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We spin-fishermen dont wear waders. Just cut-offs and sandals. Wink

Reattaching did the trick.

Ahhhh, I see it now. I catch about 15 percent of my brownies between bull and bee. Including the one I caught today. Wich was caught pretty close to the old Sammy Lane Gold Mine stage. Hope you dont mind if I give the Lower Lake the credit....Wink

I never did get into any crappie but over the weekend my nieghbor made a point to call me and say that he and his nephew caught over 20 of them on sunday. Ranging from 8 to 14 inches. Personally, I think the old boy isnt leveling with me about his tactics, but for what it is worth, He said he jigged minnows with a splitshot and still refers to his brushpiles in "lost Forest" cove. I tend to give him alot of credit due to his lineage. His family has lived in the area since way before the civil war. Still, them old school hillbillys can be tight-lipped when they are not blowing smoke in your face. Haha

Couldnt resist getting on the lake today. Something about snow and no wind just screamed Brownies. But only one brownie felt the same way. She was a fat one though. At 7-10 it came up like a log. Barely gave a fight. But hey, I am not complaining. In my brief quest for brownies I also picked up 4 bows. Only one went under 16 inches. the other three all hovered in the 16 to 18 range. Of course, when your using baits that are 5 inches long your not going to get very many dinks. Wich means your not going to catch alot of numbers either. But if you had to pic your poison..... All and all it was a pleasant 3 hours, then I got on OA to find that I could post this report on a designated forum just for the water I was fishing and it made my whole day. Thanks Phil

Haha As usual, Phil has the voice of decisiveness. When he said "thumped" I had an urge to drink a V8. wink Phil. I see that my petitions have been answered for the positive. But I dont see any definition as to where the upper and lower meets. As a native I have always considered the space between Roark and Bee creek to be the transition. But for conversation sake, where would you draw the line? Hey sherwood...... Post # 8 ... The sensible response to a pointless thread. CWF.... No apologies needed. From this side of the keyboard, your OK with me. Your my kind of people. Life is too short not to speak your mind.

wink I would love Tom Brady in Miami.

Yes! blow yourself. If your self esteem needs an ego boost then blow it up. Your looking so much into an empty envelope that the factory making it is still inventing the cure. My vulgarity has never touched this forum. Not in the least. so, lets not go there. Nobody wants too much reality. As far as requesting to remove me from this conversation that we are partaking.....??? That wont happen. As agressive as I am, or ever will be, There is nothing I have done to justify any action you are mentioning, yet alone to think that you can out argue my own perceptions. Haha Shame on you for assuming I would write something in a public forum and view it as something less than honost. I have alot "in" my mind that has "alot" to say about that. You wanted to call me out....Here I am. wink

Haha I thought it was 4 ounces bigger. over 3 pounds matters to me. Blow yourself It is Taneycomo

go Strahan!! Kick toms arse.

You have a point there Thom with browines. In my experiance the color blue has been a key to my success. No matter how suttle. In lower taney anyway. I even use blue sharpies to highlight my lures.

Shucks...I would love to see it. Is it a work in progress body wise as well?

Did you drive the GTA down here?

Vonreed I was serious about coming down to mile 9 to trap for otter. I have a serious infestation down here. My dog can kill the coons and other varmits, but she dont like to swim. Haha If you want to scope the trails I would let you use my dock as a staging point. There is a few mink as well. Just let me know if your interested. I might like to help you.

I knew there was a reason why I liked Barry........Wink

I mean no disrespect. (seems I am typing that alot latley) Just because I like to debate the validity or maybe question the exactness of a persons opinion doesnt always mean that I am some prerogitive. I may have a very candid and abrupt manner to my repute, but if you had a chance to ascertain who I really am, you will see an individual that views the world in a cognizant panorama. Sure, when I think I am right, I usually am. I wouldnt bother to dispute something, if I didnt know my facts were indeed correct. Everything is either a fact or it is false. Opinions just have a way of clarifying wether those who have them can tell the difference. I dont have opinions based on faith, humanity, morals, or even ethics. I only have opinions with grounds that are based on philisophical reality. And to alot of people, Reality can be a bit hard to swallow.

