Champ188

Hey Gabe, good to see you brother. Hope all is well on your side of the Ark/Okla state line.

Maybe Wrench IS the bow tie guy on Ch. 10!!!!

Awesome fish. Like others, love the look on her face. And thank you for being true sportsmen and releasing it.

GP/orange/blue doesn't work. Who would even throw that?

Since the Daiichi Death Traps have gotten so hard to find, I've been using the Mustad KVD Elite Triple Grip trebles. No complaints.

I suppose our annual Corps pass is no good anymore at Long Creek since Johnny took it over? There's another "amazing contribution" he's made to the sport.

So all of these years I've been working OT to tweak my jerk baits so they won't sink and now Berkley is telling me they SHOULD sink? I'm confused. But that's not unusual.

Those last-minute changes never work for me. Speaking of "last" that's exactly where my fat butt is sitting.

Perhaps Howard Wolowitz (Big Bang Theory) could attend the OA hootenanny next month and do his human beatbox impression while me and Babler freestyle some rap lyrics for you guys. I'd say Donna, too, but she's not down with rap like us cool kids. 😆😂🤣

Super guy is right. Spent several fun days in the boat with him myself over the years. Did some good articles with him.

Well, it's a fishing forum ... we tend to gravitate that direction.

It gets entertaining around here every February. And silly. And bad. And sad. Crap, I made another rhyme. Come on spring!

I find Wheeler's mannerisms offputting. That's a personal thing and I shouldn't let something like that color my feelings toward him. But I do. I'm human. Like Bill, my career for many years was in the sport of fishing. Heck, George Cochran was best man in mine and Donna's wedding. Been in dozens of pros' boats for hours and days on end. Seen the best up close and personal. And Bill is right ... Wheeler is one of those once-a-generation guys who is just heads above everyone else. His knowledge of bass is deep and he has special instincts to guide him. Pretty much the whole package. I'd like him a lot more without all of the "Yeaaaahhhh!!!!" and "Ding" and other celebratory shenanigans when he catches one. But again, that's just me.

It's an internet forum ... where people are encouraged to express their opinion. One thing I love about fishing Bull Shoals when I get over there is the relative freedom to fish the natural features of the lake without being blocked by docks.

I'm agreeable to those terms. Fish on, brother! 😁

Yes, it was Pittsburgh. Another of BASS's stellar choices for a Classic site. KVD won throwing a really old Smithwick Rattlin' Rogue ... an RB1200 model that was out of production even in 2005, when VanDam won. He beat the late Aaron Martens by 6 ounces. As for Marty, he knows his business. Donna and I just can't stand his droning voice and the props ... the sunglasses for More Than Meets the Eye segments; the binoculars around his neck for the Sig Sauer segments; and that dam Yeti cooler they sit between him and whoever he's interviewing at the moment. For gosh sakes, people, NO ONE carries and ice chest in a bass boat anymore and hasn't for 25 years. They are built in!!!!

I just go to the Cove That Shan't Be Named and "Power Pole down." (I hate that phrase! Power Pole is NOT a verb!)

They did Monday at Beaver.

Water may be cold as ice, But at least the weather will be nice.

QB, your rhymes are equally dim, Just hook up your boat and go to Big M. 😂

I do not like this thing called Snap, it makes me want to take a nap. 😂🤣

Sir, can you produce the required permit to possess/deploy custom-made spinnerbaits? 😂

I think at some point you have to just call it skill. When Buster fished bass tournaments, he was among an elite group of guys who could fit comfortably in a small room. Bill Beck, Dave Barker and Tim Sainato come to mind. The common thread is time on the water, hard work, and natural ability.

Might consider hiring a guide for a day. Bill Babler on this forum is one of the very best. That would give you a good idea where the fish were and how to find and catch more.

I was only asking because I bought some shaky heads once from a guy that went by "Pour Dennis" in Shell Knob. Darn things were awesome and I don't have a lot of them left. As I recall, this guy also worked behind the counter at Battery Outfitters in Golden.