Quillback

Could it possibly be walleye? Very tasty looking!

Used to catch a ratfish every once in a while salmon fishing, very weird looking fish. Here's a pic I pulled off the web:

Sadly, I did not make it over to Swepco this year. My buddy Jeb's avatar picture is of him holding a 7.5 lb. Swepco bass (I took the picture). That day we caught several bass over 6 lbs., our best five would have gone at least 30 lbs. All came from one specific location, and it was an early morning bite. That location fished great for a couple of weeks that year, but never has been as good since then.

Sadly, I did not make it over to Swepco this year. My buddy Jeb's avatar picture is of him holding a 7.5 lb. Swepco bass (I took the picture). That day we caught several bass over 6 lbs., our best five would have gone at least 30 lbs. All came from one specific location, and it was an early morning bite. That location fished great for a couple of weeks that year, but never has been as good since then.

I have been dieting since January, down over 40 lbs. now. Sadly, I still need to lose about another 40, so probably have another 5 or 6 months to go. But no doubt about the benefits, BP is down and my body (except for my right knee) feels a lot better. Hang in there! As for gardening, the tomato plants are doing well, and I am starting to harvest some broccoli. Weatherman was reminding us the other night that 3 years ago in early May we got a dusting of snow.

Welcome! I never make it up to that end of the lake, but if I do, I'll try and stop by. It's always fun to check out a tackle shop.

That's a great day, thanks fro the report!

Launched early in the AM, got on the top water fish right away, caught about 15 on a Rapala Wake Minnow, mostly 10-15" spots, but did catch one largemouth that looked to be in the 4 lb. range. After the top water bite died down, I dragged a wobble head with a beaver bait around timber in a cove. Picked up another 7 or 8, several were solid large mouth keepers, and they were mostly deep, in the 10-20 foot range. About 1030 the bite just went flat out dead, fished until 1230, caught just one 14" small mouth in those 2 hours that spit up a white fluke just before I put him the boat, I guess he likes plastics. Water temps were 64 warming to 67 when I left.

That is one nice fish, hard to tell from that angle, but it looks like a mean mouth.

Thanks for the tips Dave. Mitch - Today I was using wobble heads made by 6th Sense, they come with a hitchhiker or spring type bait holder. Keeps the bait from being pulled down onto the hook bend on bites, and baits last longer. I also will make my own. I buy the cheap wobbleheads on Lure Parts Online, cut the lousy hook off that comes with them, put on a split ring, and attach a hitchhiker and put a 90 degree jig hook on. I don't see any difference in the number of bites, but I think I get better hookups (except today) than if I just rig a wobblehead Texas rigged.

Hola Amigos! Got an early start, found schooling fish chasing shad outside of a cove mouth over 30-50 FOW. Caught 10 of them on a Yellow Magic Havana, mostly 10-15" spots, with one 2 lb. Largemouth. Lots of action for about an hour. Once the sun popped over the hill the TW bite slowed considerably, even thought there were occasional bass chasing shad that would pop up every once in awhile, until the wind started howling. Went to the bottom dragging stuff, got a lot of bites on the wobblehead with a creature, but mostly those squirrely protect the nest type bites. I could not see any beds because of the murky water and the fish seem to be spawning deeper this year, but by the way they were biting - thunk it and drop it - I believe they were bedding fish. Had to swing on them as they would drop it if I tried to let them take it. Caught 8 or so on the wobbler, 3 keepers. Fished the Ned for a bit, I could not get anything going with it, had a decent Kentuck that got off halfway to the boat, and caught a couple of micro-dink smallies on the Ned, but that was about it. Water temps 63-66, water is stained green, 3-4 feet of visibility.

Thanks for the report!

Some great quality fish, thanks for the report!

Saw this dude on Beaver lake today, I believe it is a rat snake. Saw it swim from a dock to the bank, thought it was a cottonmouth at first, but it wasn't quite floating on top like they do. Big snake, about 4 feet long.

Saw it on the BBC board, but it is an article from somewhere. Maybe from the GA DFG?

Hey Bo, are you fishing a trailer on the Blitz? I have been thinking about trying those things, they sure look like they ought to catch fish.

Swepco is really bad on Saturdays in the winter. I am fortunate to be able to go over there during the week, but even then it can feel a bit crowded. But, that lake kicks out fish, and average size is really good.

That's a nice bass. Based on what I've been hearing, fishing has been tough.

Glad to hear you had a great trip. Those smallies are a hoot!

I find a lot of crank baits walking the banks of lake Tackle Warehouse.

This is what I tell myself also. ^^ I try to only get annoyed at the people who pull in front of me, almost within casting distance, and then fish down the bank going the same way I'm going. I don't mind if someone comes in behind me and fishes behind me, or if they are fishing faster than I am, I'm OK with them going around me if they ask and are polite about it. If a guy is throwing squarebills and moving down the bank fast, I'm fine with him passing me and getting in front if I'm fishing slow, bottom contact stuff. And if I get mad, what am I going to do? Best thing to do, as others mentioned, is to pull up the TM and go somewhere else.

Thanks buddy, have a safe trip back home!

Wow, that is pretty wild, I would be a bit freaked out if it happened to me.