14 January, K Dock

[duckydoty]

Put in at K Dock just as it was getting light. One other boat had put in before me so the ramp was just a little icy. Started trolling the flat right in front of the launch with #7 flicker shad and boated my first short walleye before the sun was shinning. Had high hopes with that but it was kinda slow till I got in a school of whites that were in a feeding frenzy a little after noon. Worked the flats in front of KDock hard till about noon. Picked up 2 keeper crappies there and a 21 inch walleye along with three big whites that I let go. Moved on up above snap and found the feeding frenzy. First pass through and all 3 rods went down at the same time. I would reel one in close, put it back in holder and then grab the next. Ended up boating all three big whites one the first pass. Next pass all three rods bent again. Only boated 2 of them. Called it quits after that.

[rangerman]

Fun, fun....good day duck! Hope to get down next week.

[ten_scoach]

Dd, what wa water temp? Thanks.

[duckydoty]

40.2 when I started. 42.7 when I left

[Feathers and Fins]

Love the winter bite so few people even understand how good it is.

[Ham]

Could I catch any of those Whites casting?

[duckydoty]

You sure could. They were in 18-20 fow. Guys I saw last week that pulled in behind me after I went through a school and all rods went down crushed them on an A rig. I imagine a swimming minnow would have worked good too. I would have played with them more but I had other places I wanted to fish today and had to limit my time with them.

[capndan]

Ducky and others,

I enjoy Ozark Anglers and love learning new things but I do have a comment, a question, and a request. I think it would be safe to say that I turned you on to the Flickershad last year for crappie and whiteys. Right after several of my posts wanting to share the wealth a little, as is the spirit of the site which I like, yet at the same time it is having some adverse effects as well. You will notice I pretty much disappeared from posting. The reason being within two weeks there was a train of boats following my every move and a flickershad explosion. Of course people are going to see you when you are catching fish. But we both know it became a circus. I have helped I do not know how many people to catch fish and given them my techniques. Several wives mad at me for turning there husbands into boat buying gear buying fishing junkies All well and good but I think some people need to also learn on their own by trial and experience and comradarie on the water. As I read on OA many of us are giving up everything even down to exact location of flats, piles, food highways etc.. I am afraid it is going to seriously impact our fishery and we will be regretting some of what we have done. No, I will say it is seriously impacting us negatively. Case in point I had several boats come up to me last year and say hey you Capndan? Thanks a ton! I came down from KC, I came up from Ark, I read your post and came from, you get the idea and I am not even kidding. Well white bass are prolific but crappie and Walleye are not, especially on the Rock. The late crappie haul James river last two months. My buddy and I were on it before any posts. First day they moved in shallow we caught 150 big crappie then 1 week later I saw posts telling every detail and even some detail on piles that many knew about but not the whole world. Next week boat explosion some from just local knowledge but many from this site and boats on every pile. We still caught 90 the next week but size was down and numbers down. I really wish I had said nothing last year about where I was. It will start out as a zoo. Couple weeks ago one of your buddies joked but was half if not all serious about giving out pile location. Don't get me wrong I love to share but my question to all of you is " When is enough enough? Request is: you know what I am talking about for early last spring please don't post it when it gets going. I have fished that area for several years with some boat traffic but I started and avalanche last year and I deeply regret it. It is called fishing and sharing is a part of it but this electronic sharing is out of the banks. I know many of you would agree but will probably be afraid to post and I hope this post is not removed. I do value you all and this site but location I will never again speak of on the site. Catch me on the water and I will be glad to help out any fisherman on the water and always do, but if I do don't post it. Or I will certainly never divulge to that person again. Word on the water capndan is open book but on electronic media Ill give tips but that is all I will do. Ducky you are a great guy I hope you aren't offended because you are a giving sharing person. I just hope I am dead wrong and our fishery can stand up to what I am afraid is becoming a feeding frenzy by many guys I know would never share with us what we have given them by our trial and error and goodness of our hearts, they haven't had to work for. Kind of like our govt giving handouts to people who do not work are we teaching or giving everything away? Lets teach but not give it all away right? Good Question I hope.....

[Ham]

I've been know to throw the light a rigs for white bass. Road runners, grubs, jigging spoons, swimming minnows, blade baits, and tail spinners might get used as well. Hmmmmmmmmm

[ten_scoach]

Capndan,

I agree completely. Wish there was a way to only share info with others who also share info like dd did with this post. That's great to share and share in return. My problem is the 15 guys who show up at your spot and contribute nothing in return. Then they look at you like "hey, you're in my spot". I was privy to that crappie bite in cape fair this winter. Early on it was good, but once word got out, crappie were few n far between. I would guess maybe of the 100 boats out there, 4 shared info on OA, 4 were just out for fun, and 92 were out there because they heard about the bite. Of course I have no data to prove that, just my .o2. I, like you, stopped sharing much because a bunch of other people would show up who shared no new Intel with me. I'm a "show me" man. You show me some fish, I'll show you some fish.