Bigfishscott

I really hate to see a 5lb and 6lb bass with the sides slicked off. I know it’s there right to do but I’d rather see a limit of 15 inchers first. That’s what I saw at the boat ramp Friday when I loaded up. These wonderful big bass in a pile of whites. I guess they had to keep them so the whites would taste better!! This is not a bash non catch and release guys post. I’ve ate bass too but I just don’t eat the big ones. If I do keep some to eat I only keep just legal fish and no more that we can eat in one setting.

There’s lots of deep holes of water between fellows and Stockton. Could of taken several big rains and a couple of years to get there. Just a thought??

Ketchup, We were out yesterday too. Spent the first 4 hrs graphing trying to find the bigger females out suspending in wait for the spawn. Looking mainly on windy flat points leading into spawning pockets. Most of the shad were on the bottom in 18-20 ft of water. We did get lucky enough to find a small group up off the bottom and we caught 2 about 4lbs that was it. Bright moon days are the pits!!! Switched to ned and caught one after another for the next 5hrs.

Suspended fish over deep water

They only seem to take your lures that work the best. The craziest thing that ever happened to me was.. I was throwing a 6xd and bamm!!! Fight was on!! After three big tarpon like jumps!! Snap!!! Gill plates got me again. S%^£!!!!! My best crank bait gone. An hour later on the complete opposite point, up in the air flies this Muskie and out into the water flies my favorite bait!!! It was the danmest thing I’ve ever seen!!

Some years just a few some years a bunch. The most I ever caught in one day was 4. Those things will eat anything. I think I’ve caught one on at least every lure I throw. And I have a few under that log museum MoPan was talking about

Ham, pomme has some great fishing come back in the fall it’s a blast. And bonus fish are eating too.

Out on the water at 7:00 off at 4:00. It was another great Friday that God gave us to be alive to fish!!! Fishing was really good till about 10:45 then it was tough for us. Between an Arig, big swim bait and a crank, we put together 5 fish that weighed a little over 19lbs by 10:45 then we lost them or the fish just quit feeding in wait for the next pressure change to come in. But it was a wonderful day to be out. God bless, tight lines. We might fish Stockton tomorrow. This post has been promoted to an article

I’d like to congratulate Josh and Jin . Two of my buddies from KC with the Smithville BassMasters last weekend at pomme. Josh won the event fishing 2 days in horrible wind. Day 2 he put together a limit of big’in’s 26.33lbs and Jin had a rough 1st day but came back on day 2 to help out his final standings with a 18.32lbs bag to finish in 7th. Congrats both of you!! Good job!!

DP, Not every swim bait or head work with each other. I use a open hook. I get the best action and tracking. Sure I loose more this way but your hook up % is a lot better. Most of the time when you are slow rolling them if you don’t get frustrated and pull hard you can get right over the bait and jiggle it loose. But 80% of the time I’m fishing for Suspended fish that are off the bottom and I’m try to bring it over their heads. I find these fish on the graph back off and cast out and count it down to a level I want and and try to keep it at that depth. I use 1/4 and 1/2 most of the time. It’s definitely a different feel but in time you’ll get the feel for it. Just like your favorite crankbait. Just by feel you know that it’s working right

We fished all over the lake from state park to 83. Water temps were all over the place. Found 60* water to 49.8* cranked shallow warmer water. Jig and Arig deeper colder stuff

Went out with a friend of mine from KC yesterday. Caught quite a few fish, jig, cranks, Arig. Had upper teens 5 fish limit probably 17-19lbs. Only one donkey but great day that God gave us!!

The best bait or baits to throw are....... THE ONES YOU HAVE THE MOST CONFIDENCE IN!!! Period!!!

Looks like you have it adjusted in that picture really well. 2-D is the hardest to get that return that you want from the bottom. For separation down imagine is your best bet. The only problem with di and si is that to give you a good image is you have to be moving. I use mainly 2-d all the time. Just about the only time I use the other is just scanning for bait or if I’m not seeing bait anywhere, so I switch to di assuming the bait and the fish are on the bottom. I’m a really simple fisherman I don’t take 100 rods and thousands of baits with me. Right now if I’m fishing a tournament or prefishing for one I can fit everything I need in a 8x8 tackle warehouse cardboard box.

What units do you have and how do you set them up. There are lots of little tweaks you can do to try to see those fish. Si/Di/2-D all are different. I know a guy that has about the most inexpensive units you can use and and he still catches a plenty.

I’ve fished the swim bait several times in the past. But it’s always been one of those back up things to see if maybe I could entice a larger fish in the school. Yesterday the wind was on and off. In areas with less wind I threw a 4” bait with 1/4oz head and with more wind a 6” bait with 1/2oz head. Should of brought 2 rods,switching back and forth was a pain.

Out on the lake at 7:45 fished till 4:30pm. Took one rod and made myself fish a swim bait all day. Caught 19 with 11 keepers. Chasing wind all day. This post has been promoted to an article

Thanks for the compliments. I wish I could of taken off work all week to hunt them hogs but wife said she didn’t think that would be a good idea.🤬 Its just because she couldn’t go!!🤫

We caught a ton of fish Sunday. We were culling oz’s at 1o’clock, for a small limit of about 12-13lbs. Ran to a bank that we caught some big fish before. Culled every fish we had in about 20 min

Fish a tournament out of old state park Sunday. Big girls are coming out of their winter haunts FINALLY!! 3 over 8lbs caught. We finished 2nd with a little over 20lbs and 1st had almost 26. They had 2 of the 8 lbers.

I think I might of talked to you and your wife Sunday. I was giving the ol boy in front of the boat the business for front ending his wife.

Justfishing... so what you are experiencing now with the set up you have is. Your transducer is mounted so high on your transom and with only that one transducer doing your 2D/di at speeds over 8mph it is out of the water. That's why you loose your depth reading

Justfishing... my set up is as such as that you just said. SI/DI transducer is mounted on my jack plate and 2D in the hull. Like I said in earlier post they make a Y cable to do this. When you use this cable connection the graph will still read off 2D transducer in the hull at higher speeds. The SI/DI will be out of the water at this time of running