Last Night And This Mornings Report.

[rps]

I did not fish at all this weekend. (Don't even think about asking me to justify that decision.) However, I will admit I really, really wanted your report to be accurate.

[duckydoty]

Thanks for all the feed back guys, even the negative is appreciated. There are definitely consequences in posting a false report, then letting everyone in on it afterwards. At this point in time I do not feel the report effected the fishing pressure in the falsified location to a great degree, but I could be wrong. I think it did influence a few to get out and enjoy the nice weather...not such a bad thing. If this were a different time of the year and the report was on another popular targeted species, such as white bass, I think the results could have been quite different.

I do know that to participate in a "wild goose chase" can be frustrating and for that I apologise. Sitting back and observing one along with getting feed back is Definately interesting

[Tanderson15]

My doubt came with getting snags longlining flicker shads and not with BB them 30" behind at .5 mph. I have used floating stick baits that dive at most to 3' but not plugs that dive beyond 8'. If you are getting snagged reel some line in or smaller bait. I BB 80% of the time. Get down to .5 mph even spinners with floats snag.

[powerdive]

I wondered about that also, Terry, but wanted to believe, so I figured Ducky was using his bow mount and keeping the bouncer high. Not so easy in skinny water, though.

Personally, I don't like being taken in. I don't chase either, but I do try to learn something. I fished Stockton. Thanks, DD, for not letting it drag out.

[Tanderson15]

Powerdive I try to believe also as I would not post something that was not true. I always post the facts such as speed, lure, depth and such, but not everything, like exact location. I'll just say points or flats between point 5 and point 12. Friends that I know get everything with personnel msg. Post interesting though. And yes thanks for owning up.

[fishinwrench]

Well, I'd argue that the results of this experiment might be skewed being it's January. A nice day in January....but still. Try the same experiment during a time that 10x more fishermen are likely to be out and about, and you might witness more noticeable effects.

Even though it was a nice weekend there were certainly more dry trailer bunks than wet ones in this region.

[Tanderson15]

Well maybe wrong, but look at next post, Busters Walleye. Time of year does not seem to matter. Striper reports on beaver have increased activity.

[Sam]

I believed the report, re-scheduled some stuff to clear a day for fishing next week, got my boat ready, and my partner lined up a babysitter because his wife is out of town. The Barker / Pothole area wouldn't have been my choice of places to go right now - but we sure would have if I hadn't checked back on this thread and found the report was an intentional hoax. No harm done - I needed to get my boat and tackle ready and I'm anxious to go fishing, so we'll go somewhere else. I've got a pretty good idea where we can do some wintertime catching but I'm sure not going to say where we're going, now.

I seldom post fishing reports here, but when I do I'm real careful to make them dead accurate with the idea of sharing some good thing I've got going to be helpful to others. I've had some good trips at times by following reports others have posted on this Forum, and I sure appreciate those. There are no 'catching' guarantees in fishing, but I'd never, ever intentionally cause people to waste their money and scarce recreational time chasing a bad report. I'm sorry to learn that someone here would do that. Two things come out of this for me:

(1) From now on, I'll figure anything duckydoty posts is absolute BS and not even read it.

(2) I'll be pretty reluctant to post fishing reports on OAF now when I get something good going. Better to send PM's to those on here I know and trust than to post good information in a place where I can't believe what I read.

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Edited to add: duckydoty sent me a PM this morning in which he apologized, told me how he's actually catching some walleyes in the K Dock area, and he promised to never post a fake fishing report here again. Fair enough - I don't hold grudges and I'm here for fun, not to argue with anybody. Thanks, those who put a "like" on my comments - it's good to know I'm not the only one who felt that way.

To end this on a more positive note I'll share some info that won't be anything new to you bass guys. I'm not going walleye fishing this week - if there's a fairly calm day I'll go after lunker bass out of State Park on Tablerock. Staying in 50 feet of water I like to work a 3" grub (salt and pepper or light green) on a 3/8 oz. jighead, straight down, REAL slow, just tapping the rocky bottom all around the islands, the edges of the humps connecting those islands to points on the west bank, past the dam in "powerline cove" where they built the Chateau, and on around toward Indian Point. That's it - late January into February, tap along the rocky bottoms in 50 feet, straight down. This is smallmouth country as well as big LM's, and I throw 'em back - my best ever was a 24" SM, once.

It's rare for me to fish for bass. I try to get in a couple of night trips in mid-summer and a couple trips doing this grub thing in 50' in Jan/Feb. The trouble with my wintertime deep grub fishing is that it requires a calm day - in a wind, my boat can scoot backwards and sideways a lot faster than it ever goes forward with the motor running. LOL

[Bubbas Dad]

I believed the report, re-scheduled some stuff to clear a day for fishing next week, got my boat ready, and my partner lined up a babysitter because his wife is out of town. The Barker / Pothole area wouldn't have been my choice of places to go right now - but we sure would have if I hadn't checked back on this thread and found the report was an intentional hoax. No harm done - I needed to get my boat and tackle ready and I'm anxious to go fishing, so we'll go somewhere else. I've got a pretty good idea where we can do some wintertime catching but I'm sure not going to say where we're going, now.

I seldom post fishing reports here, but when I do I'm real careful to make them dead accurate with the idea of sharing some good thing I've got going to be helpful to others. I've had some good trips at times by following reports others have posted on this Forum, and I sure appreciate those. There are no 'catching' guarantees in fishing, but I'd never, ever intentionally cause people to waste their money and scarce recreational time chasing a bad report. I'm sorry to learn that someone here would do that. Two things come out of this for me:

(1) From now on, I'll figure anything duckydoty posts is absolute BS and not even read it.

(2) I'll be pretty reluctant to post fishing reports on OAF now when I get something good going. Better to send PM's to those on here I know and trust than to post good information in a place where I can't believe what I read.

BRAVO SAM BRAVO!!! I TOO CLEANED THE BOAT OUT GOT FRESH GAS AND OIL IN HER ONLY TO FIND CARB ISSUES. AFTER 4 HOURS OF CUSSING AND WRENCHING ON IT I FIND IT WAS ONLY A CRACKED SUPPLY LINE FROM THE FUEL TANK. ARGHHHH. NO SINCE IN LAUNCHING AFTER THAT BECAUSE IT WAS 5:15 AND STARTING TO GET DARK. I DID NOTICE VERY FEW BOATS AT THE RIVER RUN RAMP SO I THINK ONLY A FEW OF US GOT SNOOKERED ON THIS ONE. GAME ON DUCKY GAME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roger Craig]

Unless I can miraculously walk on water I could never jump your spots lol, someday I might have a boat again. Will wave at ya from the bank. Might have to rent one for a day or two this spring so I can feel normal again.

Give em hell ladies.