Quillback

Makes sense I guess. Yeah too bad they could not do Bull or LOZ, but I like the idea of changing the hours around.

From the AGFC Rules: Drive, harass or pursue trout with noise, objects, boats or by wading to concentrate them. And I'm not directing this at anyone here BTW.

I remember when there was a time that guides would run their boats in circles on a 'hole' where the browns were and they'd also throw rocks into the water. Theory was that it got them to move and if they get moved they are more likely to bite. They'd stir up that hole then fish live sculpins. That practice has been made illegal, the stirring thing, not the sculpins.

Looks like there are 2 of you. 😃 I can understand not fishing Grand, and I was expecting them to cancel it with all the water they are getting. Don't want to see a TR redo, I'd be happy to see them fish Beaver, I know Beaver is tougher, but I'd like to see one where they have to work for their fish.

Those guys are accurate with their casting, Jacob Wheeler is another guy that can put a top water exactly where he wants to, every cast. It takes practice.

Yep good win for Martens. Nice to see him win it, but would've been happy if Andy Montgomery has pulled it off.

That would be pretty neat to see.

For sure, some great fish!

OK, this one was free, just to show you guys my powers of prognostication, next tourney, I'll PM anyone my best guess if you send me $5 (PayPal preferred). 😜

This is the first year in a long time where followed hockey to some degree. Maybe saw 10 regular season Bruins games, and have watched all the Bruins playoff games. When we lived in Boston, way back a long time ago, the Bruins had the Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito team that won a Stanley Cup, and that's the last time I watched a lot of hockey. Bruins were on channel 38, one of those UHF channels that we didn't get the greatest of reception as we had an antenna in those days. Could hardly see the puck. Only good thing about those days was it was the start of the helmet era, but they phased the wearing of helmets in, the guys that were in the league at the time the rule was passed didn't have to wear a helmet, and they didn't. It was good for the fans because it was easy to recognize players, nowadays you've got to know the players numbers. But the game is so much more watchable with HD and a big screen LCD then it was back then.

Well I expect to be outnumbered by you Blues fans on this forum, but I can handle it. First game isn't until Monday, really would like to have them start this thing Saturday.

I don't follow the Blues, but I do follow the Bruins.

I thought the hooks on the 125 were a tad small, but they have not been a problem with stripers at all. They are super sharp, haven't had very many fish come off once they get hooked. Don't have any of the 105's.

Bobby Lane 95 lbs. today. I'd like to watch some of the coverage tomorrow, but I have stuff to do. Last 30 minutes could be fun to watch if there's several guys close to the lead and the coverage shows them.

Yep, SB 125.

Hail here last night around 1 AM, golf ball sized also, woke me up. Fortunately no damage. The weirdest thing was there was also lots of inter-cloud type lightning, not much striking the ground, but a lot of aerial stuff. Flash-flash-flash for about 30 minutes. I don't think Beaver is going to come up much, looked like about a 1/2 inch to an inch in the drainage area for that lake.

I think that if the scales themselves were an issue the anglers would bring that up. They can also do a re-weigh if they want, and sometimes they do.

Those are some fatties!

I caught a hybrid winter before last that was about the same size and that was the last one I have caught until today. Could've been a little school of them, I had several hits on the plug, one of them knocked it about three feet in the air and when it came down that dude grabbed it.

Got to the launch just as it was getting light, cold and a bit breezy out. Went looking for top water striper activity and did not find much at all. Had a few blowups close by and caught a hybrid that went about 4 lbs., but after that saw just a couple of isolate blowups. Did some motoring around all the way to Clifty looking for stripers, never did find any. So, fell back to plan B and started fishing for bass, threw the c-rig for a bit, caught a few smallies on it, tried the Ned for a while, caught a couple on it, finally fell back on the 3.3 Keitech and found some fish on a cove bank that had some docks. The fish were either around a dock or off the bank in 5-10 FOW. Caught 15 bass, 3 were keeper sized smallies. Dark clouds were beginning to loom, so I left around 1 PM. WT 71, water is stained green pretty much all around the dam area. This post has been promoted to an article

I believe you are right, I certainly don't expect numbers to be the same, but average fish should be bigger at Grand. Might see crank baits as a factor also. Looking forward to it.

Good tips, I haven't tried one of those performance hoodies yet, is it relatively comfortable in hot weather? I have used the Glacier Gloves, I liked them as far as wearability, but had a hard time cleaning them, they are dirt and fish slime magnets, and the washing machine doesn't get them clean - looking for some tips on cleaning them if you or anyone else has any.

Something I have fished a bit is to take the Magnum Caffeine shad and fish it on a 3/4 oz wobblehead, drag it on the bottom. Good early morning summertime thing.

Wheeler with 24 bass already.