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Forecast was so nice I had to go back again. Early fog but once it burned off and warmed up it was a great fall day in the Ozarks. Last I looked, tomorrow looks to be nice, so get out and catch some fish while it lasts! Not a lot different from yesterday, caught a few more fish, had a couple over 20 with 4 keepers. All spotted bass. Dragging the drop shot in that 25-40 range, but it seems 30-35 is the sweet spot. They really liked the Slim Senko over the other stuff I tried. Downside of the Senko is they are soft and don't last too long, but sometimes you gotta make some sacrifices to catch fish. Went through 2 bags of Senkos today. Blue sky, flat calm, and a fish stuck in the snout.

Yessir, using a 1/4 oz weight, it gets down there in a few seconds. I bet they would hit a Ned, but even for a Ned head such as myself, that's just too deep for me to fish the little guy.

Sorry, I'll delete some PM's.

Nope, there was a kayak that put in the same time I did, that was the only boat I saw until about 11 AM, then for the rest of the day saw a pontoon and 3 bass boats.

Man that is a long way to haul a boat, but good for them if that's what they want to do.

Never met him, but certainly enjoyed watching him fish, he was, in his way, different than the other pros. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Cold morning today, with some thick fog thrown in. Hung around Big M for a while working the bank while waiting for the fog to clear. The bank was not good to me. After wasting two hours, and the fog clearing a bit, I was able to motor over to the deep spot where they have been. It was a bit slow and some biters weren't that dedicated by got a few working the drop shot in 25-40 FOW. I'm making a cast, letting it sink to the bottom and slowly dragging it back. Fish Doctor and Slim Senko both work, but I give a nod to the Senko today being a bit better. Missed probably more bites than I caught fish. Later left and went to another deep spot and found a few more on the drop shot. I'm mainly fishing deep gravel flats near the channel. Ended the day with 13 spots and one smallie. 4 of the spots were keepers. Spoke with someone that caught a 5-15 largemouth today, and whose best 5 were estimated at 16. or so. Can't say where or else they may send Guido to have a little "talk" with me. Since there were complaints to management about the lack of pictures in my last report, here ya go:

That's assuming they all show, one of the qualifying tourneys was out west, I have to wonder how many of them will pull their boat out here for this.

Championship is Nov. 19-21. 350 teams. Winning team walks away with $1 million plus a Tundra and a boat. Saw something about it being live on NBC, but don't know exactly what that means. Buddy of mine ran into someone on the lake yesterday that was from Kentucky and was here to practice.

I start Medicare later this year (I can't believe I am saying that, I got old fast!), and they'll cover at least some of it, so I'll wait until then at least. I have noticed tying on lures is a little more difficult, but I can still see them when I cast them.

Cataracts are starting on me too. Just a matter of time before I get the replacement eyes.

A "Snackle" box - gotta love that!

So is that what we have: Friday fish fry - Need to know from Brett if he has enough fish. Also someone needs to bring frying taters and onions. Saturday - Erik's BBQ and rat-tooie. Someone want to volunteer to bring buns? Do we need more stuff for Friday? Thursday - Probably won't be a full crew, maybe a dogs and burger night? I have a little charcoal grill that will do about 6 burgers at a time. Another option for Thursday is to head over to KT's BBQ - I have eaten there a couple of times and it is pretty darn good. They close at 7 PM however. (7) KT's Smokehouse BBQ and Catering | Facebook

You know it will all disappear. Can't wait to try that smoked kingfish dip. Are you bringing chips or should we seek someone to volunteer? Doritos type chips for the ceviche, what type for the smoked kingfish?

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A little under 65. Look like we've got some relatively cold weather ahead for the next few days, I would think we'd lose at least a couple more degrees on the WT.

I thought you'd be more upset that I left out - "It was better than a day at work".

Yeah, it was COLD out there today.

Didn't throw one, but it should be happening soon.

Wooo Doggies! Winter is here. I don't think it hit 50 all day, it was 45 when I left the lot at 1230. A bit windy with some cold rain thrown in. They are biting out deep if you can find them, deep being between 25-35 feet. My best technique was casting a drop shot rig and dragging it back on the bottom. Fish Doctor and a fluke worked best, they were hitting a finesse worm but I had trouble sticking them on the worm. The Doctor and Fluke did a good job of hooking them. I caught 4 keepers and 2 of them were largemouth, other 2 were spots as were most of the 13 or so others I caught. Caught a one inch short of a fillet walleye on a jerkbait, had another one chase it back to the boat, but doubt he would have kept. No bass on the jerker. Someone close by caught a couple of dozen deep, with, I think, 5 of them being keepers. WT was a shade under 65.

Have a pic from a past OA event, a good fisherman and a good man.

Very sorry to hear that. I have spoken to him several times at the OA tournament and always enjoyed my conversations with him.

"Day in and out, it's hard to beat the regular little old heads. " I agree. it is so hard to find commercial Ned heads that have a hook smaller than 1/0 AND come with an acceptable weed guard. I once had some custom shroom heads made from a guy that will do custom orders at a reasonable price, but he could not use a hook smaller than 1/0, he said he could not make his mold work with a smaller hook. He also had a wire weed guard, but it was really flimsy and that combined with the 1/0 hook led to me to getting snagged a lot more than with the regular little old heads. They did get bites, but the snagging was making me crazy.

Well if I am ever out fishing the White from the bank and see a hundo laying on the edge of the river, I'll know Les must be around somewhere.

You are catching some nice fish, congrats!