Champ188
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Blade is no fun. Never. Ever. Suggest that everyone properly dispose of them immediately. PM me for further instructions and the mailing address of the regional collection site.
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Kc Area Fishing Report 10/12 & 10/13
Champ188 replied to fishingaddiction's topic in Table Rock Lake
My experience is that docks are nearly always the best answer this time of year when it gets bright and slick. Shaky head and finesse jig, and pitch em as far back into the dark places as you can. -
Kc Area Fishing Report 10/12 & 10/13
Champ188 replied to fishingaddiction's topic in Table Rock Lake
Good info, thanks! Glad you caught some and got to enjoy some of this great fall weather. -
Nothing like a good day on the water shared with a good friend. Thanks for the report, guys.
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So they have no money to "operate" the ramps ... whatever that means ... but they can still pay rangers to go around and write tickets. I'm presuming since Bill talked to a ranger that they are still working?
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It's just that early fall deal ... might patch together a good sack on the right day but you'll probably use 25 gals of gas and 3-4 different baits to do it. That's OK by me. I'm a junk fisherman from way back. Never been smart enough to catch more than a couple out of one spot or on the same bait.
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Glad you made the trip and got to catch some fish. Never know this time of year til you start fishing if it's gonna be a looking up (shad) or looking down (crawdad) bite. Good job figuring it out.
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Are you sure Jeb wasn't involved in that? As a former smoker, I used to take a lit cig (when he wasn't looking, of course) and just touch it to my buddy's line right above the knot and then watch his lure go flying the next time he picked up that particular rod. You can accomplish the same thing by cutting halfway thru the line with a pair of clippers.
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I noticed Neb didn't make any mention of wanting the reel ... just the rod. LOL
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LMBFAO (Laffin my big fat a** off) at that one, only because it has happened to me, too. As Larry the Cable Guy would say, that's funny I don't care who you are. Sorry bout the spool of line, QB, but thanks for the much needed laugh!
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Good to know about the Office Pub. Donna and I have threatened to stop there for years but never have. We'll have to do that soon. Sounds like the standard early fall deal still ... one here, a couple there and all on a different bait. LOL. Thanks for the report.
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If you're just looking to catch some fish and don't necessarily care how big they are, get you some 3/16th-ounce shaky heads and a bag of watermelon-red or green pumpkin Zoom finesse worms, then go find some bluff ends and steeper pockets with wood. A 5/16th-ounce finesse jig (green pumpkin or PBJ) with a green pumpkin Zoom Lil Critter Craw trailer will work, too. Beardsley Branch across from the state park is a good place to start looking.
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Sprint, that's exactly what makes that bunch so tough. A fair number of them are retired, others are guides and still others manage to fish a whole lot more than guys like me and you. Donna and I enjoy getting up there and fishing them when we can, and Teri (Snider) Pierce who runs it is as nice as they come. With us, seems like it's always the old day-after-a-cold front deal when we're proud to manage a small limit and half of the field is dragging 20-pound sacks down the dock.
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May as well draw interest on it while they have it, huh? LOL. Welcome to the Jerry McKinnis era of BASS.
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Congrats, Sprint. Like I said, that bunch is as tough as they come.
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Dang Sprint, you shoulda fished the Winter Series derby Saturday. You'd have been in the money for sure and those boys are pretty much the best on the lake ... the Fann brothers not withstanding.
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Will Corps Launches Remain Open If There's A Shutdown?
Champ188 replied to Quillback's topic in Table Rock Lake
Ryan, I agree with every word and applaud you for your stand-up post. This nation was founded on faith, thus the motto In God We Trust. And for 237 years we've flourished under His protective hand. But along the way, we've become increasingly ungodly and are beginning to pay the price for it. I'm with you on Obama. Bad enough we elected him to start with, but unbelievable to me that he won a second term. Bush may not have been the best, but at least we had a God-fearing man in the White House. We are living in scary times. -
Donna and I are headed to Grand this morning.
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Never tried it with the standard size but we used to make the big Mag Warts suspend by using the Storm strips and dots. We threw them over deep hydrilla beds on Ouachita and DeGray in Arkansas and caught some big darn fish on them. Didn't seem to hurt the action on them but the smaller ones might be a different story.
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Good lord, she's on a roll now.
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Aunts Creek.
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LOL, abk. Fire away. Good-natured ribbing ALWAYS appreciated and usually returned in full.
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I always miss out on those "easy" days. Dang it.
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That's as fine a characterization of TR's smallmouth fishery as you'll ever read. Best of all, it comes from a guy who knows these fish not only by "book learning" but from chasing them 300-plus days a year. It also brings up something that I try to live by but don't always succeed, and that is this ... There's a big difference in learning about fishing and learning about fish. The more you know about the fish themselves and their habits, the less emphasis you'll place on the latest lures, etc.
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Glad to hear it, grand75. Hope you enjoy your visit to the fullest and please let us know how everything turns out.
