Champ188

Good report, as always. Also a good cap choice by client Bill. WOOOOO PIG SOOIE!

Good job in limited time, tapout. I don't know about Warts, but they're biting a Bandit 200 series right now, huntest. Probably would bite the Wart, too. There's a well known pro fisherman from Cape Fair who I'm told throws a Wart with a lot of success on the rare summer days when the wind howls. So I don't think you have to wait for coldish water.

Yes, would certainly not set well with me watching a club I had cared well for (and like you, I do) become a helicopter rotor, especially down a cart path. Might not say anything to him but would sure stick in my craw. Yes, craw. As in crawfish. The kind fish eat. Now we're back to fishing.

I'm pretty well set on golf sticks, Edwin. Just put a new TaylorMade SLDR driver in the bag this year. Love it. I know what you mean about giving away clubs to the schools. I've been passing mine along to buddies who I know will play them. Can't stand to see them just sit in the garage. Would rather give them away and see them get some use. That said, I did hold onto my old TaylorMade R9 driver. Just couldn't let it go, although I did give away the newer R11. Wait, this is a fishing forum isn't it?

Sounds like the deep fish are breaking up and scattering. Dang, I hate when that happens.

How 'bout golf sticks, Edwin? Selling any of those?

I like your confidence, abk.

There's a decent selection of them at Cabela's, addiction. Should be handy for you since you're in Rogers. HLS may also have them. Not sure.

I don't know that a 73-year-old man out there trolling and drinking margaritas is a good thing for himself or anyone else on the water.

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a typical early fall day on Table Rock --- catching fish from a foot deep to 40 feet.

I caught one a couple of weeks ago in 70 feet of water chasing shad. Might explain a lot.

Good job, sir. Do you have that LM named yet? I believe you've caught that fellow before.

Don't know if that's true. You know your business when it comes to catching fish.

You should go to Aldridge. Love that stretch of water. Donna and I should've won a Central Pro-am Team Championship up there a few years back.

Glad you got em sold. No doubt they are in great shape and priced right. Donna and I are sure enjoying the care package you sent.

Now that's funny right thar

Ah, you may be right, addiction. Being a former sportswriter myself, I can assure you he is doing nothing but eating, sleeping and working if indeed he is coaching football.

Where the heck is dtrs5kprs (Dave)??? Haven't seen him in ages.

Perfect illustration to what I was talking about, addiction. If you aren't catching em on the Rock, go try something else. They're always biting somewhere on something. Good job Saturday on the keepers. Ready for the bigger river fish to show up in the shallow water myself. With the low water, I bet a guy could catch em right now dragging a Carolina rig, wobble head or fb jig on some of the inside channel bends up the Kings or James. Just thinking out loud.

Got any waypoints? I'm all about the catching part. To heck with having to hunt them down.

Well-maintained Curados aren't gonna last a month at any price.

What's a Ned rig?

OK, OK, I get it. No more pics of the big ugly fat guy! Just Donna from now on. Alex, sorry you guys didn't do better in the Joe Bass derby but gosh dang, losing a 6-pounder at the boat will kinda crush your spirit -- especially this time of year. That's fishing, though.

All kidding aside, there's a lesson here, folks. There probably isn't any two people on this forum with more polar opposite fishing styles than Mr. Bill and myself. In our collective defense, neither of us are one-trick ponies. Bill can fish shallow when he has to, and I can manage a few deep fish when absolutely necessary. However, neither of us is likely to have a banner day fishing a method we don't like. Thankfully, we don't have to venture too far out of our comfort zones very often. There are always some fish deep and there are always some shallow, especially on Table Rock. The lesson here is that everyone should lean heaviest on the style of fishing they are best at and enjoy the most. That's not to say you shouldn't learn new stuff. By all means, get out of your comfort zone at times and try something new. Read up on it (on this forum, for starters), gather up the right equipment, then get out there and figure it out. It's rewarding. But when you really need to catch em -- such as in a derby, with friends aboard, etc. -- fish in your comfort zone. You'll fish harder and catch more because you're doing what you know the most about and have the most confidence in. Using his graph, Mr. Bill can spot a single fish sleeping on a limb in the top of a tree at 37.3 feet deep in 120 feet of water and catch the rascal. At the same exact time he's doing that, I've been known to "power finesse" my way around some chosen shallow areas and cobble together a pretty decent sack of fish. Table Rock accommodates both styles of fishing most of the time, which allows us both to fish to our strengths. Hope this makes sense. It did in my head when I started typing.

Me too, Bo. And speaking of which, I bet we caught half a dozen 4-inch bass yesterday. Obviously this year's crop, and a strong one.