SKMO Posted December 15, 2006 Author Posted December 15, 2006 SKMO, NO offense and thanks for the reports, they give me enjoyment while stuck behind the desk. Actually, I am envious you get to post so much, because that means you are fishing all time. Take care. CMAC - No offense taken whatsoever. I knew you were probing tongue-in-cheek. If it's any consolation the fish from that "hotspot" have completely disappeared, along with the shad. Now not so much a hotspot as the Sahara Desert of fishes, a location they seem to have vacated with a vengance. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
SKMO Posted December 15, 2006 Author Posted December 15, 2006 SKMO Cotton Candy? Cotton Candy what? I think you are posing that question to CMAC perhaps. He was the one pondering a favorite color. Cotton Candy can be a hot color at times and I have a couple bags of it in dropshot worms and grubs. There is a lot of clear stuff with glitter that I have as well. I tend to think the real purty stuff is meant more to attract fishing lure buyers than fish and I am as guilty as anyone as falling for that one. I have several pounds of lovely plastic that is doing nothing more than than weighing the boat down that. I have this one grub I think it's called "blue tinsel ice" or something like that that's just georgous, I'm thinking of having a couple made into earrings for my wife for Xmas, it is that pretty. When I am begging/finesse fishing for a bite I usually stick to basic subdued natural hues, smokes, greys, off-whites, shades of green. I'm more apt to throw something snazzy swimming a grub on the gravel which to me is more of a reaction bite. Honestly I think we all get desperate a lot of the time looking for a magic color when it does not exist. When I was learning the lake (and I am still learning the lake) I'd get the specifics and try to duplicate the bait: "Joe Bob was fishing a Purple Prune Thingamajig and tore them up" So I'd but some purple prune thingamajigs and get skunked. What I needed to key in on was the fact that Joe Bob was fishing his in 25'-35' of water on secondary point bluff ends with a transition to gravel with a deep channel nearby, and it was an afternoon bite. Had I gone for that I'd probably gotten bitten on about anything I presented that got down there in Joe Bobs sweet spot. The problem is our location, timing and presentation, and the fact we are not fishing around active fish. But I have said that before. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
champ187xr6 Posted December 16, 2006 Posted December 16, 2006 SKMO you are right that was intended for CMAC. I am with you color is not as important as some make it out to be although cotton candy has been a good color for me on the Rock. I am no expert but I have find the majority of the fish on TR feed at about the same time everday. That is not to say they all feed at 10 for example but a school that feeds at 10 one day will tend to feed close to 10 the next day. This is jmho.
CMAC Posted December 18, 2006 Posted December 18, 2006 Champ, Cotton Candy thats the one. For me in the winter that color gives me confidence. That is what it is all about, let's change the word "color" to "confidence"
Members fshnbuddy2 Posted January 3, 2007 Members Posted January 3, 2007 is that 3rd pic a spot or a lm not sure but it mite be a lm? am i correct
SKMO Posted January 3, 2007 Author Posted January 3, 2007 is that 3rd pic a spot or a lm not sure but it mite be a lm? am i correct They were all spots. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
SKMO Posted January 4, 2007 Author Posted January 4, 2007 Hey guys, I've got the scoop on SKMO's spot. In fact he told me he put the "X" on the floor of his boat so he could find it next trip....... LOL!!!! Old joke but what the heck, I'm old......... Well how old are you? I'm just 23 but I quit ripping up carpet iin my boat in my late teens as I was getting the spots I marked all sprayed over and it got too confusing. Then I realized there was no such thing as a "spot". Unless of course you know how to use GPS and then "spots" take on real significance. SKMO "A True Fisherman with a Rod in His hand, and a Tug on the Line, would not Trade His Position for the Throne of Any King"
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