Champ188
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If it was Beaver you coulda caught a striper and tossed it up on the bank for them. At least by dying it would serve SOME purpose in life. :)
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Good trip for July.
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But Bill, it doesn't hurt to keep SPOTTED BASS. I know it can't hurt because I've read it right here on OAF a hundred times. Personally, I don't believe you can put the kind of pressure TR gets on any lake and not hurt the fishing to a degree. But that's just me.
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That Senko is a fish-catching piece of plastic. May not be my cup of tea, but Donna sure works on them with it.
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Oh c'mon, Bill. Tell us exactly where you were. We need waypoints! Can't expect people to actually go fishing and find some for themselves. 😄
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Well done, Dewayne. Thanks for the info.
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Yet another opportunity for wannabes to pose as pros. But taking kids fishing is always a good thing. 👍
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Kim City - June 15 - Deep bite - Topwater & Swimbait
Champ188 replied to Dock-in-it's topic in Table Rock Lake
Love these reports even though I'm primarily a shallow water guy. Well done, Dock ... per usual. And thanks for always including key how-to info. -
Shallow dock bite must be really good ... 5/16 jig or 3/16 shaky head and only pitch into those slips with 12-18 feet of water. Don't get lazy or distracted by slips deeper or shallower. You gotta dial in and find the right pace ... i.e., how long to soak your bait and then move on. Salvaged a bunch of Central Pro-Am checks doing this over the years.
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Love those big K's. Line stretchers.
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I have a 12-year-old Fortrex (36v, 101 lbs thrust) on my Ranger that has had me wishing since the day I bought it that I'd never wasted the money I spent on previous Motorguides. The MK Fortrex is a hard-working, tough piece of equipment. Strongly recommend.
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And there you have it. Well said, Wrench.
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Every instance of cheating is another setback for when we might see the catch-weigh-release format become a reality on the local level. Shoot, these fish were brought to the scales and the dudes STILL nearly got by with it. Pretty obvious they DID get by with it in previous derbies.
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Perfect. Keep those big-water guys down closer to that big concrete thing that holds in the water. Didn't we suspend the issuance of river-fishing permits anyway due to overcrowding from Campbell Point on up? Let those "smart guys" find their own fish with their fancy scopes. If Bo was still with us, he'd be outfishing them all with his old-school 'lectroniks. Shoot, he'd have been night fishing in March!
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Put a GPS tracker on Bill's rig. He knows where they are.
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Thanks for the PDF Dewayne. I'm sure you recall all of the ruckus over this back in the old Central Pro-Am days. You were around for that too, Bill. Good times. LOL. Things got pretty heated once between me and a marina manager on Truman, and I was fishing NOWHERE NEAR his gas dock. That was not long before the Corps finally defined the areas that your PDF shows.
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May be fishing too deep for them right now, Bobby. In my experience on the White River lakes, spots tend to do their spawning thing last. Look for shelf rock in 3-15 feet as a starting point. Finesse jig or shaky head.
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Good stuff, my ol' friend, and every word truth. Lake Ouachita in Arkansas has been rated the second-cleanest in the nation by the EPA, and I've seen bass beds 22 feet deep there on the outside edge of the hydrilla/coontail grassline. Hope all is well, Dewayne.
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Incredible find! Congrats!
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Hey Alex, there's a smart-A in every crowd, huh? 😆😂
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On a full moon in May. Peak spawning time (this year). You can bet a good many of those 199 boats were sight fishing. Taking fish off beds and moving them around the lake kills millions of would-be baby bass by leaving the nest unfinished or unguarded.
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Preach!
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I've fished with Greg and done articles with him. He knows Beaver as well as anyone and is one heckuva nice guy. Highly recommend this route.
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Spoiled. Darned. Brats. Would LOVE to see this new crop of "Elites" have to fish the old BASS Masters Classics that were held in August ... and invariably, somewhere in the South. I've spent some very long and very HOT days in boats as a press observer.
