Quillback

Forecast called for clouds and a bit of rain and that's what it was. I though the clouds might make things good for the buzz bait, but only caught one early on it. Caught some fish on the 1/2 oz FB jig, and ran across a school surface feeding off a point and caught some on the Yozuri pencil popper on top. Caught a double on it, big fish being a 17" Mean. Caught 15 bass total, spots, a Mean, and a couple of 12" smallies. Not one Large Mouth. Fish were scattered and hard to pattern. Caught some on a gravel point, a few in cuts in bluff walls, a couple off deep trees, and some off a dock. But you could catch some off a gravel point for example and then fish another several points and not get a bite. Had a few chase the jig back to the boat, including one pretty good sized bass. Might have been worth a shot to swim a jig or try some cranks. Maybe next time. Water temp 67.

Ventura got it done! Good to see some runs scored off the Giants pen.

Sorry to hear about your loss. I hate thieves. If it happened to me, I would not let it stop me from fishing, but I understand how you feel right now.

Yeah Duffy did look good, I wonder if they'll think about starting him instead of Shields? That would be a radical move, I doubt they would do it, but Shields was a disaster last night. I'm wondering if he has too many miles on the odometer. It happens, look at Verlander or Lincecum for example. Great pitchers that throw a lot of innings, lose a little velocity and haven't been able to adjust to being a "finesse" pitcher. Hard to know if that is the case with Shields.

Shields has been shaky throughout the playoffs, but last night was pretty brutal. If it goes to game 5 I imagine he's slated to start, I hope he can pull it together by then.

Great seats!

Don't know if you guys know this, but you can google "Player X splits", for example "James Shields splits" and you'll get a breakdown on the players stats, home, away,vs lefties, vs righties, turf, grass etc.

Yep, good advice!

I read a book a while back, I don't remember the exact title but it was something like "Tournament winning strategies from a Pro". Don't remember the author either, but one of his top tips was to find out where the tournament release sites are and fish them.

Congrats on a great trip for this time of year!

Excellent, good to see folks having fun and catching fish!

Just to counter Jerry's negative vibes.. Cards defence was truly wretched, play good D and they could still be playing. I expect KC's D to be much better. KC can run on Posey. Starting pitching looks to match up pretty well, KC's bullpen is better. It SHOULD be a close series.

They start the game burning almost 8 minutes off the clock, march down the field, score a TD, then it takes GA all of a minute and a half to answer. I'm tired of watching opposing receivers get behind the AR secondary and making big plays. Play calling drives me crazy also, they run the ball well the first series they have it, then come out throwing the 2nd and 3rd series? You have to throw every once in a while to keep the other guys D honest, but it is not AR's strength at all. Georgia is looking strong right now.

I'm pretty sure Tim Hughes, as part of standard practice, removes the old paint. I imagine most of the custom painters remove the old paint, I would not want one that is painted over the old paint.

Yep, looking forward to game one!

Funny... That is a nice bow.

I like Harold, but not a Darling or Ripken fan, Ripken is really bad in the booth. I think the local KC guys, Physioc and Hudler do a better job than any of the TBS/Fox crews. First two games in KC.

I've had Tim Hughes do some Warts, he does outstanding work.

That's an awesome trip, thanks for the report!

I second that.

ALCS MVP - Lorenzo Cain. Would have been my choice if I had a vote.

Wow, still letting reality set in, never thought we would see KC in the WS this year. Would love to see them play the Cards, but that is starting to look unlikely.

I don't have one, but I have talked to two people who do and they consider them to be useless..

Hey now, it took us a long time and a lot of goldfish to train those 10 lbers to come to the boat when we turn the Hydrowave on, so you just stay away.

I went ahead and booked the "Bunk Lodge" for Thursday night, if you can make it Phil, that's great, if not I'll be there anyway. Actually it's 1/2 the Bunk lodge, she says it can hold up to 4 people if anyone else wants to stay Thursday night. I'm again bringing my dog, I think everyone was cool with him last time, but just thought I would let everyone know.