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I am ready to pack up and leave Mo.I should have done that 40 years ago when I first considered it.

Longer rods with softer actions allow for longer casts which acts as a pendulum to launch the bait.Sometimes you need to be off the bank a long ways to catch those suspending fish.slow is better in the winter.I used to weight my own stickbaits before you could buy them that way,like 40 years ago.One other tip is to make sure that the bait tracks straight back to the boat on a straight retrieve ,that will insure the bait will work properly on the correct retrieve.Patience is the key when working one this time of year.You could just throw an Arig and you don't have to worry about any of this.Talk about hard hits,you wont believe how hard they will bite that outfit.

There is a tendency for one to overwork a suspending stickbait,subtle twitches and slow short pulls will get a lot more bites this time of year.You also need to pause the bait longer say 30 seconds or more between movements.You wont believe how hard they will smack it.Hold on to your rod.The softer rod is better for hard runs at the boat,the rod will cushion some the hard pulls and keep the hook in their mouth

Definitely use a softer rod and mono as fluorocarbon sinks.I use a Skeet Reese jerkbait/topwater model rod and 8 or 10 lb Big Game line for open banks and 12-15 lb around cover like standing timber and laydowns.Sweep the rod on the hookset.Spro 110 stickbait in pro blue on sunny days and table rock shad on cloudy days.

pretty technical for popping tree rats boys.I bet it is fun though.I used to shoot them with a .22 ruger with cci minimags.Shot a fox squirrel so far up in a sycamore once that by the time it .hit the ground it was a gray.

It is always fun to watch Laker get on a nice trout. That fish is in trouble if it sticks around.It always gets released and maybe a little wiser than before.

Laker I don't think I have ever seen you throw a streamer and I fish around you more than anyone you know.P.S. I have plenty if you ever change your mind

amazing photography,show some pics of 5lb bluegill.nice fish though.

eating from the oprah diet

I think those are immature bald eagles.it takes several years to get the white head.could be wrong though

Jesters you know you want to catch another fish on a jerkbait.

Tablerock has better size spots than anywhere you can also catch some decent ones on the Ozarks

I caught loads of spotted bass in Stockton 30 years ago,just on the small side

that was a toad boys,congrats

little cold for swimming

Phil is lost again

Best time to fish lakes is right now.very few fisherman but you can bet they will be in your spot no matter how big the lake.

Tout fishing areas seem to be getting busier every year.You can still get in a boat on Taneycomo and have areas to yourself but not so much when you are wading.

How did you bust a scope DJ did you drop your your rifle.

that was a Kansas bunch down there.they were trying to drown themselves cause KU football makes life hard

I am a working bum.I would like to fish with you sometime this winter down there,I go quite often.maybe next trip

nice deer, congrats

Marty that is a nicely stocked deer grocery store

that is a fish to be proud of for sure

I should be in the bridge building business.