BassPastor

FREE REGISTRATION UP FOR GRABS I've had family event come up that will no longer allow me to attend this event. I believe I can transfer my registration to someone else. It is a two day registration, Friday/Saturday. I'd be willing to transfer my registration to someone else for free, if you'll agree to send me the entry prize package. Registration was $175. https://yetiopen.com/

FREE REGISTRATION UP FOR GRABS I've had family event come up that will no longer allow me to attend this event. I believe I can transfer my registration to someone else. It is a two day registration, Friday/Saturday. I'd be willing to transfer my registration to someone else for if you'll agree to send me the entry prize package.

We'll be fishing the BBT this weekend. It should be a party on the lake with lots of permitted derbies taking place. Hopefully everyone will enter the weekend with a bit of extra patience, and the perspective that at the end of the day... it's just a fish. See ya'll out there!

Nice largemouth!

@top_dollar ha! I’m right with you a lot of days.

Shallow fishing was fun while it lasted. The only redeeming aspect of Dropshot season is that it’s an easy way to get Jr. on some fish.

@Big Bass Tour thanks for putting on the event - myself + 2 in the boat had a great time. We really enjoy the format. I didn’t catch any money bass but one of my partners did 4.57#, so count that as a win. We caught lots and lots of fish, many in the the 2.5-3# range. Part of our issue may have been that we couldn’t pull ourselves away from the biting pre-spawn smallmouth in the lower lake. Almost all of our fish came off of a wacky rigged senko. Mixed depth but about 10’ all the way up to the bank. When the wind picked up (and did it ever) we caught a few keepers on a spinner as well. With the wind we didn’t want to get too far from the weigh in at Long Creek so fished anywhere between the back of Long Creek to Cow Creek area.

Nice job! The next 6 weeks are my favorite to fish out of the whole year.

Playing around with a new Livescope and found that I couldn’t leave biting fish. All the spots we caught were 30-35’ on long gravel main lake points. Bait didn’t matter so much, Dropshot, Keitech, Ned. I think every one of them was 14.99” and full of shad. I’m ready to beat the bank again but the deep bite is great for my 4 yr old fishing buddy. (Pictured with his grandpa here)

Great job! A true 6# is far rarer than the internet would ever have you believe.

Know of anybody who could do a Garmin unit (x2) and Livescope install at our storage unit just south of State Park Marina? The boat is in storage but I'm up in Kansas City. Thanks!

I've thought about this as well. Other than TR, the lake I fish most often is Smithville. You'd be laughed at fishing in more than 20 ft for bass in Smithville. It just doesn't happen. That being said, it's a fundamentally different lake than a deep/clear Ozark reservoir. At the end of the day it's really all about the baitfish and I don't think they venture deep in those shallow/muddy lakes.

@Fishrman @willyfish @Sprint21fter Had my 3 year old with me today so only fished for a couple hours but managed one nice keeper small jaw. Thanks for the tips and happy new year!

Any hints on where to find the shallower crank bait bite? I’m a winter fishing novice and don’t have FF sonar so may try to grind out the shallow fish instead of looking for the deep bite.

Was down for our annual week long summer stay at the family condo near state park marina. Wife/kids/family have other agendas than fishing so was only able to fish from first light to about 10a each day. Snuck in one evening outing as well which ended up being the best fishing of the week for us. The offshore deep water stuff still kicks my butt so I was glad we were still able to find fish shallow. The most consistent bite for me ended up being secondary points where I could find some hard wood cover in about 15-20 FOW. I would use a PBJ Ned rig to find the fish, then spot lock and pick apart the cover with a football jig to find a few keepers. Fished this deal on main lake points as well with some success especially in the evening trip which was post storm cell so had the lake to myself. Spent Friday evening fishing the “Dark Side” on Taneycomo with Duane Doty from Liley’s Landing. We fished from 7:30p-11:30p. If you haven’t done that trip I highly recommend it as it was an absolute blast. Overall a fun week on the water and actually did better than we normally do for this time of year. Next year hope to figure out the deep stuff a bit more. We’ll be ready to beat the banks come fall!