Quillback

I would certainly suspect one of those crimps.

Saw in yesterdays' paper that farmers that farm along the lower White river are filing a lawsuit against the COE. They are claiming the COE changed it's water management policies to favor recreational use instead of focusing solely on flood management. The farmers have been flooded out several times over the last decade or so and are suing to get paid for loss of crops caused by flood damage. That's a basic summation of what I read. Don't know if this will lead to changes in the way the COE releases water in the future.

Well here is this years winner (again) Kbilb. He won it with a 3.2. I think he should change his moniker to KVD-bilb as he is dominating this like KVD dominated BASS. Fishing was a bit on the slow side, especially for keepers. Heard numbers of fish caught ranging from 20 to 4 per boat. Rock Crawler, Shaky head, and Ned were some of the baits Iheard mentioned. Phil and Bill put together an impressive bag fishing the Float-N-Fly, you'd have to ask them for details on how they were doing it. Thanks to all who brought food & drink, thanks to M&M for getting the permits, and I am sure Christian Action Ministries appreciates the donations! A couple of the runner-ups: The gang, huddled under the roof as the rain drops fell:

Great bag of fish, congrats!

Yes, Clear Cast is the only place I know of.

Very nice, and I did hear someone honk as they were crossing the bridge this morning, guess that was you!

Good to see you again Randy, and we'll definitely do it again. Thanks for that smoked bologna, never knew it could taste so good. I'll post some pics tomorrow when I have some time. Congrats to Kbilb on yet another win!

Thanks Daryk, I'll get the buns.

That was you! Son of a gun, would've stopped by and talked if I knew it was you. I was going to fish that point, but saw you there.

Nice morning to begin the day, full moon on the horizon, not much wind to begin. Right off the bat there were some bass swirling on top at what I assume to be shad, never saw any shad, but those fish are eating something. Threw a LC 115 jerkbait at them and had a good bite for about 45 minutes. Caught 8 on the jerker, 3 were keepers, but nothing big. Had one on for about 2 seconds that pulled good, but it pulled off. Always a head scratcher when something can get hooked on a lure that has 3 sets of super sharp trebles but manages to get off. Breeze picked up, it got pretty windy as a matter of fact and no more jerkers. Threw a Ned for a bit, but just couldn't get anything going with it, wind wasn't helping. Threw a DT 10 on some chunk rock, caught a spot, that was it. Went to the 3.3 Keitech on a 1/4 oz head, picked up a fish here and there on it, a couple were close to the bank, most were in 10-15 FOW. Had a nice brown fish to the boat that got off, the rest were sub-legal spots and LM's, Caught 18 total, only 3 keeps. WT ranged from 46 to 49.

Brian we will miss you but certainly understand, good luck up there, hope that water moves out soon.

Looks like a decent morning with some rain later in the AM, but doesn't look to be any T-storms. We'll set up by the pavilion which is right off the entrance road, you can't miss it. I plan to get there around 0630.

Dang, I need another reel like I need a hole in my head, but that is a great reel at a great price. Somebody should snatch this up and keep me from doing so. 🙂

Thanks for posting - sometimes if I catch a striper when the water is warm, I pretty much have to keep them as there's a good chance they won't survive when released. This looks to be an excellent recipe to add striper chunks to.

Nice one Dock, you're doing a good job of convincing me I need to be out there slinging Keitechs.

So glad I didn't pick Martens, last year I picked him several times and he just didn't do well the times I picked him.

Seems to be a few back there, but it looks to be pretty random. I checked a few spots in coves, couldn't find any fish there.

I don't know what it is, but here's my list: Moon is almost full Sudden rise in WT Rise in lake level Drop in amount of water being released Wind out of the NW All of the above

I don't know what you guys did to the fish this weekend, but it wasn't good. 🙂 I fished until 2 PM, boated 11 bass, not one keeper, and they were all spots except for one 10" LM. One on a jerk bait, one on a Keitech, and the rest were ned fish. Fish were scattered, never found a hot spot. Couldn't get a bite shallow, biters were in 10-25 FOW. WT has jumped since the last time I was out, saw a low of 47 and a high of 49. Should've been better fishing than what it was. Maybe next time.

I think I am 13th in the Tackelwarehouse league, but Dave is ahead of me in that one too. Wish I could say I have a method for making the picks, and looking at the next one at Hartwell, I'm clueless.

Happy birthday Mrs. BH!

Never have fished it myself, but have family history there. My grandad used to fish it in the 50's and 60's and my uncle, who lives in Memphis does fish it every once in a while, but hasn't been over there in a few years. Reelfoot has always been loaded with crappie and bream but they tend to run small. It's shallow as you noted. My grandad would use a fly rod, with a small cork 2feet below the cork and a split shot a few inches above the hook, and bait it with minnows. He'd drop that cork on one side of a stump or tree, let is sit for a couple of seconds, if nothing happened, pull it around to the front of the tree, then move it to the other side. Move on to the next tree or laydown and repeat. If the fish were deeper then he might "tightline" basically doing the same thing without the cork. Some errors above, can't fix it for some reason - But I meant to say a small cork, hook 2 to 3 feet below the cork and a split shot about 6 inches above the hook.

Yep, got stuff to do also, but it's the last day of the Classic, can't bring myself to quit watching.