Finally Retired

[samv]

Hello fellow anglers,

I was once a master at downrigger fishing but now have a Bass Boat and I have got to spend some time on these beautiful MO and AR lakes. I hadn't wet a line in years until last week end on Table Rock where I caught one nice Bass and released it because one don't make dinner. I'm hooked again.

[Ham]

One legal Bull Shoal's walleye does.

[Hogs on the Fly]

I like walleye. When are you taking me out in that lake boat of yours Ham?

[Ham]

Hard to make our work schedules click, but maybe soon. I'll call.

[samv]

I hope to find out about those Bull Shoals Walleye next week end Ham. I have to learn all over again so any suggestions are gladely accepted. Most of my fishing has been trolling long line or downriggers. Not a lot of finesse fishing.

[Ham]

Mike Worley gives great fishing reports and guides on BSL. Read his stuff. I catch my walleye while bass fishing. Happy to have em. I know very little about bottom bouncers or trolling for walleye.

[West Fork Jason]

" I know very little about bottom bouncers or trolling for walleye. "

Here's one from our general warm water opener a little over a week ago, swinging an articulated streamer with a steelhead rod.

I hate you guys down there and your "fishing seasons".

Sam- good luck with the Waldo's! They are yummy... Alot of folks fish Lake Superior for them with downriggers, planers, dipsy divers, etc. and do well with the larger ones. Should be a good method when your lakes warm up down there???

[samv]

Well Ham, I will read his reports. I consider myself a complete novice at Bass or Walleye fishing. Thanks for the tip.

West Fork Jason, if I could figure out a safe way for an old man like me to mount and fish downriggers off a bass boat I would give that a try here.