Thumbs, the list was posted in Bassmaster, not Stripers-R-Us.
Ness, I'm a 35-year newspaper guy and you definitely hit the nail on the head. Ray Scott/Bob Cobb never published this kind of nonsense in the days when Bassmaster focused on educating its members rather than lining its pockets.
Shared the day with fellow forum member ranger185 on Monday and had a great outing in every respect.
Launched at Mill Creek at 6 a.m. and fished down to the island in front of Old 86,.
We ended up with 30 in 7 hours. Best 5 around 13-14 pounds. Fish were anywhere from 2 feet to 25 feet deep. Redfin, spinnerbait, jig and the varmint all played a role.
The photo below illustrates how to ensure long-term enjoyment of a keeper spot as opposed to the temporary gratification of a fish taco.
Been seeing more and more boats this size up in the White River arm of the lake. Campbell Point Marina offers slips up to 22x80 in size. It's only gonna get worse.
Bo, some guides may be dependent on tourism advertising, but the top-shelf guys don't need it. They stay busy as beavers on reputation, word-of-mouth and most of all, return business. Babler, Beck, Buster Loving, Pete Wenners are all in that class, along with others.
That's why I play a lot of golf in the summer. No stress there, especially for a competitive dood like me (with myself mainly). None at all. Promise. Mean it.
Donna and I ran to Holiday Island from KC in a CPA team tournament once. It was super hot summer and we had managed to catch a few in practice in the cooler water up there. Didn't work out in the tournament. Not one of my prouder moments, although I must say that it's cooler riding in the boat half the day than standing in it fishing.
Pepe, that plum color has historically worked very well for me any time the water temperature reaches 80 or above. Probably has zip to do with the actual water temp, but something that coincides with it.
Another very good color that is pretty much impossible to find these days is good ol' strawberry. No flake, just a plain ol' translucent strawberry red worm. I like them in finesse size for that tough daytime bite from now thru the end of September but I'm sure it would work well in a big worm, too.
Unreal. Hope you guys reported this to the cops so they can be on the lookout for this psychopath. Sounds like he was just trolling for a fight and using his wife for bait.
The title of the thread says it all. We frequently have threads careen way farther off the road than this. Besides, it ain't right to be ragging on the varmint like that.
Incidentally, don't take the little guy to Broken Bow. They won't bite it there. Not at all. Mean it.
Can't speak for all of them, but I doubt most of the C&R guys have any interest in another gathering. Maybe the knifers can all congregate and have a fish fry.