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Are we going to do this again this year? I see that the teams can be set up starting the 8th - Where is Abkeenan to make this happen? C4F

Wow - OA drama - this is as good as the split ring pliers series that took place about a year ago Except a little more intrigue! Maybe I will begin to get my memory back and realize that I was, at one time, a pro fisher person...... that would explain all of the fishing hats, plastic worms, Ned rigs and numerous rods / reels that I have strewn around the place! Cause they sure aint helping me right now! C4F

That looked fun - - - cold but fun! I took a tour of our lakes today.....if I wanted to fish I would be able to walk to my spot Yeah - quite a bit if ice C4F

Did Bill get his connection fixed? Is OA a restricted site and I didn't know it? (AWESOME) Is that why there is a black van sitting in front of my house all of the time? Is it really necessary to talk about 80 degree weather when many of us has to work in this frozen tundra called the midwest? That is just mean C4F

Now that is funny!! So 96 you might have to bring some kind of proof of insurance to cover you in case something like this happens C4F

The good Lord willing I will be there...I can bring dogs / brats / burgers or some variation if the crew wants. Some one will just have to cook them And I will probably have an open seat...so 96 if ya want to you can catch a ride C4F

I will enjoy just catching fish By that time I will have pent up fishitis ...heck I will look like like a rabid squirrel on Red Bull...pulling rods and casting everywhere!! C4F

I am not one for resolutions and such - my goal is to be a little bit better today than yesterday or at least make up the ground that I lost And I appreciate everyday that I am on this side to enjoy my friends, family and those who might become friends or family in the future. P.S. if you are fishing today don't tell me...that would make me crabby as I see it is -11 right now and I swear the heat hasn't kicked off..... C4F

What!! no War Eagle spinner baits on the board yet? Here is what you need....just envision this with tackle! This way you will know when to place that order with you favorite retailer! C4F

Has anyone thought about an OAF get together in 2018? Given all of the challenges last year I had a pretty darn good time! C4F

Yeah - looks like a smallie....Like Cheese...I am usually wrong unless I have my neighbor guy - or anyone else for that matter tell my wife C4F

I cant let me wife read this....as you have said it is only 15 or so degrees outside with a "light" breeze....I tell her it is 70 on Table Rock lake all the time C4F

Merry Christmas to all of my internet fishing friends - some I have met in person and many I have not but I appreciate all of the words and sometimes wisdom that is passed on this site ....I have been blessed beyond my worthiness...not much more to be said Champ is right when he said we are not ordinary

I was able to get on the lake for a few hours today...pink worm was the hot time for me....but I forgot my trout stuff and when I broke it off I started thrown the DNed with a watermelon Zinkers and while the bite slowed when I did catch one they were bigger! awesome day for sure C4F

I am going to tie one on tomorrow for sure and give it a try......fishing in the KC area for the forms time in many years.....but I did catch some nice ones on the DNed C4F

Amen to all of the comments....God is good....I am blessed beyond my worth that is for sure..... and I am blessed to know all of my internet OAF friends C4F

Bo - you are right...fishing up in the KC area and there are tons busting the surface but small ones...and a boat load of graph traffic!!!....I could not get any love on the spoon....maybe I am not doing it right. I will have to dig out my grass jig and 4'' swimmer!! And give it a try. guy fishing 100 yards from me was getting action on the jerk bait. going to be a nice day tomorrow and I will NOT be a black Friday guy C4F

At least you caught some fish....that is always a good thing and wearing a T-shirt in Nov aint all that bad....here in the cornhusker state the wind blew and so did our football team!! C4F

Quill - great fishing!! You what they say...when in doubt "Ned rig 'em out" Going to try to get down the week of Thanksgiving...good Lord willing....looks like the weather may be just right for late Nov. C4F

Both are nice fish that is for sure! I sometimes forget when I catch my big ones also C4F

Well heck! missed the rod deal...i didn't get my allowance until today....I kinda viewed those as my participation trophy! O well....still a good deal and fun times... C4F

