Quillback

Didn't see any up the White until 9 AM or so, then here they came. Couple of guys from KY fishing near me, they said they had 2 keepers. They were deep spooning using Livescope. Where I am deep fishing, you can certainly get keepers, but getting the big fish you're going to need to take Johnny's million, well I would go somewhere else.

I was up at 4 AM to go fishing, took the pooch for a walk and saw the moon partially covered, it was a bright full moon so it was neat to see it. Personally, I'll take meteors over a lunar eclipse, but since I was out anyway, might as well check it out.

Sorry to hear that buddy - you are one of the mainstays.

Yeah I wear my overshoes from the truck to the boat and back to the truck when I launch, then from the truck back to the boat when I pull the boat out. At this rate, they should last me 20 years. If I am still alive in 20 years I'll come on here and make a post bragging about how my overshoes lasted 20+ years and are the best.

Great report Phil.

Weigh in here on the FB page. So far the leader has a bit over 14 lbs. No way I am hanging in there to watch the whole thing. (20+) Bass Pro Shops US Open Fishing | Facebook

Been noticing that, shad in one place, bass in another. What I have been seeing is shad deep, say 45 feet with the bass in 30-35 feet. I can only speculate, but the shad seem to have found a safe zone where the bass don't go. Maybe it has to do with oxygen level, light penetration, water temp - I don't know. It has gotten to the point where if I see shad deep, I move a little shallower to fish, I can't get a bite fishing in those deep shad. I'm not the only one seeing that either, yesterday a buddy of mine got into a good deep bite away from the shad he was seeing.

After screwing around with boots for years, I have gone the overshoe route. I like wearing a pair of sneakers while in the boat, easier to get around and I use the TM a lot. I put on a pair of heavy socks of course when it is cold, and being a wimp, I won't go if the temps are below freezing. I put these on to launch the boat and put it on the trailer, for me it is easier to get in the water, rather than balancing on the trailer beam. Lightweight, easy on/off. NEOS Villager Overshoe (muckbootcompany.com)

There was a bunch of boats out there for this time of year. Usually with the start of firearms season for deer you might see 2 or 3 boats on a Monday, but I reckon because of the hunt for Johnny's money being this weekend and this being practice time, well they were out there in force. Speaking of deer season, I heard several shots through out the day. The fishing was decent at least as far as numbers, but mainly a spotted bass show for me which doesn't lead to any big fish. Caught some deep fish early, pretty good bite for a bit then it faded away, drop shot with a Zoom Finesse worm is still getting bites. Fish were in the 30-40 foot range on gravel. I also spent a fair amount of time throwing a jerk bait and Ned towards the bank, caught fish, they were scattered, one here and one there kind of thing, main lake and inside a cove or two. Caught my usual one short walleye on the jerker. Also tossed a Rock Crawler for a bit, no bites on it, didn't use the secret red color and paid the price. WT - 59.

Thanks - I will record it and plan on watching it.

I have to find a T-shirt that has "I 💓Bream" written on it, so that if I go fishing again with JF I can wear it just to aggravate him.

Good stuff - I plan to get over there sometime this week.

I still do. 😁

I think a couple of them were, but not sure.

Congrats!

Let's get ready to rumble!

Maybe he is on to something, running it in demo mode attracts fish. 😎