Quillback

50 people? That has to be a pretty good sized boat. And it's going to hit 65 MPH? A boat with that capability would cost a few bucks.

I would like to see them place some rocks on the gravel run outs. Not a lot, but several small piles of head sized rocks close together. Seems like whenever you can find some rocks on those run outs there are usually bass around them. Stumps would probably work too, but you'd have to anchor them to the bottom.

Make sure you video it.

BassBlaster dude calls it the "Flanders" rig. And sometimes the "Tootsie Roll".

The hate comes from me - HAHA just kidding. I count them too (bass) and keep records. It helps me remember stuff like what they were biting on last April, because otherwise I would not remember.

Ned rig.

Yes they do vary as far as salt content. Seems like PB&J and GP/Orange are the worst at having less salty worms. At least, that has been my experience.

I'd like to see them stock some spotted bass fingerlings that were bred from those 10 lb. plus spots they have in California. I think those CA fish are Alabama strain and we have the smaller Kentucky strain.

They must think you are a large swim bait.

Wow, that doesn't really compare to what Bill sent them.

I'll glom on to Champs report as I went yesterday myself, but didn't fish as far up the White as Champ was. Still a good Ned bite, not quite as good as Monday, but I did put 25 in the boat, with maybe a half dozen borderline keepers, no bigguns. The fish I caught were still mostly deep, 15-25 FOW, but I did catch a half dozen on a Rock Crawler that were in the 6-8 foot range. Water temps were 47-49. No smallmouth at all yesterday.

I see why they named it Flat creek.

Good point, I think at the weigh-in in Tulsa they had somethin like 5,000 people (I may be off, but that arena was full). And the Expo was jam packed. They built a big launch site for the event also. That being said, I am all for it being on The Rock. You'd think JM would get behind it, good showcase for BPS and everything else tourist related in the area.

I've heard that Chirp is better on picking out fish that are glued to the bottom. My non-chirp finder isn't too good at that, but through spending quite a bit of time fishing for fish glued to the bottom I can figure out what I'm seeing. I would like to upgrade the font unit to chirp, but I can get by with what I have so I probably will not anytime soon.

Couple of nice fatties. I tip my hat to you on figuring out to go back in the coves and toss a hair jig. Fun way to catch them also.

For sure, and I've missed a few big fish in my life because I was a little unsure if it was a bite and didn't give them a good sticking. My philosophy now is to hammer 'em, especially when jig fishing.

Good stuff Bill, I think that is a great report that certainly gives someone making the trek from the KC area some good info on what to think about doing.

That is one bodacious spot for sure, congrats!

Sometimes when you hit "submit" the site is real slow to respond so it's easy to hit it a couple more times and end up with several duplicate posts. No big deal.

Yep, hard not to pick him on that lake.

Yep, Dave is a good man to fish with, we have some good conversations.

Had the good pleasure of fishing with Huntest (the other Dave) today, we had what I think was just an exceptional day for this time of year. We threw the Ned all day, except for about 5 casts where I threw a shaky head, on the 5th cast I hung it up and broke it off, so back to the Ned. Anyway, me being goofy and always counting fish, I caught exactly 30 today, Dave got a little behind early as he was throwing a "Goby" colored Ned to begin with, and it just wasn't working, but once I convinced him "Dirt" was the color to throw, he kept pace. He doesn't count his, but we had 50 today probably, with maybe 10 keepers. 1/8 oz Neds, throwing them towards the bank and dragging them back slowly on the bottom. Fish have moved a bit shallower, we were getting them from 5 to 20 FOW, with a few out deeper. Gravel banks with some rock near deep water were good, and so were some rocky points. We did fish back in one cove, but only got one bass back there, most were near the main channel. Biggest fish was a 5 lb. LM, healthy fish, but had several of those big black patches on it. Never seen one with so much of that coloration. PB&J was working too. I don't know how much color matters, but they liked Dirt and PB&J today. Water temps were 47-49. Funny story about the 5 lber, Dave had hooked up on a decent fish, which turned out to be a 20" walleye (released), I had just made a cast, and I stepped back in the boat to net the fish or hand him the net I forget, anyway I was holding my rod with one hand, and once we got the walleye in the boat, I moved up to the front and started to reel, well that Ned had been sitting on the bottom, and when I started to reel I thought I was hung up, but it started moving and I realized it was a good bass. One of those flukey things that happen sometimes. Had a photographer with me today, so you get to see my smiling face.

You would think that if it is true, they would get the word out in plenty of time for people to get ready to move docks etc.,

That's interesting. TN fish must be weird.

Seems to be a winter thing.