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Would it be doable to float from Bennet down right now without having to drag long stretches? Having to drag across a couple riffles isn't too bad, but I wouldn't want to have to drag through a section.
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Lake Springfield help
Seth Clarkson replied to MNtransplant's topic in Fellows Lake, Springfield Lake, McDaniels Lake
Definitely agree fall is best. The guy you're talking about I believe had a crazy youtube handle, winkiedoodles, I feel like he changed it though. He move somewhere in Northern Missouri I believe so you have to go back a few years for lake springfield. -
Lake Springfield help
Seth Clarkson replied to MNtransplant's topic in Fellows Lake, Springfield Lake, McDaniels Lake
@MNtransplant I've always done best heading East from the 65 ramp past the walking bridge when it's not winter time. In the winter going west towards the boathouse and deeper water can help. -
@yaknar I know this isn't as far up, but in my last 2 trips, this past Saturday and about a month ago between Cox Access and Blunks my buddy has caught 3 walleye, 2 keepers and 1 was 23 inches, all released. I think 2 on a chatterbait and 1 on a swimbait. We hadn't fished that stretch a whole lot before that but I don't remember catching walleye. Other than that nice walleye we got soaked and waited out some lightning for a bit and caught a lot of small bass, but nothing over 14 inches I don't think. There was a flat bottom parade at one point, think we had 5 boats pass us (1 both directions) in a span of 10 minutes. Some were polite, other's not so much, but didn't cause us any real issues, just a ton of wake real close to us.
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I have a Vibe Seaghots 110 but was looking to upgrade to something with a higher weight limit and higher seat. The Gravity Seats on the Feel Frees look awesome, they just have a low back. They also have a wheel in the keel to make transport easier. I just didn't want to have to jump up to a 13 footer for the weight limit I want. I'm wanting at least 500# so I'm focusing on a Nucanoe Frontier, probably 12 ft.
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We did Galena to blunks and had a good day. Only had 1 riffle that was too shallow and had to drag a bit. Probably had 30 fish between us multiple species. Rock bass, green sunfish, red ear, largemouth, smallmouth and my buddy even caught 2 walleye. One was good size, probably a little too short to keep and was caught on a chatterbait jackhammer. We caught probably 8 in the 13 to 15 inch range with majority between 10 and 12. Tender tube was the best bait, followed by a crankbait. Temperature was nice and we had cloud cover a lot of the day. Caught 4 smallmouth off one riffle and missed 2 more of they weren't the same fish. Sorry the pictures aren't the best, I keep my phone tethered majority of the time.
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Wasn't even thinking or remembering that the whole lake was high, makes sense now. Thanks and I will try to remember to report back. Hopefully taking out at blunks from a kayak won't be at a bad angle with the top of the ramp. Guess we'll find out!
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Hey guys, a buddy and I are hoping to float in the morning, haven't nailed down the section but I was thinking Galena to blunks. With the rain we've had this week I've been looking at the levels and I have a decent reference as far as the flow goes and it seems to still be alright but I know there's more to it than that. Is the height it's at right now anything to worry about to float down there tomorrow? I assume the water will be a little dirty but as of now it doesn't look that fast (online anyway). Thanks Seth
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It was busy, but nothing like table rock and did our best to avoid people. We sure didn't take any fish away from anyone. Not a single keeper today.
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Are Coe ramps the only ones open right now or are some of the campground ramps available to use? Ive only been to Stockton once but thinking of trying tomorrow to avoid the table rock crowd and bull shoals is just rough at 30ft high.
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He had at least 1 brain tumor removed recently, think he had surgery then had to go back to get something else taken out.
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I agree with Wheeler, but it's always hard for me to bet against Edwin Evers too.
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Yeah I do, but I think it's when they bite it on the fall that they end up swallowing it.
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Pinching the barb definitely helps and using that trick to remove a hook when they swallow it makes a heck of a difference. Took awhile to do it very well, but it has definitely made a difference for me going in by the gills and turning the hook out from below rather than coming in from the mouth. I also never have that problem with a ned rig, not sure why there is such a difference.
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What jighead or style do you prefer to stupid rig your tubes? I use the little bass pro tender tubes a lot and have issues with fish gut hooking every once in awhile or getting hung up. I don't feel like the ones with a weed guard have helped my issues much. If I can set up a stupid tube correctly though I may use that more often.
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We fished the Moonshine Beach area on Friday. Was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't that busy. Guess a lot of people were back to work and maybe the possible early morning rain and high winds kept people away. We definitely fought the wind, borderline dangerous at times with a lot of white caps. Because of that we didn't get to fish many main lake spots. First thing before the wind got too crazy I had a big spotted bass hit my swaver right at the boat, had less than a foot of line out and it hammered but got came off as I tried to flip it. Had a smallmouth later in the day come up to it and snap at it but no hookup that was it on swaver and couldn't get a topwater bite with a walker or whopper plopper. Had found some shad balls but the bass werent feeding in them and didn't see any under them on the graph. The only somewhat pattern we could find was swimbaits/underpins on docks midway back in coves. Marked a lot of fish suspended around the docks but couldn't get any to bite unless they were under it. Had one real nice 19 inch largemouth doing that but mainly 12 inches or smaller. Caught a really fat spot on some gravel with the ned when the wind slowed down some and the sun came out. Had clouds and some rain early with high winds throughout the day and partial sun peeking through at times before coming out later in the afternoon.
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Bad timing, or pattern going away
Seth Clarkson replied to Seth Clarkson's topic in Upper Bull Shoals
Thanks for the tip, how deep of water were you fishing over? -
Went back to Tucker Hollow yesterday and only managed 4.....if you count a perch disguised as a bass. 3 on the swimbait again and one on a tube. 2 swimbait fish were on wind blown points, but none of the 4 fish came from the same place. There was a lot more current it seemed yesterday so not sure if that in combination with the weather messed things up. Saw water temps of 59 and saw a lot of suspended fish at times, but couldn't get them to bite. Before I caught my first fish I had 2 follows to the boat and one snap at and miss a feathered walk the dog bait. Did see a lot of small sunfish in the back of a pocket but no bass around at all. After the rain let off, the wind came on fierce and did not make it easy.
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Tucker most likely because kdock has much less parking available right now.
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We put in there Saturday. Water is high for sure, but you can still put in easily and just have to park in various places around the campground, the courtesy dock was not accessible, so be aware of that. The campground is closed and so was the marina. There were a few people working on the marina who did mention that they had minnows, so if you see them out and you want some, might talk to them. Water continues to stay clear even with it continuing to rise. There were a few floaters, but not terrible.
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Put in this morning at Tucker, caught around 10 all on a 3 inchish Swimbait. All were around points and there had to be wind. Fog was horrid to start, was so bad at one point we couldn't go where we planned and got in the closest cove. First cast I had a keeper break me off, probably should have retied after my last trip. Early in the morning I caught them as shallow as 10 ft but was getting bit near 25 ft on the bottom as the sun was higher. Tried a chatterbait and tube but couldn't get a bite. Water temp was around 54 most the day and it was almost bluebird skies. The marina was closed but talked to them for a minute as they were working around the marina. They said they had some minnows already that they were going to have to sell. There was quite a few rigs parked in various places around the campground with the water high.
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We fished K Dock area Saturday. Didn't get a ton of fishing in but water temp was 48 and it was really windy. Caught 7 with 1 keeper largemouth, all less than 8ft deep. Most on a tube, couple on a more finesse set up A-rig and one on a rattletrap.