AceCoop

You got a shop somewhere? Wouldn't mind hearing where in case I venture that way....

Although.....I just might try to hit up LOZ this weekend 😁

Iffin you were up around Wentzville/STL, I would!

Yup. On another side note, a buddy suggested giving the motor a shot of starting fluid to see if that gets it over the hump (not a long term solution). I'm reading mixed reviews online. What say the brain trust?

2001 Johnson, going out of PB2. Early April. My kiddo fishes out of his partner's dad's boat on tourney day so they're running a newer 115hp I believe. I can make due in my lil ol' Lowe. Typically stick to uplake ventures chasing whatever is biting (crappie, whites, etc) but grew up in the Ozarks chunking and winding for bass. Thought I had gotten away from following the green fish for 5 good bites, but my kiddo has dragged me back!

Well.....turns out where we launched didn't matter. We decided to split up for pre-fishing, my son and I drove to Hwy 125 to fish Big Creek and our partners put in at Oakland to hit areas around Mountain and Gulley Creeks. They never caught a fish. We dropped the boat, started it up, put it in gear, and it died. Never would fire up again. Tournament day I sent them out in the partner's boat and they never got a bite. I fished off the bank below our rental house for a couple hours. Caught 1 keeper and a short, plus a handful of follows, all on a green craw RkCrawler. Had 1 bite on a gr pmpkn jig. Now I get to figure out what's wrong with the boat before next month's tourny on LOZ!

Y'all are hard on the Wrench! Guess I'm going back to the drawing board (maps)

I'm taking my kiddo to a HS tournament at TR in May. They'll have approximately 200 boats. I'll be in lil' 2001 Lowe 170 putting along with a 70hp, being out-classed and out-cast, and living the dream (doing the same this weekend on BS and never even bass fished that lake before). We're fixing to get whooped, but it'll be fun!

Sooo...... my oldest has joined the school fishing team, which means ol' dad has been scrambling to get back into bassin'. He'll be fishing out of his partner's boat on Sunday, but I'm hauling mine down as well so we can split up to prefish Saturday. I've never fished Bull Shoals below K dock and we're normally just chasing whites, crappie, walleye during the spring. I've stocked up on gear so I at least know we'll have the right baits in the boat. The tournament weigh-in is down by the dam. The other dad and I (both sub-par fishers) have been pouring over maps to come up with a game plan. So here's my question.... Mid-lake (Music, Big Creek area) has a few spots that have peaked my interest, but I'm trying to figure out how far it is back to the weigh-in (we get to start wherever we want). Have I lost my mind with thinking it's worth it to run that far? My lil Lowe 170 with a 70hp ain't breaking no speed records. Should I go back to the maps to find somewhere closer to the town of Bull Shoals? *you thought I was gonna hit you up for fishing spots didn't you? We're gonna have fun and it's going to be a learning experience. If the boys catch a few keepers and get to walk across the stage at weigh-in, I'll call it a win. Heck, if we don't find the bass, we might just call an audible, head up a creek, and see if we can find some whites or walleye! Thanks in advance....