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Still a a little bit of a jerkbait bite, a wart bite, an A-rig bite. Have to think a feller could catch them on a jig or spinnerbait as well.

Isn't gravity a beautiful thing?

Have you applied the craw/hook combo to a lake environment? Love to to buy some and try them out on the lake. let me know where to send the moolah.

In this pairing the sucker would be better eating.

IS that a burbot aka eelpout? Dad grew up in Wisconsin and called them lawyers. The resemblance is uncanny.

Smaller walleye in the 18 inch range are the best eaters by far. Not a bunch of meat on a 15 incher.

Thanks. How far below 13 before it is normally floatable.

Dirty water should put them shallow.

Now if I could just find that giant spool of 10# fluoro I think I bought last year. Can't recall.

I've put in at Aldrich and gone up river and put in miles up river and floated down in a canoe. Can someone list the order of the bridges I encountered going up river from Aldrich not including the one by the ramp?

I'm going to have to find a new stick for that NIB Curado CU-201 I found on my shelf. Maybe a new stickbait rod. Any suggestions?

I know down at LOZ the redbuds bloom before the dogwoods. The crab apples, pears, and plum trees are usually the first to bloom followed by the redbuds and last the dogwoods. Not saying things won't be a little earlier, but I believe too early for dogwoods. Always heard the crappie are spawning when the dogwoods are blooming.

I was unaware they had changed the warranty program. Receipts for the older ones? In all my returns they never asked for a receipt. I know I don't have them. Guess I better read through this and see who had a good warranty program. Thanks for the info.

Rods and reels preferences are a lot like Chevy-Ford-Dodge-Toyota. Everyone has their own preference. The thing to remember is to buy quality rods and reels. If you take care of them they will work forever. With that said, quality does not necessarily mean high dollar. Rods and reels don't find fish, but you will detect more bites and catch more fish with smotthly working sensitive equipment designed for the type of fishing you are going to do. For rods I don't think you can find more bang for your buck than the Shimano Clarus rods. They are very sensitive and have a lifetime guarantee. I have both baitcasting and spinning rods including ultralights. We have broken 4 or 5 of the ultralights. Four were our fault and one was on the manufacturer. The ones that were my fault they sent me a new rod for 50% of the retail price. The one that was their fault was replaced at no charge. My baitcasting rods are in use an average of 4-5 days per week from February through October. I have yet to break one of them. For reels I have a dozen of the old green Shimano Curados. Paid $85 to $125 for them over the years. I tear them down completely every 2 years, clean each part including bearings, replace any bearings that no longer spin freely, re-lube, and put them back together. Still work like a charm. Was cleaning up a cabinet yesterday and low and behold a brand new Curado in the box. Never had line on it. Spinning reels are quantum Pti ultralights and a couple Shimanos. None are high dollar, they run smoothly, and the drags are nice and smooth.

Seems awful early for dogwood to be blooming. Heck the redbuds haven't bloomed yet. Bout all that is blooming is the crab apples, bradford pears, etc.

I don't have a starting battery. I just start off one of the trolling batteries as I do not want the extra weight. I run the power to the 597 CI HD DI down the opposite side of the boat from the TM wires. 587 goes to one battery and TM to the other. Everything worked fine last year after HB sent me a different cable. Not sure what changed. I'll start by making sure the power wires to both aren't in close proximity where they begin their runs under the front deck. Then I'll make sure my software is up to date on the 597. Then more internet research and a call to HB.

I'm jealous. Nothing better than some eyes for the pan

If I am not mistaken Christie and Evers room together on the road and are great friends. I don't believe Evers saved his spot for day 3, but was not going to fish it until he had the right wind which blew in on Sunday. I'd love to see how they'd dissect some of the small county lakes around KC. See what their approach would be at different times of the year.

Brackets is tight.

Mine is aluminum. My electrical panel does not have a wire to the boat.

Explain how to ground batteries

Looks like a fun day

Transducer is mounted to the trolling motor. The actual image on the depth finder is quite clear. interference shows up as black lines. From the bottom up about 12 feet or so

Stayed at Robin's Resort http://www.robinsresort.net/ several times. It is located near the mouth of the Glaize. They have several some bigger cabins that sleep 6 + folks as well as smaller ones. Also have some newer condo type accommodations. You can rent a boat slip. Not a fan of their boat ramp unless they have improved it. We always ran over and put in at PB2 and kept the boat in a slip.

Got my crappie beds in place. Had to return a couple existing ones to their pre flood locations. Fishing was was fun but not too productive. Water temp ranged from 39-42 with about 10 inches of visibility. Extremely difficult to find deep structure/shad/fish when the graph starts painting vertical lines like an etch-a-sketch whenever I ran the trolling motor.Graph worked perfectly the last time I used it. Got to figure out why I am getting interference. A great weekend to be at the lake.