Flysmallie

It's manageable for them now. The kayakers have been doing it for a while and have a good system in place.

My buddy @Harps has been on a mission to catch a musky on a fly rod. So he texts me the other day and asked if I wanted to go with him. I was down for going but the whole musky on a fly rod thing has turned out to be quite boring for me so I only took a couple of bait casters and determined that while he searched for the impossible musky I would search for the impossible big green bass. The S.S. Harper Started out with a spinnerbait in the brush. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Probably rode that pony way too long but I was hoping for a spinnerbait bite. Tried flipping up into the brush as well as dragging the old shore line. Nope. So I made a change to one of my all time favorites. It paid off pretty quick. The fishing definitely wasn't on fire but caught enough to keep it interesting. Had one toad of a bass come around the front of a bush and take my offering but I blew it. Figured that was my only shot at a big green one but a while later I was given another shot. This old gal measured 23 inches. Didn't get a weight on her but she was completely spawned out. No muskies were seen or harmed during this adventure.

Of course it's all about the water clarity and available light when you are shooting underwater, but yes you can get some pretty good stuff. Here is a video that is completely unedited. Straight out of the camera uploaded to Youtube.

I might give it a go. My current weber has seen better days so I'll probably be purchasing a new one and getting this accessory. My other option is to go ceramic but I hate cooking pizza on those.

Good looking pizza Ness! How do you like that Kettle Pizza attachment? Looks like it's getting the temps where they need to be.

Only if you promise to make enough for everyone.

Well if you don't know the difference in a wild trout and a stocker then please just go get your four at the park and move on.

I can't drink that stuff. I know people like it but I can't drink it without gagging.

That is awesome.

I don't know what's middle of the road but you can't beat the Olympus Tough line for the money.

I used to be that guy. Seemed I always had a bunch of different blades in my pocket. I need to try those spin jigs. That's something I don't have any real experience with.

I don't buy into that mindset for several reasons. One, Table Rock can be very good with a spinnerbait at certain times. Like most lakes. Hell I caught probably the biggest smallmouth I will ever see on a spinnerbait on Table Rock. But like many other lakes a blade just isn't consistent. Fall is great. Mid summer not so much. I do believe it's more of a depth issue than anything. Another reason I don't buy into the whole fish are shy because they see a bunch of them is because they see a bunch of everything that they still hit. Look how many jerkbaits they have seen over the years. How many wiggle warts. Think about how many Ned rigs they have seen in the past few of years. They sure don't seem shy about any of those. look at how many fish on Lake Fork see a rattle trap. They are still hitting them. But Stockton, and also Pomme de Terre and LOZ, are great for a spinnerbait. I think the problem that most have with Stockton is they try to fish it like Table Rock. It's not Table Rock. It's not anything like it. Has nothing to do with wind or multi-species, it's just a different lake. I'm not knocking Table Rock either. It's a great lake and a beautiful place. And if it fits your style of fishing it can be a very great place to spend your time. But there are other lakes that are just as good for fishing and a lot quieter with a bunch less boat traffic. But you have to fish them differently to find their secrets.

Unless you have as much money to buy a politician as the the power companies do then it will never get resolved.

This is very true. But it also fishes very different from Table Rock. It's not as clear, it's not as deep. Plus it's just a better lake. I know a lot won't agree with that statement!! But if you fish it like Table Rock then you won't find that statement to be anywhere close to the truth. And that makes me plenty happy. Keep all that stuff down on the Rock where it belongs.

That is true! But while wind does sometimes factor into the spinnerbait bite there are a lot of other things that go into it as well. Forage and location are big factors too. And Stockton has some of the best locations I have ever seen. Between big chunk rocks in the right locations and saddles and flooded brush this lake often offers more opportunities to throw a spinnerbait. Plus they fish just really seem to key in on it. I've been a spinnerbait nut for a long time and fished a lot of lakes, and no lake has produced as consistently as Stockton.

I think downtown Springfield is the mother ship for these guys.

Stockton is one of the best spinnerbait lakes that I have ever been on. Fall is the best but spring is not bad either. Should be really good right now with this water up in the trees.

My buddy here at work that does this just uses the bags to dry age all his steaks. He looked at that contraption in the beginning but decided that the bags would be a whole lot cheaper and easier, and he's not one to skimp when cooking. Hell I think he has 4 Big Green Eggs now. But anyway do the bags and they work great. I've had some of his steak and it is delicious.

We don't need a third party. That will just get us more of the same. We need no parties. Political parties are just schoolyard BS.

You wasted a perfectly good beer. Oh wait, it's just a Budweiser.

Or maybe God altered that to see how man would handle it. Like you said, nobody knows.

Well that didn't take long.

Plus they are going to need a little extra love about now. You think the high water is ruining your fishing? Think about what it's doing to their lives.

Great video but it's making me very jealous. You gotta love that Texas wind. NOT.

It was just strange to me seeing it in both places. Looked at FB and saw it on the Willard Classifieds and then came here and there it was again. I don't golf but it would be fun to ride around the neighborhood. But then the guys that pull skateboards with superbikes would make fun of me.