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Now that's a nice setup. Did you build the canoe David?

Never seen the fish. I've caught a lot of 6lb plus bass along with hundreds of trout. I'm pretty convinced it was a bass due to the head shake and the pure power, which I have never felt with a trout. I know Taney is a hush hush lake for the locals, but I'm not to shy about sharing info. The lake is doing very well, and has a lot of quality fish. As far as throwing a rainbow colored bait, one never knows until tried. I know it works well out west. Closest thing to a rainbow colored bait is the one I found floating that jolicious painted. Guess I should have tried that. That topwater has caught a lot of fish in local lakes as well as Lake Fork.

Always a possibility. Been doing this almost 30 years, and the update be the first time I overfished an area prior to tournament day. I was pretty careful about not fishing the same area twice.

How did this go Jo?

Thought I'd share a photo of my "Train" in case any of you see me pull in. I'm always up for a hello.

Love the report and pictures Daryk. You've got that young man hooked now. Great to see you getting out.

Stay away from those little fish, and those things wouldn't happen.

Just a quick recap of my last 2 weeks on Como: Ive only fished the lake 1 other time, and that was last June, with zero bass caught. We had a club tourney there this past Sat. so I figured I had better get a grip on what I was going to do tourney day. I spent a total of 23 hours pre-fishing the 10 days prior to tourney day. All of those hours were spent in Bull Creek. I never fished anywhere else, as I had heard great things about that area. Not doing my homework like I normally do, I didn't know the lake size limit was 12" for bass. I was pretty confident in my pre-fishing adventures, as I had caught at least 4 keepers "over 15" each time out. With the 12" limit I couldn't begin to tell you how many 12" + fish I caught each outing. Fast forward to this past Saturday. Our tourney was 5:30am to 1:30pm, the times I had been spending on that water. I friend in the club had sold his boat a few days earlier, so I had him fishing with me. We started out in the dark, on a cool, beautiful morning with no breeze at all "different than my last outings". We started fishing the areas I had caught fish, with the same baits I had been using, and nothing. We pulled up to one of the docks in Bull and I hooked a toad, and when I say a toad, I mean that G.Loomis was bent in half, with the fish twice pulling the rod into the water as she swam under the boat to the other side. My partner had the net ready, and on the 2nd attempt to get her up so we could net her, the line went slack. My heart dropped. That was around 9:30 before we got our first bite. The pre-fishing days I would have had several keepers "15 or better" by this time. Fished to the far back and nothing but a few short 9" fish. Around noon we worked our way out to the lake across from Rockaway "where we launched" and my partner caught 2 over 15" keepers in pretty short order. Besides those 2 keepers he caught, nothing else was weighed in. I beat my brain that entire day thinking about what was different than the past days I had spent on the water, and no wind was all I could think of that was different. Overall the lake has a very healthy population of bass, and some of great quality. I will be back, and will be scheduling another summer tourney there next year.

Where do I go to see these baits?

How old is it?

It's made for the guys carrying 3 dozen deeks.

Haha. That's good news. Time to hear that flashed 75 ripper again.

Negative. A good buddy has land that borders the area and his kids have taken canoes out and were ran off. Unless things have changed since April, no watercraft of any kind.

How was the weekend Hillbilly? As stated, brush piles are key, as well as the often overlooked humps that many forget about on Pomme. Those humps are a key to finding and catching quality fish at this time of year.

Thanks for the info. My family camped up near the dam. Left the boat home this trip "rare occasion" but had a buddy fish a tourney Saturday. They had 22 pounds pre-fishing Wednesday, and struck out on tourney day. It was HOT. We have a club tourney this Sat. On the Pomme Arm. It's a Great Lake. I've lived and fished on it pretty hard the past 20 years. This time of year can be tough anywhere.

If not we have open seats for ya. Have 2 newbs coming also.

Well crap. We have a tourney this Sat.

He's asking if your fishing for fish, or for guys to promote your baits to.

Boy do I know that feeling. A 5er that I owned had a slide leak that I fought for years. Got so tired of it that we started using cabins when we went camping. They replaced the skin, the seals, the slide itself and still had trouble. They bought it back and after 2 years decided to try it again. Currently have a 25' Four Winds TT that is 1/2 ton towable, tho I pull it with a Super Duty. Headed out to Cape Fair the 15th for a few days. Can't handle the holiday weekends anymore.

And then the idiot left the scene after hitting him.

Terrible. Sad that the perp was driving while intoxicated. He will be punished by law, but the fact that his family will also be punished pisses guys like me off.

Nice work. So much more enjoyment when it's built with your own hands.

Love the format, but it will never go wide scale. Just not enough non-boaters to find standing around willing to go out 8 hours a day for nothing but a ham sammich and no pay. Won't happen.

My boat of choice coming back to life.