2-6-15 Weekly Report

[Feathers and Fins]

[jerry241]

Like the new format and thanks

[Dan the fisherman]

Wow that's good info. Thanks fins! Also I can vouch for the cat fish report..... I was trolling flickers looking for whites, when a 25-30 pound flat head cat fish slammed one of the flickers. Heck of a fight.... Unfortunately that's the only thing I caught that day. Didn't get one WB.

[Dan the fisherman]

Wow that's good info. Thanks fins! Also I can vouch for the cat fish report..... I was trolling flickers looking for whites, when a 25-30 pound flat head cat fish slammed one of the flickers. Heck of a fight.... Unfortunately that's the only thing I caught that day. Didn't get one WB.

Catfish bite was last week Wednesday though.

[wc1063]

Good looking report, thanks, Scott!!

[BIGBASSDAVEY]

Nice report, thanks. Hopefully I'll be able to get out on the water this weekend with the warm weather.

[Blll]

Thank you for the new report format and taking the time to do it. Just gotta get out this weekend!

[petpipuppy]

That looks like about as much good information as a person could pack in that much space!! NIce work!

[Notropis]

While managing a marina back in the 70's, I learned a lot about the source of fishing reports. A reporter (writer) would call once week to get the latest fishing report. The first time I answered the phone, I was completely honest, fishing was very slow and I indicated that to the person calling. However, our mechanic overheard the conversation and literally took the phone out of my hand and quickly changed the direction of the report, saying that fishing was fair, with certain lures (the ones we had the most of, and needed to sell). I learned quickly that fishing reports tend to be overly optimistic. The last thing an outfitter, bait shop owner or marina manager wants to tell you is that fishing is bad (except for a few totally honest ones). Fishing reports can be a good source of information but keep in mind some of them are a little "optimistic"

An old common joke regarding fishing reports and the way to interpret them goes something like this: If the report says fishing is "fair" it usually means fishing is terrible. If the report says "good" it usually means you can catch a few if you fish hard. "Excellent" indicates that fishing is good and anglers are having decent luck, but the best indication of great fishing is "no report" which means the marina, bait shop owner are out fishing and didn't have time to submit a report.

I know, it's an old joke but I figured a lot of new anglers haven't heard it.

Cheers

[Feathers and Fins]

I can assure you the reports are 100% honest, unless I know the sources they do not get added.

I took no offense to your post at all BTW but I have worked hard to build a network of guys and gals that are willing to give the truth all to help others. If its slow ill tell you if its great I will tell you ( maybe not exactly where ) but I will tell you its on like donkey kong and today it was report to follow.