OK - you are going to have to bear with me on this story.....you see as I went to get in the boat yesterday morning around 6 a.m. I noticed a possum with leaves in it's tail headed toward my boat.....not a good sign...... but to my relief he changed direction...only to go into the boat next to mine. As he crawled under the console I thought he would be there a few minutes then come out until I heard him under the top cap in the bow of these folks boat..making a nest I assume.....well what is a guy to do at 6 a.m.?? So I did what any one of us would do in this situation.....I sipped some coffee...pondering what I had just witnessed.... then went fishing! I mean it's 6 in the morning right?! Came in and the boat was still these so I thought I had better tell the office but nature was calling so I answered the call and when i came out the folks who owned the boat were getting ready to go out....so I ran down to the dock..."ummm you folks have a possum in your boat!" Now these folks are in there 80's....one had just fallen down a bunch of steps and the other just had a hip replacement and had hearing aids....so it took me a minute to convince them until we opened a rod locker and guess who came to dinner!?? Yep - there was the possum looking right at us... so the older fella had the idea that poking it with a paddle was going to make it come out...it didn't....log story sort I hollar at Phil and Paul..... Picture this - 4 men and one women (almost standing in a chair out of fear) trying to figure out how to get a 5 lb animal out of a boat.....we try the paddle again....nope.....Paul grabs the vacuum turns it on...what ensued was nothing short of hilarious.... Paul pushes the hose in one end and eventually the Possum comes out the other end....Phil does his best Jim Fowler (Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom) with a rope leash fashioned by Paul....but the animal would not cooperate....the critter tries to come back on my boat....no way little buddy....we didn't want to knock it off into the water so it heads back to the other boat but Phil stops that from happening.....eventually the little guy is released to terrorize innocent boaters another day O yeah - no pictures if you can believe it!! In this day and age no one thought to pull their camera out!! It was a funniest moments for sure. Another great vacation at Lilleys!! C4F

Started out a bit later - around 6:45 a.m. and boated up to the short creek area. There was a pontoon full of folks already having some fun! There were a few others in that area so I went up lake a bit and sat in 4' of water casting into the deeper area. Float set at 6' give or take and there was great action - just a bit slower than the past few mornings (see fishing report made simple for the rig used). Many were easily keepers with plenty of fight! One thing I did notice this morning was that you had to pay attention to the float as it truly was an indicator to what was happening - if you made it dance some it usually triggered the bite. If a float and pink worm is not your thing the next best thing is a night crawler on a drift rig - please note that when the water is not running you do not need much to get the bait down to fish level. Many times i noticed big rigs and the trout would do what they always do when they have time and that is to swallow the bait! Many small ones had to be kept because of that problem. If I was so inclined I would try the split shot route..... I will post pictures later - pic posted.... C4F AFTERNOON report: 4 Units running!!! Duane finally convinced me to go up to the cable.....crank bait bite......yeah.....I made a couple passes from look out down to Fall Creek and NADA.....of course the way the water was flowing that took all of thirty four seconds....not really but it was moving fast and I wasn't as sure in my own abilities as I needed to be to concentrate on where I was - how I should be fishing etc. etc. So the last pass I floated down and right across from Fall Creek Marina I hooked a nice 1.5 lb Rainbow on a spoon - I even weighed it on my scale! Fun times but sorry no pics of that guy Tried the spoon all the way back to Lilleys and had a couple of strikes but nothing to the boat. O and if you are docking your boat when the water is running at 4 units....and you haven't done it in a year or so.....you had better be darn good at hitting your target! Sorry to the poor folks on the dock as I pin balled a bit....nothing a little rubbing compound cant get out C4F

Went out around first light and cruzed up lake...didn't need to take my go fast pants as it was a little chilly!! But I had to wear normal pants.... that is how cold it felt. Went up to around short creek and used the rig in the post "Fishing report made simple" There is probably a 200 yard stretch that you could really catch them! Caught everything from super dinks to a lot of nice meaty ones.....and they were all fighters so I am not sure that the DO is really affecting them....that is my uneducated opinion. Then I came in and bought one of the Wally Marshall rods that Phil has in the shop.....8' was the length that I settled on - They have a 9 footer rigged up but man that thing seemed long - (insert joke here)!! WMPSR80ML ML M 8'0" 4-10 1/32-1/4 10+TIP This is the model - I rigged this up and man what a difference on the hook set using a float....just the snap of the wrist and it seemed that it is fish on!! I bet my fish catching improved 37.5% just using that rod! And they are crazy reasonable price wise. Oh and they are Wally Marshall & Duane approved actions!! - Not sure what that means but it sounds UPDATE: OK - So I head out for a nice evening of fishing...I run up to "the spot" and there sits THE Phil Lilley! I think he was there checking out my fishing claims! So I turn off the big motor and roll up near him..."hey" I say and he tells me that the fishing has been tough....Boy o boy.....I am sure he is thinking false news on the fishing - so after a few words of encouragement I trolled past him and had to really buckle down and fish.....I am happy to report 10 FIB (fish in boat) and 7 misses all in the space of about an hour...whew!