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Are you getting any on the Ned? Haven't fished one myself in a while.

I can't help you much there, as much as I fish Beaver, I can't remember going up the Big Clifty arm. My map shows a couple of ramps, one at Hogscald Hollow and another down the arm a ways on the northeast side. They are not COE ramps, my guess is they are single lane ramps without a courtesy dock. Rec traffic will depend on where in the arm you are, if you're way up in the skinny water you probably won't see a whole lot but as you head down the cove towards the main lake, if there is any, that's where you'll see it. It's a good distance from the COE parks to Big Clifty so that ought to cut down on a lot of the rec traffic.

I envy you, I don't know of any good takeout fried chicken places near me.

The dog days of August are upon us.

Could be worth a shot.

Anywhere from 5 to 30 feet. The few that I caught were in about 10 FOW.

Went today armed with a couple dozen redworms and a dozen crawlers, the plan was to catch some gills for the frying pan. I failed miserably when it came to gill catching, caught 3 total. Did some bass fishing off and on, that wasn't going to well either, caught a couple on the drop shot, but things were really slow. Decided I needed to get rid of the crawlers so I put one on a drop shot, threw it up in the place that has been a consistent bass producing spot for me the last month or so, and caught a spotted bass as soon as that crawler touched bottom. Went through that dozen pretty quickly, it was literally a spot per cast. Nothing overly big, but lots of fun on the light gill rod. Once I ran out of crawlers, my catching was done. I'd fished that spot with plastic worms and jigs and if that was all I had done, I would said no bass were there, but they were there and they were all over those crawlers. The fish were in 5 - 15 FOW in a little cut on a gravel bank, Biggest fish was a cat that ate a drop shot Finesse Worm. I was done at 0945, hot, no wind, pleasure boats were emerging. WT 84.

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If the old spool had green line then it was most likely Ultragreen, I've been using it for years, it is good stuff.

Got out at daylight today, hung in there until 10 AM. Decided to try some places I haven't fished to start and that was a mistake. Made several stops, had a couple of nibbles, no fish on the sonar, wasted a good two hours of early morning fishing time. Found some at the spot where they've been for the last 2 months, boated 8 spotted bass before it really slowed down. Caught them on a drop shot with Finesse Worm. Saw quite a few gills on the scope, going to be packing some red worms next time out, which might be later this week. WT 84.

Thanks for the info, that is some great fishing you are having. I have been thinking about giving the gills a shot, maybe later this week. Couple that live across the street from my mom both picked up COVID a few days ago, fairly mild also. Hope you and Becky get rid of it soon!

That's a great trip! '

Right upstream from the point 25 marker is an inside bend bluff. I have noticed a bit of current there at times throwing a ned rig. I have also seen it downstream in the point 23 area when there is wood floating and the wood will move slowly downstream.

Buy a lot of fishing stuff so that the "budget" will have a high dollar amount for fishing stuff. Then when you are retired you can still buy a lot of stuff, but keep it a bit under the budget. You will then be able to claim that it is no problem as you are "under" the budget.

They do have a law in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - PARKS & WILD § 66.023 | FindLaw

Winter time fishing for whitefish is a deal in Washington state, people would line up shoulder to shoulder on the rivers to fish for them. I never targeted them, but caught some steelhead fishing and trout fishing. Popular fish for smoking and I believe the roe is good to eat also. WA state record for one is a bit over 5 lbs.

Yes, whitefish.

I have always had much better luck with walk-the-dog type lures for stripers than whopper ploppers, but that is on Beaver lake.

Man, you guys are harsh. Couple of high school kids, there should be some consequences for sure, the public humiliation of having their names out there might be enough, even though I would add to that a requirement to stand up at the next tourney meeting and apologize to the group.

Those guys have no problem running to somewhere if they think that is where the fish are.

That's a nice one, congrats!

It is stormy here now. Nice change from the 100 degree stuff.

When I was a kid, my grandpa and dad would go over to Reelfoot. They'd come back with a big cooler full of gills, my grandpa never filleted anything, so they'd scale them, cut off the heads and pull out the guts. Then we'd have a fish fry. As a kid I hated picking around the bones. Nowadays I fillet them, gotta be big enough to fillet of course.

The Elites are going to be there in a few weeks, it will be interesting to see how they do.