois/Ark got a little ugly at times but Ark was just the better team. I'll be pulling for Ark to pull the upset saturday!

Thought i might take a little heat for my comment about the Ark basketball team. But hey, i picked them to upset Kansas in the second round!! They are long and athletic. Got 2 lottery picks supposedly. And they have made back to back runs to the Elite 8. As a Tiger fan let me say, Go Hogs!!!

You Ark boys are just like your basketball team! Soft!! Ok, just kidding. I totally understand. But want to report the 13th Legacy Class bass was caught there yesterday. 13.34 lbs. Thats in this calendar year! A 7 lb bass is a great fish anytime anywhere. And you are right Champ. We are lucky to have those bass close to home. I had a few "bucket list" items i wanted to check off. Go to Wrigley. Check. Go to Fenway. Check. Harvest a 200 class buck. Still trying. Catch a 10 lb bass. Still trying. Taking a trip to lakes like OH Ivie or as you boys stated Toledo Bend gives me a chance. Not sure our lakes do anymore.

Now that you had to reschedule I may be back in!! Have to check my dates on when i leave for Candada.

The good news is I guess that keeps your recreation people away. Its all serious bass fisherman. I've only been there in early March but I've never seen a pleasure boat yet. A few pontoons but they were fishing out of them. Its not a family vacation destination for sure.

That RK brings back fond memories of my Ol fishing buddy Keith Blais. He won the OA tournament about 3 times. He was a RK throwing machine. I miss that guy!!!!