Flysmallie

I can’t say that I haven’t caught one, but I can 100% say that I haven’t cared. But if one of the ways to tell is that they die easily, then I have 100% for sure never put one on a stringer. Like a lot of things up there, I think the problem is confined to LOZ.

Yep. If they are so concerned they should start at the source.

Thanks Marty!

Come float with us.

We have gone through spots like that one before but that one was going to be impossible.

We did 4WD floating all day. Britt always puts us on these floats that are a struggle. And I can’t remember a single one where the fishing was worth it. But we always have a good time.

Finally finished a video I was doing for this float.

Good looking website.

I love fishing the parks. It's a lot of fun. Especially some dry fly fishing. But the park aspect of it keeps me from "honing my skills". And to be honest, I'm probably done honing those. It's not that I don't care, I'm just happy. I know I'm not the best at t and I'm okay with that. Yes, I could stand there with everyone else and get better, everyone knows that. But I get bored and wonder off. Before you know it I'm all by myself on a creek that is seemingly a million miles from anyone, with thousands of dollars worth of equipment, laying out some beautiful presentations to a gang of bluegill. And having the time of my life. But I have also been the other way. Had to be the best of the best. Best equipment, best tackle, people coaching me and paying my way. It was a blast and I would never give that up, but it put me in a really bad place and I kind of turned into a jackass. I know, it's unbelievable isn't it. LOL. Luckily I figured out what I really wanted and that was the love of fishing this little fat kid sitting in a float tube, on a farm pond in Oklahoma had. I found it. But I'll still hit one of those parks from time to time. Just not with Wrench. No reason to get totally embarrassed. That cat can fish. And I sure as hell don't want to fish next to Amber. I have some pride.

You will never find me there on opening day with a rod in my hand. I have considered attending one just to photograph the chaos. I bet I could come up with some hilarious images.

That doesn’t always work. I watched my dad get a ticket for fishing without a license and it was very obvious that it was an honest mistake. But the MDC has some bad apples too. Even after the guy wrote the ticket he drove to the other side of the lake to make sure he didn’t fish anymore. He even tried to follow us as we left but he couldn’t keep up.

I have mine in auto renew so I never have to worry about it.

Lots of good crankbait water in that area.

Pomme has always been at the 13 inch minimum. And in some of the tougher months you might not have more than 6 or 7 pounds. But it typically took at least 16 to win the tournaments that I fished. If you had a bag of 13 inchers you just needed to put your boat on the trailer. My dad and I had 21+ pounds one day with a 6-10 kicker and felt pretty good about it. Didn't even get a check. But again this was all early 90's and it probably fished a lot better back then. But I also felt like a bunch of people didn't really know how to fish that lake. It doesn't fish like Table Rock and it doesn't fish like Stockton. It's a weird lake but I love it.

The name sounds familiar but I'm not sure if I knew him.

Yeah, but it was crazy everywhere with those things for awhile. But I also remember a lot of nice bags of fish on Pomme back in the early 90's.

Pomme has always been a great bass lake.

Mine is here too. I haven’t even had a chance to open the box but I will soon. Thanks for hosting Mic!

Any of them will blow over if they catch the right air. I’m sure it happens more than we think.

What was the deal with those Gamblers? I could push that old Champion into the low 80’s depending on water conditions and it cooked across the water around 77 like a Cadillac. But there was this one Gambler that I ran across in different tournaments and several times we ended up in a race. But I never had a chance of catching him. Maybe if I changed props but I hated running the faster prop. Never did meet that guy but we had some fun out there a few times.

I didn’t say it was for everyone. You still have to be intelligent about it. Just because someone has a drivers license doesn’t mean they can handle a race car.

But they cruise so much better around 75.

The honey from that hive will probably taste like their music. Bad.

A good floating worm doesn’t float. It’s a stupid name or maybe I’m just stupid calling them that. I use different hooks and different lines to control the sink rate. From the video they look like they will work. Now I’m going to have to try one out ASAP.

Sounds like a slippery shaft……..oops, I mean slope, to me.