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Thanks for the info mojorig. Any ideas if they are on flats, points, over the submerged forest, etc.? Jason

Wow...this is very telling. Looks like the thermocline starts kicking in between 30 and 35 feet. Temps above that are very isothermal. But yeah, the dissolved oxygen below that level is plenty sufficient to hold fish. Bluff-Bassin is right, lots of room for them to spread out vertically. I just have to wonder if the cold winter and the overall weather pattern being 2-3 weeks behind is having a play here. In other words, is the lake is currently in a mid-July pattern? It has certainly been tough sledding on the walleye front. Jason

Great read. Thanks for sharing! Jason

Nice report as usual Brad. Glad you got into em! Jason

Nice bunch of fish there Brad! Jason

Much appreciated Phil!

If you go to the Humminbird website and register your unit, you should be able to download a program called HumminbirdPC. You may be able to download it without registering. Not sure on that one. Once you get this program, it makes things pretty easy. You can open the MDC file right in that program and export the GPS points to an SD card. HTH, Jason

Well done last night Bob! Very informative. About the only thing you didn't share are the GPS points on your 1197. Good seeing you again... Jason

You did great Buster! That was a VERY informative seminar. Many thanks to you and Bill. BTW...liked that hat

Excellent report Brad. Glad someone is able to get out and catch em.

Nice report Brad! Hopefully your vessel is back in business. Jason

Good for you all Mike! I am sure that day will stick in the ole memory bank for a long...long time. I am glad you were able to get into some fish the last few times out. My father in law and I fished for about two and a half days down there and just could not buy a walleye. We fished from the Big Creek area back into the DC region. Mainly fished points, but did fish a few flats. We primarily fished the main lake, but did work 2-3 points back into some of the bigger creeks. Tried trolling cranks, jigging brush piles, and bottom bouncers anywhere from 25 to 40 feet deep. As for the bottom bouncers, we tried all sorts of combos from a plain slow death hook to a double hook harness. It seemed like most of the fish we marked were around 35 feet. Of course, the bass and bluegill cooperated! Think I may have caught a personal best bluegill. That sucker was thick! Jason

Great thread everyone! One for the archives. Brad...your last post is epic. Great info there! I think me and the family are going to head up for a weekend of camping. We'll be in a gray 16 foot Lund. I should be wearing an OU ballcap. Flag us down and say hello. Jason

Hey there KCBF. When you say stumps, are you talking timbered coves like Haverstick or Twin Coves? I briefly tried vertically jigging in the timber, but did not give it a fair shake. Jason

Glad you're back after em Bob. Thanks for the report. Jason

I appreciate everyone chiming in! I'm glad everyone else seems to be catching them...lol. Maybe I was just fishing the wrong piles. You'd think I would have caught a few by accident. I probably didn't try the timber long enough. I went into one cove with timber/stumps and tried casting a jig for about 30 minutes. You all keep tearing them up! PM sent Brad. Jason

Thanks for the reply Ranger520vx. I am glad someone figured them out! What part of the lake were you fishing? I didn't stray more than a mile from the Nemo launch. I mainly fished with a green/pink jig but also was casting a white jighead dressed with a yellow/chart twister tail. I really didn't mark a thing above the brushpiles. Were you fishing the tops of the piles or dropping down in them? Jason

Fished for about 7 hours on Friday out of Nemo. Would have been more but the trolling motor and electronics were giving me fits! Just could not figure out the crappie. Just a few shorts and no keepers. Initially tried fishing brush piles anywhere from 5 feet out to 25 feet. Tried jigging and casting. Then tried slow trolling a jig near the bottom along the bluffs in 15 to 25 fow. I just can't seem to figure this lake out. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Just one of those days...but still better than work! Jason

Spent about 4 hours trolling #7 Flicker Shads for crappie on the north part of the lake. Only managed a few keepers with a handful of shorts. The shad seemed to be in the coves but we weren't marking the crappie in the numbers we did last year. Another thing we noticed is that the crappie we were marking were between 20 and 25 feet down (25 to 60 fow). Those #7s were not reaching them...even with 15/4 braid. We therefore used some 3/4 and 1 oz. clip-on weights and that's when we managed to boat a few. Has anyone noticed that the thermocline is setting up a bit deeper than normal this year? Or...perhaps the thermocline is around the typical 20' but oxygen levels are still decent below that level. Hope someone has figured out the crappie this summer! Jason

Appreciate the responses! Jason

Thanks for the responses everyone! Jason

I posted this in another forum and haven't gotten many responses. Figured I'd give this one a shot. Can anyone recommend a good mechanic for a 2006 Yamaha 40 horse? Need to get some PMs done (oil change/maybe a tune-up). Have been using SportBoats USA the last few years but their prices have gotten rather steep. Thanks, Jason

Nice report Brad! Can't go wrong with Bandit 300s or #7 Flickershads from late spring into at least early fall. I've always done well with some sort of chartreuse color. If they'll hit a certain color jig, I will usually try and match that color with a crankbait. Jason

Can anyone recommend a good mechanic for a 2006 Yamaha 40 horse? Need to get some PMs done (oil change/maybe a tune-up). Have been using SportBoats USA the last few years but their prices have gotten rather steep. Thanks, Jason

One thing to throw out there is the lake level and feeder rivers themselves. When is the last time the Pomme and Lindley have been that high? Who knows what could have been on the exposed shorelines since the last time they were that high. Could they have washed something into the main lake? Speculation at best... Jason