Babler And His New Toys

[FRENZEL]

Hey Bill, How about for the last few pounds we squeeze you in a drift boat on all your Taney trips.. Only they all start from Lilleys and you have to row your way to the dam. You know a little resistance training. Oh and your clients cant be under 6ft tall and 220lbs.

[FRENZEL]

Hey I just noticed I am a Black Crappie and its April...

[Ealy]

Good job on the weight loss. I'm going the other direction with the "Fat For Life Diet". A strict regimen of McDonald's Sausage Biscuits, Wendy's Chili, and Sonic Cheeseburgers served with french fries and washed down with Dr Pepper.

[dtrs5kprs]

Unexpected bonus of weight loss...it makes your fish look bigger when immortalized on film I myself now have to catch fish over 6# just to represent an average 15 incher in a photo. Good work sir.

[gabe]

You look like a kid on Christmas day Bill. Let us know which one works the best. I really like the bone with chartruese belly.

[ozarkgunner]

Hey I just noticed I am a Black Crappie and its April...

Heck I'm a black crappie also..... why do I keep moving between fish types.... and mostly why are some "trash fish" status "ranked higher" than I am?

[bigredbirdfan]

Good job on the weight loss. I'm going the other direction with the "Fat For Life Diet". A strict regimen of McDonald's Sausage Biscuits, Wendy's Chili, and Sonic Cheeseburgers served with french fries and washed down with Dr Pepper.

Awesome. I thought of the same thing. Then I can go on a weight lose reality show for a chance at some money.

[Sam]

Bill - No wonder you get a little cranky sometimes, you're hungry. Next time I'll just throw you a Sonic Bacon Cheeseburger and run. Congratulations on the weight loss, though.

Hey, I put in at Mill Creek yesterday and fished those big sandy points straight across west from the Kimberling Bridge. I tried a Lucky Craft Pointer jerkbait in about 18 feet like you've been saying, and I caught 3 keeper largemouths. The wind came up and I was having trouble keeping a tight line on the jerkbait, so I switched over to a Green Pumpkin Senko wacky-rigged with a Kahle hook - dropping it down beside the tree trunks and twitching it on the way down. I got 3 more keepers in about an hour - so that bite's starting. Actually, I was fishing the Kinami worm from WalMart - I'm too cheap to buy Senkos and I think they're the same thing.

None of the bass were real big, nothing over 17", and I think they were all males. By that time my aluminum boat was taking a beating from the wind (it can go about 15 mph backwards and sideways), so I ran down to Little Cow Creek to get out of it. I released those bass and didn't have any filets to take home, so I thought just maybe I could catch a crappie. I couldn't.

That seems odd. I catch crappie out of Little Cow Creek about June, once in awhile a limit - so I know they're in there. 'Way back near the end of it, it has everything a crappie could want - lots of brush, deep water in the middle, and pea-gravel banks and flats for spawning. I couldn't get a bite, though, so I sure don't know how to catch a crappie near Kimberling City right now.

On the way back I was out in the waves and whitecaps and I noticed a big bunch of seagulls feeding in that shallow flat on the south side of Point 7. I went over where they were and scoped a big bunch of shad that were blown up against the point, so I drifted through there twice dragging a Storm "Soft Shad" plug. I got a short Kentucky bass on each pass, 14" and 14 1/2". That would have been fun if I could have stayed on it, but there was no way I could stay still and the waves were so bad it was dangerous to even turn my boat crossways to them. I headed for home with no filets, but I had a great time - even in the wind. Water temp was 51 on the main lake and 53 in Little Cow Creek.

[mclothier1]

Bill - No wonder you get a little cranky sometimes, you're hungry. Next time I'll just throw you a Sonic Bacon Cheeseburger and run. Congratulations on the weight loss, though.

Hey Bill, try some of my ribs....

Im sorry, that is kinda mean... if your doin the low carb thing, then by all means grab a slab!

BTW nice lures!

[Jason Essary]

Ok bill, which megabass stickbait are those, i havent found one like it yet. maybe im on the wrong site.