Champ188

Nice day, if not by traditional weather standards. "Chamber of commerce weather" is for golf. Days like Saturday are for fishing. Heck, that was mild compared to a lot of days that Donna and I have nailed them ... temps in the 30s, rain/sleet and winds 15-20 mph. You don't even feel the nastiness when they're biting.

Are you saying put the mouth hole in the back for the purpose of noise reduction? ??

No worries. I'm a peaceable feller. ?

Yup, MOPanfisher. Full of eggs.

I wouldn't overlook the Strike King 3XD in the bank-to-8 foot range either. That dude is a fish catcher. Just wish the color choices were better.

Lee had a limit Sunday for 27 pounds. Four for 27 is approaching impossible, anywhere. Oh, and another correction. Ol' fat boy had 3 in the top 6, as well. I get offended when I don't get properly recognized and lean toward protesting, sign-toting and perhaps looting. Might even organize a march on Branson. And we all know the BPS there isn't worth looting. On to T-Bend.

Thanks for the report, Nitro, and REALLY glad you got to get out. You faithfully thank everyone else for their reports, so thanks again to you, buddy. Donna and I found it pretty tough today, too. Light bites from the bass and no crappie action whatsoever. Better days ahead. Very soon.

That's the good stuff, Sprint. Great-looking crew. Glad Mom scored the big one.

Fished both days this weekend. Spent our rainy/chilly Saturday from Owl Creek up to state line and managed 15-20 bass and four really nice crappie. One of the bass was a very nice LM and we had several other keepers. Unfortunately, we invested 2 hours in those crappie. Quality always seems to be good in the White but can't say the same for numbers. At least not for my efforts. Bass came on a spinnerbait, Bomber 6A crank, Senko, Keitech single swimmer and a crappie jig. Depths were from practically dry ground to no more than 12 feet. Just FYI, there's a fair amount of mud rolling down from the Roaring River, along with quite a bit of floating debris in both the upper White and Roaring Rivers. Be careful running. Launched Sunday at Viney and fished downstream to near the White/Kings split. Tough going for us. Managed about a dozen bass, of which two were nice keeper spots. The rest were sub-keepers. Spinnerbait, single Keitech and Ned were the players.

Any rumors of a spinner bait bite are greatly exaggerated ?

I get it. I'm the same about the A-rig. But some days, there's just no substitute for the Ned, especially when the water temp is below 60.

Good job, MIke.

Now that's a super mess of fish. Enjoy them.

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Very nice, pal.

We're just all here to have a good time and share some fishing info, Hammer. Pull up a keyboard and settle in. We're pretty good dudes most of the time.

Darn good day, Dave. Thanks for the report and pics (other Dave).

He's digging a ditch in his backyard to bury all of his watermelon/red soft plastics.

Enough of this fishing tomfoolery. Any thoughts on March Madness or golf?

We are a friendly bunch here who enjoy normal daily banter. The theme is definitely fishing but other subjects may arise. Chill, man. March Madness is called that for a reason. Lots of people talking about it everywhere.

The Strike King Zero also comes in Dirt (actual name).

You should never, ever feel a duty to repay folks for prayers, my friend. Your spoken gratitude is far more than enough. Just try to be calm and continue to be strong for your mom. She needs you now. Still praying for all of you.

I agree. The game moves at the speed of light these days.

One of the best fishermen I've ever known (leading career money winner in the old Central Pro-Am and Heartland circuits) once told me the only grub color you ever need on Table Rock is the Kinami/Yamamoto natural shad. It's sort of a cloudy smoke color with small flake in black, silver and gold. He lives in Hollister so TR is his home lake.

Good stuff, Dave. I knew you'd take my ribbing in good nature. Might add Fayetteville to that banner storage options list. We have plenty of room, too. Regarding the officiating, sure glad it wasn't me turning into a former media guy-turned-homer. Those are the very worst kind of homers. Every coach I ever knew always said, "I can live with bad officiating as long as it's bad on both ends." When it becomes inconsistent, it affects the scoreboard and that's the last thing a good ref wants.