Champ188

Enjoying nature is a give-and-take deal. The critters were there first, so you have to expect that you emight get a little poop on your dock. That's not directed at you, Spoony, just a general comment to the entire thread. And yes, beware of any otters/beavers/badgers/aardvarks or related creatures you may run across in the river arms. They very well may be part of my security network to keep you hooligans off my holes.

Jerry, I have heard from more than one source (maybe even in this giant thread) that there is zero prize money, but everyone gets an equal share of the TV revenue. Just repeating what I've heard.

I gave a passing thought to trying one Saturday. And you're right. That A-rig gets very tiresome very fast when they aren't smashing it. Seemingly they should hit a slow-rolled spinnerbait if they'll hit the A-rig. At least you proved that to be true. Congrats on the big fish. If you had your hands on it, he was caught.

That's correct, QB. The rigs are all supplied for them by Nitro, BCB and Phoenix. Gotta say it's kinda irritating that at the beginning of every show they say "The Nitro Z18's have been splashed." What, they think we are too stupid to see there are also some BassCats and Phoenix rigs in the mix?

Looks like an incredible time, Dan. Glad you got to go on the trip and super glad you posted all the great pics. As others have said, looks like a trip you'll remember for the rest of your days. Now come back home and get after those stripers. LOL

Congrats on beating me to dunking a spinnerbait in 2017

Why does the phrase "boobs on a boar hog" keep coming to mind? Even if you do fish in Oklahoma, how many times do you sit still in shallow water if you're not bed fishing? I just don't see them being worth $3-4K a pair for fishing this part of the country.

At least not for me. Donna and I put in 8.5 hours Saturday and captured a grand total of six bass, four of which were keepers. We spent all day in the Baxter area and just west of there and every fish was caught on a jerk bait --- Megabass 110 and Luck E Strike RC STX. Colors were just your run-of-the-mill shad imitators. Fished a lot of 45-degree banks and some bluffy stuff, but all of our fish came off windblown shallow banks with maybe a 30-degree slope. Never saw a squirrel, deer or any other wildlife move all day other than a couple of herons and some songbirds. Just not a good activity day. Water temp was 46-47 everywhere we went.

^^^ Now that's funny I don't care who you are.

I think if they are able to put anglers into their own boat brand, they do. Kevin Short fished from a BassCat, Gary Clouse (owner of Phoenix Boats) fished from a Phoenix, etc.

Or you could just tap some of the local guides for waypoints and feed the numbers to your team ... like a BASS official purportedly did for Palaniuk a few years back up North.

Ned or shaky head will catch those same fish with a lot less rigging hassle.

Great, now you guys have outed my system to the masses. I'm sunk deeper than a 1987 Nitro.

Count me in.

Just reacting to social media exposure for a private place where law-abiding members already pay a POA yearly lake access fee ($165) plus monthly assessments and have to share what we pay for with trespassers.

Very nice offer, indeed. It's great to have you around here, Wrench.

"almost"

Eight rigs is spreading yourself awfully thin, Thumbs. Hard to give anything a decent chance with that many options.

LOL. that's a buoy and looks like a blue heron perched on it.

Thanks for the reports, guys.

Obviously, the kid was hungry. Aren't all high school boys? Thus the two Walters.

Folks, this post right here speaks volumes about a lure he never mentioned. If Alex is not catching them on it, I doubt that anyone is.

We don't need teeth to correctly spell losing. I would think you could spell that in your sleep considering the present state of your athletic program. And yes, ours sucks too. ?

Two words that should never be in the same conversation are smallmouth and freezer. Way too many other options out there for table fare.

Don't let the warm air temperatures tempt you into fishing too fast. It's still January and water temps are still in the 40s. Based on where I found fish last week in the mid-lake area, I'd concentrate on transition areas where bluffs taper out into 45-degree chunk rock and then where that chunk rocks tapers even more into gravel. Jerk bait, Rock Crawler and (if you must) A-rig. Good luck and let us know how you do.