J-Doc

I'd settle for removing the graphiti off of what's left of Oklahoma Row (the building behind the chainlink fence). Maybe errect a monument too with a bronze plaque that indicates some history about Monte Ne.

I made a deck extension for my ride. I simply cannot believe how much better the boat fishes. It's like a completely different boat now. The added storage and me using some simple/cheap plastic storage boxes (aka Tupperware) to organize all of my stuff has made a huge improvement overall. Here's a quick funny vid I made showing the result. It's light weight design (only 40lbs) but extremely strong deck has not slowed down my boat at all. And no, I'm not about to fall at the end of the vid. I was jumping on the lids to show how durable they are. :-) http://youtu.be/BDWlzx7CDfo Here's the thread I started on it

Beaver Lake has a bad case of "ice" as well...

Champ.........I so know what you're feeling. If I don't get out on the weekends and do something outside, it wears down on me big time. I was going to venture out today but decided safety was more important than my cabin fever.

I found the tomb of Coin Harvey and his son. Thought I'd post a photo. Story goes that his son died in an accident (logging or railroad, I forget which) and he buried his son near Monte Ne. When Coin Harvey died, they buried the two of them in this concrete vault. Sadly, he rests in someone's front yard. The tomb/vault is just east of the Monte Ne Ramp. You have to turn on the side road just before the road dies at the lake.

Here's some shots I took yesterday. Which is probably what probed Scott to venture out today. Me sending him photos got his cabin fever up to a breaking point. LOL! This is the back of Monte Ne - Notice all of the gulls and ducks! Duck season closes down and they just hang out like a large party. This is the Hwy 12 Bridge Ramp - covered in snow. Someone had launched as their was one empty trailer and fresh tracks. If you have good snow tires with deep tread, you'll have no problems. Until it turns to ice (when temp drops below 30) Prairie Creek Ramp - whoever was stuck on the ramp should have picked up their "inovative tools" for getting them off the ramp once they got unstuck. Prairie Creek Marina - the main lake is wide open and not frozen but there is a bit of ice at the corner of the marina

I cannot see you tying flies but.....if you did, there would be some wild color creations! :-) You can use a spinning rod on some flies if they are big enough.

Same here Quill. Numbers aren't as important to me as much as it is the experience of fishing that I enjoy. I also agree, if imbthe only one on the lake, it suits me just fine.

I've heard opposite before. I've heard a guy (on here actually) used a senko without flake got no bites and a senko with red flakes got bites. Not clear water wither. Slightly stained.

I know you just paint and have fun but you really need to catalogue your bait patterns and colors used and whith which bait types. That way you can reproduce them easily. Maybe a paint formula or something in an Excel workbook. You're getting too darn good at this. :-)

Awe man!!!! Paint me some!!! Love it!!! Looks like the little booger will swim off the clips!!! That's really good.

I see your point but I don't think baitfish naturally give off UV. Here's the devils advocate to your observation..... I once had access to a very old pond that I know had a few lunker bass in it. The water is SUPER dark. Like a pond full of dark roast coffee dark. Visibility is less than a foot. But it is full of fish. Great bluegill fishing too. I took all my gear, fished from a small Jon boat and had an old man whoop my tail by 10-1. I was throwing everything I had trying rattle traps, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jigs, crankbaits, etc. The gentlemen I fished with was a distant family member and he had one old Abu pistol grip rod/reel combo where I had 7 hi quality rods. (See where this is going don't you?) So he had one rod and one plastic worm. I had a big tackle bag full of stuff. He caught 10 bass before I could get a bite. I finally switched over to a plastic worm like he was using but it wasn't the same worm or color. Only close. He still caught more than me. The fish wanted that Zoom Centepede worm in Junebug color. Just a plain ole Texas rig. I had a trick worm that was very close to Junebug but had red flakes instead of green flakes. I got bites but he was still whooping me. Now the water is black and had a brown tint to it at the bank. Super dark. A white spinnerbait just vanishes barely below the surface. Now.....my point is there is no way the tiny green flakes reflected light at 4-8' when red flakes didn't. The fish wanted the Junebug worm because it had a different vibration signature in the water. We was deadsticking the bait and barely moving it at all. So it wasn't how he worked the worm or the color. It was because a centipede worm has rings on it and a trick worn is smooth. I just can't see how green flakes in water that's coffee black in 8ft could make a difference. So UV light doesn't make that big of a difference to me more than vibration signature and presentation. That's my opinion anyway. But I'm always open to new ideas.

I wonder if Monte Ne is froze over towards the back. I'm thinking about venturing out just to get in the boat. Find me some new brush piles and mark them. That's about all I can do! LOL

Okay...........I admit it. I had these laminated and stored in my boat. Just in case. :-)

LOL!! So true!

It's a week movie. No plot and the angler in the movie is kind of like Captain Quint from Jaws. - a bit deranged - seriously committed - always on the quest for the big one LOL!

Spoken by a professional bank-beater of the White River. If Nick says throw Purple down there after dark........you can take it to the bank. (get it?)

The day Joe uses a fly rod to catch fish, I want to see it. I give him 5mins. Then he will beg for a spinning rod and spook!! Lol!!

(sigh - longing to go fishing) Wrench...... I'm warning you now. When it warms up (if it ever does), I'm coming up for a white bass bonanza! I need to get the motor tuned-up for the summer. I might as well make the trip when it's warm so we can go fishing afterwards and have fun!

Didn't see that. What video?

"I've got a fever. And the only cure is more cowbell. I need more cowbell!" Lol!! (YouTube SNL cowbell if you don't get it)

Yeah, I had to forward the photo to him. He was there when I trolled up a 6ft Abu spinning rod combo just past the big rock at Rocky Branch southwest ramp. I figured he could appreciate this one! LOL

CANNOT beat an inline spinner for whites. Cast far and if reeled in at the right speed per weight, they shouldn't snag on the bottom either. Do you remember that old white lipless crankbait you were catching a lot of fish on from your old boat (the Hornet) between War Eagle and your house several years back? It was in late summer and you were catching them in buckbrush. That's what you need. White.......just plain white with some sparkles and grey to dark grey back.

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