Quillback

Some storms are moving into the area this morning.

Yep, when guys talk about the "Fin", they're talking about the CC Redfin.

Well a guy could always fish with barbless hooks. Not saying that I will, and a person will lose more fish, but you won't tear them up like the fish in the pics.

What has been working for me lately is first to go very early. I like to be on my favorite point by 0530. I've been throwing the Zoom Ol' Monster worm right up on the shallow water, 2 feet deep, on a c-rig, I use 1/2 oz weight. Boat is sitting in maybe 8 feet. The fish have been very aggressive on the Monster, but it only lasts for about half an hour. Then I switch to top water. If there's fish in the places you're fishing you should see topwater activity early in the AM and you should see shad flicking around. If not, I'd find another spot. Later in the morning, I've been picking up a few fish by c-rigging a small craw like a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw or a Strike King rage craw, or Baby Rage Craw in water 15-20 feet deep. I'll usually go a little lighter, 3/8 oz on the c-rig weight while doing this. Bites are usually pretty light so hopefully you've got a set up that is somewhat sensitive. I haven't done the drop shot this year, but I'll probably start trying it next week. It does really help to have electronics that will show you fish suspended off the bottom out in the deep 20-35 foot depths. If you see them, drop it on them, no fish, move on. Zoom finesse worms, Old Purple is a great color, Plum is good. Roboworms work, Morning Dawn is a good color. Visibility in the White river arm is about 6 feet, dunno if you're fishing the clear water, if so things may be a little different.

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Yeah when I was much younger I used to do the sneak out on the golf course thing. That was the best.

Or you can go out at night after a good rain, and pick them off the ground. City parks that have short grass and are well watered were always good spots to get crawlers at night. But nowadays I'm like Ham, I just go to the store and buy some.

Except in NW Arkansas.

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Wow, that's amazing!

Keitech on a c-rig, I'll have to give it a try. I have Keitechs sitting around gathering dust,may as well put them to work. Do you like the action of the Mikey as a wake bait?

I was just looking at the radar and noticed that cell sitting over the TR area. Bunch of storms brewing up in Oklahoma, we may get some here in NW AR.

Very Nice!

Love that FB jig bite. Thanks for the heads up.

Jason - Black/Blue fleck. AB - Yes, c-rigged. PD - You are welcome, hope you get some.

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You are right Roger, It's been a great spring/early summer. I hope it keeps up (it should). One thing I noticed is that for post-spawn fish, they are fat suckers. Healthy well fed fish, which bodes well for the future. I haven't seen any of the skinny post-spawn fish you see in other lakes around here. Nice pics, congrats!

Bass fishing was OK, again caught a few more than 20, maybe half a dozen keepers. Ol' Monster early, then some Fin fish on top for a while, picked up a few on the c-rigged Zoom UV Speed craw. Wished I had brought the Drop shot stuff, I could see them out on the deep end of the gravel points later in the morning. Now for the walleye story. Yesterday there was a fellow basser fishing close to where I was, we stopped and chatted, introduced ourselves and talked over the fishing for the morning. Well today I'm fishing the same point, Joe, the fellow I talked to yesterday pulls up again, we talk, and he mentions he has a couple of nice walleye in the livewell that he had picked up earlier while tossing a crankbait. So we talk about how a guy will catch a walleye every once in a while while bass fishing, but usually it's just one in a day's fishing, so Joe has done good to get a couple in the live well. I'm dragging the c-rig around as we're talking about walleye, get a bite, set the hook, feel a heavy fish that's doing a minimal amount of moving around, and sure enough it's a walleye, a no doubt keeper, I didn't measure it but it was probably 22-24". I ask Joe if he wants it seeing how he's already going to be cleaning fish and he's happy to take it. He moves his boat over close to mine, opens up his livewell, and I toss it in (banking it off the lid). So we chuckle about it, what a coincidence..HAHA. So I go back to dragging the rig, 5 minutes later feel a bite, it's got that heavy, slow moving feel to it, it can't be I think, but there it is, another freakin' walleye. This one I had to measure as it wasn't an obvious keeper, but it was 19" and Joe got another fish to clean (tossed that one right into his livewell - nothing but net!). Double coincidence - good for a second laugh, and that was it for the walleye catching. For you crawler draggers - both wallies were at about 15 FOW off a gravel point.

I threw a Jika for a bit later this morning, saw bream back in the buck brush, so decided to try a Jika with a Beaver (in this case a Missile Baits Da Bomb). Hooked 3 bass on it, didn't get a one in the boat, but they are there in the brush. And they're out deep - take your pick.

Thanks for the report, after what I saw on the graph today, I agree that the drop shot is in order.

I did fish some deep water today with the c-rig, 20 feet or so way out on a point. Picked a couple of spots out in the depths. Wished I had my drop shot with me as I could see fish out there on the finder not far off the bottom.

Thanks guys, I'll loosen up that drag a bit. It's a relatively light spinning rod I was using for the fin, one of my old 8'6" steelhead spinning rods that was gathering dust.

Don't tell Powerdive where you got 'em. The guy is like a walleye vacuum cleaner. Nothing left but spotted bass and carp by the time he's done.

Cool, glad to hear you got into some bass and did some other fun stuff.

I'm sure I'll find something I "need".