I'll echo Bill's words, Bigmo. Great day and great report! Love, love, LOVE it when the spring blade bite starts. Seems like it's here a little early this year --- going by water temp, not the month or week --- but hey, that suits me just fine.
CPR, folks.
Can't spot Christie a 3.5-pound lead on that lake. I'm predicting that it's over unless he falls out of the boat and drowns. He knows he should've won in 2013. He'll get it done this time.
Cool box, Balsa. I have some of those myself and can recall back in the 80s when I rarely went fishing without one tied on. I got back to fishing an old Deep Wee R some this winter but not enough.
This could be a really good discussion. I can see your point, Bo, and I agree that there are times when all you need to do is get the basic color scheme right and you're in business.
But is this true all the time? Is the fantastic custom paint work of guys like fellow OA member Tim Hughes all for naught?
I have personally seen times when I am convinced that the detail of a custom paint job made a difference in my catch rate.
Members of the forum, what say you?
I must be missing something. You obviously can't buy most lures unpainted, so if the paint job isn't that important (i.e. doesn't need to be a work of art), why go to the trouble to repaint practically all of them yourself?
Donna and I made our first casts about 8 a.m. Sunday and put it back on the trailer at 12:30. In between, we caught 17 with 7 keepers. All but two were largemouths and all were caught within a 5-mile stretch of the Kings River. Some were out on the main river and others were inside pockets. Either way, 45-degree banks with big rock were most productive.
Jig, crank bait and stickbait all contributed.
These two were a double we had on our first spot.
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