Royal Blue

I second Jason Conn.

Honestly, if you're looking to finance I would do it sooner than later. The market is dropping some now bt rates are rapidly rising. If paying cash, I'd wait 4-6 months.

Dutch you know I'm up to speed on these things. There is a TON of debt out there and all of these people that were buying these toys the last 2-3 years are literally buried in them. You guys see $200,000. I see $2000-2500 a month in payments and insurance. We aren't far off from a good rate on a car or truck being 8% like 2007-2008. There will be deals to be had on these toys once the banks repo them.

WORD

I've had some good ones on the S-Waver glide, and a Jackall Gantarel which is a big bluegill swimmer. My best producer has easily been the Spro Rat and it's not even close. It's a giant wake bait, but I fish it super slow and keep it on top. When they eat it, it sounds like someone flushed the toilet! I went weeks without getting bit on it, and then one day had a 6 just destroy it. I was hooked at that point. I mostly throw it at night now, but I'm very careful around bushes and stuff like that. Losing a big swimbait is just part of it, but it isn't a good feeling.

I paid $3.74 at Sam's at 7:00 last night.

I have a BPS crankin' stick but just got the new Lew's XD series 6XD rod. It's awesome and perfect for these baits obviously. I also have a Dobyn's Champion XP 765 that I have loved for 5 and 6 XDs.

Bill you've forgotten more about fishing than I know, but I can tell you that I never throw a crankbait (even a deep one) on anywhere close to that heavy of a rod. Medium to a moderate action medium heavy. On the 5 and 6XD I use a 7' 6" inch rod, but never that heavy. It gives them just that little split second to get that bait all the way in their mouth. The slower action keeps the trbles pinned too. Just my 2 cents, but I would bet those are good fish just not getting in their mouth all the way.

Is there any slime on the bottom over that way? We fished out of Baxter yesterday and it was horrible with slime.

I was there on Sunday very early and we wrecked the whites. Huge females mostly.

I think I saw in the big ad that they have Berkely Trilene 100% Floro bonus spools for $19.99. I've been buying line online at Sportsmen's Outfitters. They routinely run big sales on Sunline and Seaguar products.

Twin Bridges is great early March for white bass. I fish the mid lake area a couple of times in the fall and go up the Elk too. I have wrecked them on a crankbait and a spinnerbait on that lake. It's definitely not Table Rock or Bull. Docks and shallow bank running is where I've had the most success.

Any slime?

Crankbait season is just about here so you know that slime is going to make us all work for that bite!

If you keep after it, there are always fish shallow willing to eat a jig.