BassBlind

Forecast looks great this weekend! 63 Friday and 65 Sunday. It has been about 2 months since I was last out on the water. Any tips or pointers for a warm January weekend? I plan on tying on the Ned, crankbait, potentially an A-Rig... any pointers on where (bluffs, shallow, deep, wood, etc) to fish or what to tie on would be greatly appreciated. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Not the nicest place in the world... but Whip-Poor-Will Resort allows dogs.

Are they decent eating?? We ate a few of them years ago and were a bit underwhelmed...

Question for you Jig Masters - when should I use a craw or worm trailer vs just throwing the jig itself??

I was able to get out last night. We did not have a lot of bites but we caught 3 nice fish, one of them being VERY nice! Was only able to capture a pic of the big boy... tough to get good pics at night. We caught a couple small fish this afternoon and looking forward to going back out tonight. We have only seen 1 FLW boat come down Big Creek but we can hear them buzzing down the river.

Man am I pissed! My buddy was able to make it down to TR yesterday and I am not able to head out of Kansas City until about 1:00 this afternoon. He went out in search of the late night bite last night and did great! Said they were blowing up the rock crawler in 5-15ft and landed a nice keeper early this morning on texas rigged worm...hope the fun continues tonight!!

Can't thank you enough for the detailed info Bill, PRICELESS!!

Would also love to hear your take on all the nonsense going on at Taney outlets!!

Thx BB!! - Any quick pointers on how and where to fish the two baits mentioned above? Do I jig them up down over deep structure? Throw under deep docks?

10f t!?? Let the water warm up a few more degrees and take a swim with a pair of goggles.

Appreciate the quick response Dave! I'll tie one on and give it a go.

Nice report! Anyone willing to offer up some advice on the basics of fishing swim baits. I have been reading a lot of reports on here about swimbaits and Keitechs, but I have never tied them on. The picture above helps a bunch as I will know how to rig... I believe I saw some pictures last week of a Keitech rigged on an Ozark Finesse Head (Ned Rig) ? Thanks!

Awesome 2nd hand report there, appreciate the info Bill!

Great response, and it most definitely makes sense... I'll be sticking with Ozark Finesse Heads and super gluing... as a matter of fact... ordering some more now.

Dave - I love your shroom head jigs and can't thank you enough for making them and the info you share here on the Forum... One question - I've noticed that your heads to not have a barb near the top of the jig to help keep the little guy from slipping down the hook. I now use super glue and it works pretty well, but just wondering if there was a reason you do not have a "barb bait keeper" on the jigs?