Rootman

A buddy of mine and myself went on a trip with Ed last Friday and had a great day on the water. I was able to get my first limit of walleye which was great! We had 10 keepers all together. I highly recommend if you are thinking of taking a trip to learn how to find these fish that you book a trip with him. A great guide and a great guy to spend a day with. I learned a lot from the trip.

Had the pleasure of spending a day on the water with Ed lmt-outfitters and a buddy of mine today . Had a great day on the water. Ed did a great job of putting us on fish. Ended up with 10 keepers and several shorts. Can’t say enough good things about Ed. Great guy, very knowledgeable and a great teacher. If you have been thinking of wanting to learn more about walleye fishing, I highly recommend you to book a trip with him. Just an all around fun day on the water. Looking forward to putting what I learned to catching more of them.

I upgraded my boat this year and while doing so bought a live scope to go on it. Was very surprised at how easy it was to install. Took it out Sunday with a friend to try to figure out how to use and what it can actually do. Was amazed at the clarity of the images and how easy it is to use. We caught several small crappie using it to find brush etc. did end up catching some while watching my jig and seeing the fish come up and hit it. The bite and graph of it were instantaneous, no delay whatsoever. Am not sure if it will help me catch more fish, as some paid no attention to our offerings. I just see it as a tool and timesaver as it shows you exactly what is down there. To see fish swimming past it was truly amazing. Oh the things we do to try to catch more fish and the expense to do so! I own way more fishing equipment than any man should, and am sure I will continue to add to my collection!

Put in a RB about 730 am. Water temp was 79. Fished around bridge pillars and around stobs with minnows and slip bobbers. Ended up the day with 22 keepers between 2 of us. Fished in depths of 12 to 30 ft, 10 ft down. Nothing funnier than watching that bobber sink, must be the kid in me. Caught a lot of shorts through out the day. Off water by 3 pm. The crappie made us work for them, but was a good day on the lake.

Put in at Roark Saturday afternoon and the water was clear, had about 6ft visibility but the water was about 5 ft higher than it was when I was there 2 weeks ago. Water was even clearer up above mutton creek. Water temp was 70 when I put in. Had little luck catching anything, I fished 3 to 8 pm.

Has the recent rains muddied up the lake? Was thinking of heading up tomorrow, but did not know how the rain had affected the lake. Any information appreciated.

Just trying to get some information as to what the lake is like. Did the rains muddy it up? Thinking of trying my luck tomorrow, but not sure what water is like. Any information appreciated. Thx

Hope you are feeling better snd back on the water soon. Wishing you a speedy recovery and a healthy 2020 filled with limits of fish!

Good job!

Congrats on a good day of fishing! Great job

way Points for brush piles I meant, sorry left that out. Good luck!

Good colors I have found are electric chicken, black/silver flakes blue/silver flaked and monkey milk. The blue/silver is my go to color, just more confidence in it . Just depends on what you think will catch fish. If you have the gps waypoints on your lake map on your fish finder it helps a lot.

I find them around brush piles in 25-30 ft of water. I use bobby garlands and go down to the brush or bottom and tell up very slowly and they hit on the way up. Brush around deep bridge pillars is a good place to find them, same depth. Hope this helps, good luck!

Hope your surgery goes well and you are out fishing again soon!

Great job!

That I do not know, I actually found about doing it from an old post on this forum. I would imagine you can, when I took mine to get the waypoints, they said sometimes Garmin gives them problems, but mine took them just fine

If you get a unit that has lake maps on it and you want to fish brush piles, I would highly recommend that you take it somewhere that will load the gps coordinates for the brush piles. Costs about $15 but is well worth it. Made my job of finding them easy to locate for crappie fishing. A marine repair in Springfield will do it. Just an FYI

Put in at RB about 930 this morning. Water temp was 44, visibility was about 2-3 ft, was better towards chicken rock. Caught a few around bridge pillars over brush in 30 ft. Went up towards chicken rock and caught several in brush piles in 25 to 30 ft. Color did not seem to matter , caught them on 1/16 ounce jig heads with Bobby garlands. Ended up with 11 nice crappie that brought home for the skillet. Almost all were 11 inches or better. They have moved out to deeper brush piles as the pile I fished had not had a sniff on it till today and caught a lot off it last year about this time. I think things are heating up for the winter fishing. Was a beautiful day to be on the lake, hope others had some success today to.

Nice work! Wish I was up there this week trying my luck!

That is a 13 inch on top and an 11 on the bottom,

That is surprising that much of a difference. Was surprised to that they had good size egg sacks in them. Is that normal for them in the winter? We caught several that were 13 or better, they were very thick. The rest were all 11 inches or better . The size seems to be better than last year this time

Put in at RB about 8 am, water temp was 44, fished brush piles around bridge pillars. Caught crappie in 20-30 ft using bobby garlands, blue/silver with silver flakes seemed to work best. Ended up with 15 nice crappie but had to work to get them. Water temp was close to 48 when got off lake at 3 pm. Took home for some nice filets.

We went up there today. Did not have much luck. Caught a few crappie up sons creek and around bridge pilons. Water was about 52, water was a bit dingy. Had no luck with minnows. Only caught them on power bait minnows. Bite was very light. Got pretty windy by 2 pm. Hope others had better luck

Did the lake muddy up any from the rain this week? Was curious as to what water was like as an debating about going up tomorrow. Any information appreciated. Thx

Congratulations on your retirement and best of luck with your guide service! Wish you the best of luck, I hope to sometime book a trip with you if it works out next year. Best of luck again.