Man What A Sunny Day Can Change!

[J.E.]

HUH? I guess I don't follow your post? You can't have 25 pound bags everyday... And your not going to do it with most clients..

Explain for me will you I'm getting old and slow...

Don

Yes you are Don...............

Techno I'm in town this weekend so I'll be bringing the "Old Capt. Don" to the lake with me, you know how it is he's having a hard time finding the water!!!

The big thing about Don and Bill is that they tell you the truth. No fluff or marketing Bull Heads, just honest reports. Thanks guys and KEEP IT UP!

See you tomorrow..........

[dtrs5kprs]

To me the Rock is a very "local" lake. Doesn't mean you have to live there to catch some fish, but you do have to be willing to fish what the lake gives you. Example: I remember staying next to some guys who were fishing the NE Fed tmt out of Kimberling three years ago. None of them had any #6 line, and none of them had a smoke grub tied on. Also none of them would consider it when I suggested it. No sweat to me, but Brush Hogs and #20 big game just won't make it here most of the time.

As someone who is still learning the lake going into year 13 of fishing it, you have to give up some notions that work other places. I had to learn to speed up when the weather gets bad (cold & wind), the dead opposite of what I was taught and what worked up north. You also have to embrace finesse...after decades of gitzits, grubs, and drop-shots I still have lots of friends who fish Truman, LOZ, Smithville that hate the Rock b/c it is clear and requires finesse work. We all have our preferences but this is not usually a lake where you can force the issue. If the so-called average fisherman will put pretty scenery out of their heads, get out of the calm water, and find some flat gravel or chunk rock with wind they have a chance to do better than ok.

If you ever have a chance to run the spawn coves around Baxter when the fish are paired and visible, or get on some of the big schools of spoon fish in the winter, it really sinks in that this lake is absolutely full of bass.

[techo]

See you in the morning J.E.