The Big M 3/19/2013

[abkeenan]

Nice report and pic of the crawdad. Here is one of my custom paints I had done.....can you say match the hatch?

[Fishman1227]

Craws make great bait for bass fishing! Thanks for the report!

  On 3/20/2013 at 1:04 AM, Quillback said:

With the nasty weather forecast for later this week, I thought I'd better get out there while I had a chance. Fishing was OK, caught a dozen bass, mostly LM's and I think I remember maybe 3 spots. Got them all dragging a tube on rocky flats, or in small rocky pockets. Caught one bass that had this craw in his mouth, picture is a bit blurry, but you crawologists can get a sense of the color, green, with black borders on the shell and some orange on the ends of the legs. He was about 2.5" long.

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Here's a pic of a pocket that I caught 5 bass out of, boat was sitting in 10 FOW and the area where the bass were, in the back of the pocket, but not all the way back, was about 4-5 feet deep and rocky. No standing timber in the water at all.

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Big bass of the day, 3.5 lbs.

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I did not throw the A-rig, I just don't like to fish it, I have no problem with other people fishing it, but it's just not something I enjoy doing.

[Quillback]

  On 3/21/2013 at 2:22 PM, abkeenan said:

Nice report and pic of the crawdad. Here is one of my custom paints I had done.....can you say match the hatch?

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Wow, that is a nice looking custom job on that Wart.

[abkeenan]

  On 3/21/2013 at 7:29 PM, Quillback said:

Wow, that is a nice looking custom job on that Wart.

Got them done at Baitwerks last year. Pics don't do them justice. Here is a better pic of the color I posted above and another.

[Champ188]

I should say, too, that I appreciate the reports, Quill. Always plenty of information to help me get a grip on what's going on ... or not going on. By the way, I couldn't recognize that pocket on a bet and like Bill, that fish is probably a little too big for me to be acquainted with. That one is more Donna's size.

[Guest]

  On 3/22/2013 at 4:48 PM, abkeenan said:

Got them done at Baitwerks last year. Pics don't do them justice. Here is a better pic of the color I posted above and another.

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Dwain is one of the best painters that I know.

He's a very cool guy that runs a one man show out of his tiny little shop.

Excellent painter, indeed

[Quillback]

Well guys I have to brag, Got this fat gal today over here at Lake Windsor in Bella Vista, just under 7 lbs. I bet she weighs 4 after she spawns. On a custom painted Norman Flake Megabass. Caught another one at 4.25, was trying to lip one that was around 5 that got off, and had another one that looked to be 5 or 6 get off about 10 feet from the boat. Had another half dozen or so chunky fish in the 2 lb. range. Right place at the right time, they were chasing shad and being stupid. I like stupid bass

[Guest]

  On 3/22/2013 at 9:53 PM, Quillback said:

Well guys I have to brag, Got this fat gal today over here at Lake Windsor in Bella Vista, just under 7 lbs. I bet she weighs 4 after she spawns. On a custom painted Norman Flake Megabass. Caught another one at 4.25, was trying to lip one that was around 5 that got off, and had another one that looked to be 5 or 6 get off about 10 feet from the boat. Had another half dozen or so chunky fish in the 2 lb. range. Right place at the right time, they were chasing shad and being stupid. I like stupid bass

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Good job!!!!

Im getting restless. LOL

[Champ188]

Nice fish, Quill ... musta been nuts in BV today. I heard of a similar sack caught at Ann, also on jerk bait.

[Hojo]

Is that a spot?!