Members 24KGold Posted July 1, 2010 Members Share Posted July 1, 2010 It was another incredible day on the Buffalo River! My brother and I got on the river at the Hwy 14 bridge at 7:30 yesterday morning and floated to Rush. We stopped counting fish by 10:00 and by the end of the day we had probably caught around 75. Most of them were in the 8 to 10 inch size but we caught quite a few in the 12 and 13 inch size with a few at 14 and one 15 incher. I've had better luck in the past with large ones but this was my brother's first trip on the Buffalo. He is visiting from Albuquerque New Mexico and didn't want to leave. The weather was perfect and the fish cooperated. What more could you ask for? If the water level drops another 2 or 3 inches, however, there will be a lot of dragging, but we only had to get out once. Low traffic on the river and everyone was behaving. One of those rare days that are just perfect, especially this time of the year. Terry P.S. Be kind to Smallmouth...fish barbless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmuddy Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 what were ya'll using? everything in this post is purely opinion and is said to annoy you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 24KGold Posted July 3, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2010 what were ya'll using? We were using green tube jigs with black flakes. "Bitsy tubes" is the brand name. I've tried other colors with some results, however, the pumkinseed has been by far the best producer over everything else. I always pinch the barb down on the hook because with the tube jigs, the fish tend to get it deep into them. without the barb, it's easy to take a pair of long nose pliers, push, twist and remove the hook with little injury to the fish. The mortality rate seems to be much higher fishing barbless. You may loose a few smaller fish because of the way they wiggle after being hooked, but the larger fish come in with little to no hook loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmuddy Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I fished the buffalo Thursday and caught 9 brownies in about 4 hours. The fishing was tough because the water was dropping so fast(the white was running 0 units). I caught my biggest fish on a pumpkinseed tube on a scrounger head. I think the color your refering to is watermelon seed. everything in this post is purely opinion and is said to annoy you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmuddy Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 here is a pic of a watermelon seed tube: everything in this post is purely opinion and is said to annoy you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 24KGold Posted July 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 That's close to the color, but green pumpkin is what is printed on the bag from Strike King. I'm sure most colors will work somewhat...I've tried most of them. Here is a picture of the shade I use. It looks like it has a little Olive shade to the green compared to yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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