2 Pm Till 5 Pm

[Bill Babler]

Water temps today are just flat jumping and that means, big bites and lots of them. Had Ed and Joe today out of State Park, and it was my best day by far, this year on the Rock.

Keepers, I don't know. Well over a massive ammount in 3 hrs. With a 4 pound SMJ and a 3.6 K leading the way.

Will tell you this, One inside main lake dam area point with the breeze a strokin it we had 9 Spots off it and all were absolute toads. Best 5 off this point alone well over 16 pounds. Could have used some of them last Saturday.

Nice guess on the baits, all were suspending types. Wonder what?

Scum moss line at the dam from 5 to 20 ft. anything that hits the bottom comes back looking like a green tennis ball. My answer, don't hit the bottom.

Cool nights and morning and warm afternoons, means big fish late.

Good Luck

[Jason Essary]

Wow, thats like putting salt in my wounds Bill. Glad to hear u had a great day.

I hit the water bout 4 and fished till 7. nothing, fished some places that Mr. Beck told me to try, as i went with him thursday. between point 5 and 6. 51 degree water, threw a stick in pointer char shad most all the time. tried moderate retrieve with no luck and went to soaking them. Nothing.

Dont understand what i did wrong. guess maybe i wasnt holding my mouth right.....

[S&M]

Post deleted for the betterment of the members.

As well as my membership on this website.

[Bill Babler]

Don't know if this helps, but on our best spots, I was just able to hold the boat, with the trolling motor, jumping out of the water in the pounding surf. It would have been pretty tough to both soak a stickbait like we were doing, and hold the boat. Could not get bit out of the wind, but it was everywhere and not a problem. Fished 7 locations, and got bit big time on 4 of them.

I will tell you this, the boys I had today were real "Hand's" They could flat fish. Never worked a stickbait before, and it took all of 10 minutes and they were working it PERFECT and I mean GREAT. Ed in the Back, let the bait soak, and dragged and tickled it and they ate him up.

Tecnique and beliving is so important for this bait, and I have never had a set of clients work them better. It was truely a dream trip. I get fisherman about 5 times a year that are even compairable to these guys. Never have fished their equal or better.

Water temps at the start 50.3 at the end of the day 51.7.

Good Luck

[CMAC]

  Bill Babler said:

Scum moss line at the dam from 5 to 20 ft. anything that hits the bottom comes back looking like a green tennis ball. My answer, don't hit the bottom.

Great analogy!

[vacation]

Fished yesterday 5-6pm around dam, windy chunk rock banks, caught my limit of lm and ky's, then had to go home.

All on green pumpkin double tail grub, scrubbing the bottom, although I didnt find much moss at all on my bait and I was hitting the bottom a lot...guess it depends where you are. Attached is a nice fat 2.7lb lm...

[vacation]

Cant get pic to upload..sorry

[Bill Babler]

You have mentioned catching your limit a couple of times now. I hope for the life of me you are not killing these pregnant sows full of eggs.

Love to have you on the board, and am glad you are doing well, but if you are, please don't kill these fish.

Look forward to your continued participation.

[Whack'emGood]

  Bill Babler said:

You have mentioned catching your limit a couple of times now. I hope for the life of me you are not killing these pregnant sows full of eggs.

Love to have you on the board, and am glad you are doing well, but if you are, please don't kill these fish.

Look forward to your continued participation.

I assumed that also.

[vacation]

Dudes....I have been a member since 2006 and know better than to keep my bass

Even if i did, and i dont...i would never open that can of worms...

When i say limit, i mean a 5 bass stringer over 15 inches....that is all,

heading out tonight for an hour or two and try to catch my "limit", then photo them, then release them unharmed for my wife to catch.

Good fishing