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Those look killer. What size?

Stradic is a great reel. Look at the comparable Lew's. G Loomis rods earned their reputation, but now days their "brain" is working for Temple Fork and several others are matching the performance. Read up on Tackle Tour.

I forgot to mention Phil Stone. Yes, another good alternative.

On day one, hire Mike Worley, a guide and a contributing member on this forum. A half day or full day trip will put you on fish for your entire trip. If Mike is booked, call Buster Loving. I hope you have a fabulous trip.

The "soft" I do not recommend. The green color is excellent in TR, rather similar to the Maxima green.

Some years ago, Ken Rainbolt and I were fishing below Keystone dam just outside of Tulsa on the Arkansas river. We had caught a mixed string of crappie and whites when the weather turned real ugly. Like me, Ken was an Oklahoma native and we looked at the front coming and decided trying to run away in the car was stupid. We snuggled up close to the dam and watched the front pass over us. The twister skipped off the lake and over the dam and came down about a half mile down stream. In the middle of it was Pier 51 marina and all the boats that had been in slips there. Amazing sight.

In the video he definitely suggested that you not keep any tension on the line so that the spoon would flutter uncontrolled. Bobby Murray's video on Walleye spooning with the Cotton Cordell spoon suggests just the opposite. He moves his rod down gradually to sort of keep up with the spoon without affecting the fall much. Check it out on YouTube. Again, I let the fish decide.

I was cruising through my pictures to post in a boat thread and ran across this. Thought I would share.

I posted about the MagWart not long ago. I was hoping the Spro bait might hit the same depth with a smaller profile.

If you move the bait to you with the rod, but then immediately push the rod tip down and at the bait, you create slack in the line and the bait will fall straight down to the bottom. If you keep the rod stationary after the move, the line stays taut and the bait will glide in a pendulum fashion to the bottom. If the bottom is sloping down as it comes to you, that means the glide will be longer and somewhat parallel to the bottom. I use both, as well as the crank the reel handle without moving the rod so the bait crawls along the bottom. The fish will tell you which is best for the day.

I have a 2010 tiller steer Alumacraft Navigator 165 with a 75 HP Etec. The company has discontinued that line by creating several alternatives, but I highly recommend the company and the size/type of boat. I am safe in the summer when the wake boats tear up the main lake, and I can go way up the White River above Beaver town. You should check out Lund as well.

Seems to me the way to throw a fixed bobber bait with a 13 foot leader would be some sort of helicopter move - kinda like throwing a lasso. Can you see Champ up in the front of the boat, winding up, while Donna is in the back ducking in time to his circles?

I'm thinking it will be a cross between a jigging rap and a silver buddy or sonic. I have three ordered and will report.

I ordered a phantom green, phantom brown, and a red craw. If it has the same searching action and hits 10 to 12 feet, it will reach a lot of water that needs a workover. As a side note, every year I catch one or more walleye while bass fishing with a wart.

Just a thought to add to Bo's very knowledgable comments. I just ordered the bait in the link for vertical jigging. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Strike_King_Rage_Blade_Blaster/descpage-SKRBB.html

I may well have fished more warts in tree tops than anyone on this forum. The reasons are: the wart is my favorite walleye trolling bait, I troll for walleye quite often, I run 10/2 braid to troll, warts with 250 feet of 10/2 braid will run 25 to 26 feet deep, and walleye frequently suspend in brush and tree tops. Warts have a great advantage in those situations -> they hang up far less often than any other deep diver I troll. Something about the design and hook position causes them to deflect or flip over limbs more often than not. While I don't write about it often, I normally catch as many or more bass than walleye using the trolled wart. I tend not to report this because when I fish bass, I count and report bass; when I fish walleye, I count and report walleye. My largest TR bass (almost 24 inches and very fat, close to 9 pounds) came while trolling a wart in the trees on the bluff where the Kings River flows into the White. One of trhe applications for the new Rockcrawler (if it resmbles the wart in avoiding hangs) will be to fish the numerous tree tops that exist 10 to 20 feet below normal pool (and there are many).

My timing must have been perfect.

If you really want to learn Walleye, members Feathers and Fins, Rangerman, Hunter91 and Tanderson really know what they are doing. In addition, you are welcome in my boat any time.

If you go to Viglink's site you can opt out for the computer you are on.

Interesting. Somehow two phrases I used above became links to other web sites - one ebay and one Indigo. I did not do this. Anyone know what is going on?

Garth is giving a concert in my old home town. I was reading an article about that concert in the "Tulsa Scene." The article recommended five places to eat before the concert. This is the menu item from one of those places. The name of the place has been omitted to protect the innocents. The 11th Street Bridge, an Alaskan salmon roasted on an Eastern red cedar plank and served over hazelnut-infused whipped potatoes and baby rainbow carrots. Those of you who read my posts know I am a foody and I do know something about fine dining. As they say in the rap music, let's break it down. Salmon is on all menus because it is always available, farm raised regardless of ocean, and cheap compared to real fish caught by real fishing boats. Purveyors routinely dye the meat, and if they don't, the chef does. Roasting on cedar sounds cool but infuses the flesh with cedar flavors that hide how bland the farm raised fish may taste. Then you pair it with hazel nut infused whipped potatoes. Let's see, pour a little cheap a$$ amaretto into over cooked potatoes to make sure the lack of potato flavor is hidden. Then serve it all with carrots - they may be different colors but they are still carrots - that no one bothered to peel or clean. Dang I'm hungry. And stupid. Let's go there honey!

interesting same result for me

woodpig, Hello and welcome. Most years top water action continues to be good well into July. By the end of August it becomes quite spotty. Kayak fly fishing will be possible if you choose where and when wisely. I have no idea where you will be staying, but assuming it will be up near the Branson/Hollister megopolis, look at the Indian Point map pinned at the top of the Table Rock forums. From that you can see the deep water runs back intoo Jacques Creek and beside Indian Point. If you launch close to there just at day break you should have a couple hours per day to safely fish beside docks and a few of the small cove points. If you are going to stay elsewhere, tell us and we might be able to suggest places. Good luck. rps

you tease!

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for putting it together.