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Will be down, fishing from PB2. Se safe, and good luck.

Nice bag of fish. How long was the pause between twitches?

Bill, Congratulations on a great looking girl. Any guess as to how big?

Thank you for all the feedback. Hopefully we'll get some cooperative weather conditions and have some fun.

Regarding the cedar tree top bite; Is this approach fished on a cedar flat, or are you putting together a milk run of isolated trees? It's a blast to fish, but would like to dial it in a little better. Great informative forum.

Good to read that there is some bass fishing going on. Fishing a 9 boat club tournament out of Orlean Trails next weekend. Hoping that the water stays in the bushes. Will write up anything that we do or don't figure out.

Cannot say this any better than Mike. "I hope everyone down there is ok today. You are in our prayers."

Coming down to do some 'myth-busting' this weekend. Sounds like I'll have better luck capturing Bigfoot on video than catching keepers.

Oustanding read and thank you for the information.

To assist with keeping fish alive, Eric has hit it right on the head. I've added an after market temperature gauge and oxygenator system to keep the dissolved oxygen levels high. Remember that cooler water can support a higher DO level than warmer water. Spend the money on a few bags of ice and take care of our resource.

Congratulations on some nice fish catches. Looking forward to getting out and doing some myself.

The week of 10/19 - 10/25 I was practicing for and participating in the MOBASS State Championship. The majority of fish that I caught were on brown/orange or green/orange Eakins jigs with a green pumpkin twin-tail trailer. The size of the jig was dependant on the depth of water being fished. The fish were primarily on gravel banks and under boat docks in 8-30' of water. The water was clouded with the abundant sediment that is currently suspended. I spent a lot of time between Baxter and Shell Knob, and averaged 3-5 keepers a day and 15-20 shorts too. Had a 4.25 LM, a 3+ jaws and several 3+ spots throughout the week. Lost what I feel was a really big jaws when it pulled off a jig. I was able to locate a spinnerbait bite up by Big M (clearer water) on chunk rock or trees in the wind and with cloud cover. Similar areas produced topwater fish too. Spent Saturday throwing jigs on an open gravel bank and pitching them into boat dock stalls. This produced 3 keepers. Sunday, I could not buy a jig bite, so I changed to a white spoon (on advice from a friend) in the same areas and caught 4 keepers. These 7 went 15.68 and good enough for 6th place. Hope this helps. Great forum, keep up the contributions.