Seth

The only thing I've noticed that those who uploaded custom display pictures are no longer working. I had to reupload a new one.

Focused on hitting eddy's and seams today with 1/8oz jigs and boated 20-25 fish including a 23" 4.5# rainbow. We fished from the cable all the way down to Landing. Best area for numbers was the bank across from Trout Hollow, but they were all just stocker sized. Trophy area was much slower, but there are a few fish in the bigger eddies above the Narrows on the bluff side. Most fish came on white but also caught them on black and sculpin/ginger jigs. I'm not sure color really mattered much, but getting the jig down to the bottom and keeping it there was key! Fish was weighed, measured and released at Lilleys dock.

Even the holier than thou fisherpeoples like to embellish their fishing stories. 😁

Read my post again. I said I don't freeze fish and the ones I do give away are only for a FRESH meal of fish. They are gone before I go fishing again. The fish I keep and clean rarely get frozen because I don't keep a big wad of them at anytime because 1) I fish frequently and 2) I don't like to clean fish. You're wasting your time preaching to me about "over harvesting" because I already understand that topic very well. Better focus your time on somebody else.

Maybe it's because I fish so often, but I rarely freeze fish. I'd rather keep what I can eat in a few days plus give away to a few others so they can have fresh fish instead of just freezing it. I'll keep a gallon on hand in case somebody wants to have a fish fry and that's about it. Just like with venison, there are always people out there craving some fresh fish fillets so it's not hard to get rid of.

I have a 2013 150 with over 400 hours on it. Usually average a bit over 200 hours in between my 3 year service interval. Been a great motor and it sees use nearly every weekend. This past year I was experiencing a fuel starvation issue at high RPMs and the fix ended up being to replace the fuel lift pump. Motor was beyond the 5 year warranty period so I had to pay for it, but I guess I can't really gripe too much since I had ran the dog pee out of it for 6 years before having an issue. I'm planning on running this one till she blows or I sell/trade the boat in for a new one.

Knock on wood, I've not had any trailer light issues since I replaced my standard lights with LEDs. I also moved the ground wire from the swing away tongue back to the solid part of the frame. The only real issue I can recall ever having since getting my first boat back in 08 was blowing bulbs due to water getting in to the housing and hit a hot bulb.

Liner gloves underneath wool fingerless gloves is my go to for when it's really cold. I wore that setup during the Elfrink trout tourney a few weeks ago when it was in the teens and my hands stayed nice and warm even after the liner tips got a little wet from putting fish in the livewell. There was no issue fishing a jig for trout that morning with them on.

Apologies for the confusion. I realize that most anglers refer to it as filamentous algae instead of moss. Hopefully you were the only one confused.......

Considering he had only caught a few trout in his life, he didn't think it was too bad. I know how it usually though and was highly disappointed.

I was thinking maybe they filled their bellies when all of that junk got flushed down the lake. I'm sure it had to have dislodged a ton of food for them to pig out on. Usually those stockers will gobble the pink worm and swim around with it, but most would just barely nip at it a few times and then leave. I'd expect that on a jig under a float, but they usually keep coming back for the pink worm.

Took a buddy down to show him the ropes so he can start taking his family down in the future. I told him we'd be hitting the "stocker hoels" and going for numbers so he can get the hang of catching trout and that 75-100 fish for the day would be normal. We fished about 10 hours and only managed to boat 25-30 on sculpin colored jigs and the pink worm. They weren't on the black and orange head varieties like they had been for us. Lilleys down to Cooper Creek flats was the "best" areas for us. I think the fish were just a lot deeper than I anticipated and we focused on the shallower stuff most of the days out of stubbornness since it had been working so well for me all winter long. Not sure what the deal was with the moss, but it's been a while since I had seen it that bad. The first few hours of the morning were a bust because you coudln't hardly fish without getting your lure caked in moss each cast. It was definitely one of the toughest days I'd had in a while.

Shoot! I wish you would have posted this a couple days ago. I'd have traded you a 6' for your 6.5'. I've got a 6' and I prefer the 6.5' myself. Next time I'll be headed that way will probably be whenever Phil decides to hold the CAM tourney this spring. That's usually in April I recall correctly.

My buddy bought a TFO trout-panfish rod that looks like the Air Streams. It was about $30 more, but he says he prefers it over his Air Streams. I've not fished his TFO to compare it to the Air Streams, but it looks like the same rod to me. I figured they made them for BPS. The lengths and ratings are all very similar as well.

If you're still down tomorrow, keep and eye out for the black and orange Legend SS. I'm meeting a buddy in Ozark around 6:30am and then head down that way. He's never been trout fishing down there before and has been hounding me to take him and show him the ropes. We'll probably be spending most of the day below Fall Creek so he can try and learn the basic.

This right here. Rip the sides off the with the electric knife, but use the non-electric fillet knife for the finishing work. I can trim red meat and rib with a non-electric knife a lot better than I can with the electric one. Whites are good eating, but I prefer crappie over them simply because of the extra work that is involved with prepping the white filets for eating. I definitely wouldn't turn them down though if I get into a mess of them.

I mean, I'm pretty sure you could deep fry a dog turd rolled in Andy's and it'd be edible so creek chubs should be minor. 😁

Sounds like everything is coming from the same lake too. You can bet that place is going to get absolutely pounded to death now! https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/other-sports/2021/02/27/lake-oh-ivie-near-san-angelo-is-a-big-bass-hotspot-after-spectacular-february-catches/

The 16.4 mentioned in the article must be the one that the Milliken Fishing Youtube channel just posted. Their best 5 that day went almost 60#! A 16.4, two 12s and a bunch of 6-9 pounders. Josh Jones (the Garmin guy) has been posting a bunch of studs lately too. He posted one that was in the 15# range a few days ago. That brutal period of cold must have stacked those giant sows up like cord wood down in Texas!

I used the 90 yesterday to fix some spots where the carpet was coming up on my boat. I've also used the traditional contact cement that you paint on with good success too. The spray can is far more convenient though.

Last year I was the first spot out the money in several fishing tourneys as well as fantasy fishing. If I can tear it up in the real tourneys this year and bomb in fantasy, I'd be alright with that. 😁

Well looks like I'll be done paying attention to fantasy fishing early this year. Clunn zeroed on me last tourney and now Zaldain. My two tourneys combined don't equal to what I usually get for one. 😆

I have my hunting/fishing, trout stamp and spring turkey tags set for auto-renew as of now. I'm all about having one less thing to remember to do.

Worst tournament ever for me. Not a single angler made it past day 2 AND I had Clunn so got a goose egg for him. Currently sitting in at the 17.6th percentile. 😄

I guess so. Only lower unit turns, not the entire engine.