I was a bit under dressed today. That breeze off the water cut right through. Is alot warmer up by the house. I steared clear of the wind and fished back in bull. Caught 11 sport bass and one that went 2-13. Also a couple surprise bows. I say "surprise" because they both were just a couple feet from shore in like 18 inches of water. Usually up in bull they stay below 5 feet. I saw another oddity. There was a sucker, about 2 pounds, half dead just floating and twitching in the water. Three big crows were in a tree above it and they kept swooping down to try to get it. None of them had the grip or the ooomph to pick it up, but that didnt stop them from trying. The odd thing was, that I cant say as I ever saw a crow hunt over water. Standing in the water, sure, but never over open water. See something new everyday.

100 percent spincast guy here as well. I do just fine with 8 to 10 test. In fact, I wouldnt even think of going below 6. I would be losing rigs and fish faster than I can afford to buy them.

Haha, too funny!

Thom, I think you misunderstood the reasoning behind my desire to have a seperate forum for the lower Taney. First, when I said clichish, I might have been using the wrong word. I was referring to how the flyfishermen tend to be defensive when it comes to critisizm of the upper lake and thier quickness to validate anything that has to do with thier precious hobby. Not wether they have manners or respect for others. Second, There are several forums available to discuss all of the flyfishing genres but they all seem to end up on the Taneycomo fishing forum instead. With a Lower Taney forum people can discuss non-flyfishing techniques and focus on species other than just Trout. Without having to sift through 50 flyfishing topics, it might make it more convenient for those who fish lower Taney to seek the info they are interested in. I for one fish for Bass 75 percent of the time. When you first start to read the Taneycomo forum your first thoughts are that it is a flyfishing forum. Based on that alone there should be a seperate forum that will focus on just the lower lake. Just because you might "cross the tracks" and fish the lower Taney a dozen times a year doesnt give claim that you fish the entire lake. It doesnt disqualify the legitimate fact that the two areas are like Pepsi and Coke. Sort of the same but Totally different. There is a solid argument to having a lower Taney forum.

Cool Beans

Welcome GO HAWKEYES!!!

I dont know what to think about the cheating. They did get caught on the very first game of the season. I doubt if they have been cheating the last 17 games. Just to give a little credit. As far as Bonds and the steroid thing. Who cares. We pay Trillions of dollars a year to watch the best of the best. In every sport. I say juice them all. We high-tech everything else for better performance why not our athletes? I for one want to see extra-ordinary performances. I want to see men do things that us average people cant. To see a super play or performance is all part of the games. Lets not critisize them boys for giving us what we all want to see. Heck, If I could give Bass steroids, I would do it. Haha. Just think of the fight. Might not eat the fish but a juiced up Bass "Roiding out" on a topwater bait would be sweet.

I just did a quick count, so forgive me if my math is a bit fuzzy, but these numbers pretty much say it all. Out of more than 100 forums on OA, 71 of them had less than 30 topics started in the past year. Sixty one had less than 20. The real surprise is that 42 had less than 10 topics started in the past 12 months. Anyway you look at it, 40 percent of your pages see less than 5 percent of of your sites activity. I alone post anywhere from 15 to 20 fishing reports a month. You dont have to do much math to figure out that a Lower Taney Forum would definatley out market the majority of OA's floundering 40 percent. Haha, Just making my case. I used to work marketing for a local Internet promoting company. I am pretty good at finding the sales hook. Haha I am sorry if I came across as pushy. Wink If your still curious, I could list all 71 but something tells me you dont need that. Haha

Brrrrr...tie on some electric blankets with a 15 foot powercord as a leader. Haha