Champ188
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Well, it IS the Beaver forum, Robert. People are hungry for something to talk about besides trolling. I think Quillback put it best yesterday during our trip over to Grand: "I'm just not interested in eating anything you have to clean with tin snips."
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Bud was always an instant headache for me, too, back in my drinking days. I've known lots of people like that thru the years.
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That toothpick trick works well.
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Report And Review On Megabass X-Plose Spy Bait
Champ188 replied to Bill Babler's topic in Table Rock Lake
Good point, Ham. -
That'll be enough of the common-sense babble. That's just crazy talk!
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Report And Review On Megabass X-Plose Spy Bait
Champ188 replied to Bill Babler's topic in Table Rock Lake
I was thinking you might be able to get one locally. Just using Tackle Warehouse for a price estimate. I think you'll find a 7-0 med spinning rod to be a valuable addition to your arsenal, especially for fishing Table Rock and also Stockton. Spool it up with 6-pound BPS Excel (green tint) and you'll be set. -
Report And Review On Megabass X-Plose Spy Bait
Champ188 replied to Bill Babler's topic in Table Rock Lake
Jim, a Lew's Custom Speed Stick spinning rod in the 7-0 Med Shaky Head model should be perfect. Tackle Warehouse sells them for $129. You could pair it with a Lew's Tournament Series spinning reel (TS300H is my favorite) for $79 and only be out about $200 for the entire rig. This setup would also perform well for shaky head or grub fishing ... even drop-shotting. -
Jason, I'm also using HotMaps Premium in my 'Birds. Pretty happy with these cards.
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Or maybe if you're lucky, the gar won't bite and you'll have to pick up a roadkill armadillo on the way home.
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Welcome to the forum, Ken. Glad to have you!
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Babler on the Table Rock forum likes to say about fishing in inclement winter weather: "I'm just not that mad at 'em."
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Thanks, Bo. Appreciate the well wishes. Be glad to get this derby behind me and be done fishing Lake Sterile for awhile. Ready to get back on The Rock and looking forward to a good fall bite. If it's even half of what the spring bite was, it'll be fun. Scott, one thing is pretty much a given ... if I am on Beaver, I am not anywhere near any significant number of bass, especially 3 pounders. Tomorrow, denjac joins me. At least I will have better company than myself.
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Got it, Bo. Lots of ways work and there's no right or wrong. Many, many variables that we'll never know the full answer to because fish can't talk. I'll also probably never know why I keep getting out of bed at 5 a.m. to go fish Beaver, but that's where I'll be for 3 of the next 5 days, practicing for a derby. Good lord, I'm an idiot.
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Alex, I should have replied directly to Bo. He is the one who insists that only his opinions can possibly be right. Sorry for the confusion. You are a good young fisherman and will only improve with time. Stay after it.
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OK I am wrong. Everyone please disregard my ignorance.
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Good stuff.
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My point is, when bass are feeding down ... when all of your bites are coming while your lure is on the bottom ... it makes no difference how slowly or quickly it falls. Of course it matters how fast you move it along the bottom but the fall rate is insignificant. When they are feeding up ... either suspended or rising off the bottom to bite, yes the rate of fall matters.
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I have mostly different feelings about sink rate. Of course, I don't fish at night at all while Bo fishes almost exclusively at night. That said, there is a small percentage of the time the fish I catch on worms or jigs are suspended. This is usually around docks for me. Otherwise, I'd say 80 percent of the fish that me/Donna catch are "feeding down" and only seem to see our lures after they reach the bottom. Still, I believe line size is important from a visibility standpoint. Don't know why it would matter to the fish but 40 years of fishing experience has shown me that it does.
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I used to do this a lot in the fall ... really burned a DB3 in the very backs of creeks and pockets with shallow (8-10 feet) ditches for channels and caught some big ol' fish. Got away from it for some reason. Go figure.
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It also helps to be in areas with a bit of color in the water. Long Creek/Cricket Creek is another such option on TR, along with the James and Kings.
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I have a good friend who has dominated tournament circuits for years on Beaver and one of his primary summer tools is a deep crankbait. He's had very little success in trying to duplicate this pattern on Table Rock. It just doesn't seem to be a great deep-cranking fishery. That said, some good sacks have been caught in summer and fall months on deep cranks in the James and Kings arms. I do know that preferred models and colors seem to be: Bomber Fat-Free Shad (3/4-ounce, citrus shad), Rapala DT-16 (Caribbean Shad) or Norman DD-22 (blue-chartreuse or lavender shad).
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Report And Review On Megabass X-Plose Spy Bait
Champ188 replied to Bill Babler's topic in Table Rock Lake
I'm like Babler ... I'd like to learn more about catching suspenders on it when there's no surface activity. This fall should be a good time for that, too. I'd especially like one of those 4-pound TR spots to latch onto it! -
F&F, I'm taking off pretty much the whole week before the Everett deal. Quillback and I are going on Wednesday, denjac is coming down from Joplin to join me on Thursday and my actual tournament partner is finally going to lay down her golf clubs long enough to put in a few hours of practice on Friday. If I don't have something figured out after three days, well ... I guess we'll just keep practicing when the tournament starts. LOL
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I have no chance to sleep past 6:30 a.m. with this 20-pound beast in the house. Soon as daylight starts breaking, he's all over me, jumping up and down and hollering.
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*T* you are exactly right. It would be nice if all 6-pound test lines (or any other size) were uniform in diameter, but they just aren't. That's why the IGFA requires that anglers submit a section of line for verification when confirming world line-class records. The fact remains that Maxima and PLine are top-shelf monofilaments. You just need to "buy down" a size to enjoy the full benefits of the smaller diameter.
