Dam Area Report

[dtrs5kprs]

4 hours ago, Hammer time said:

I remember one of the first tournaments that BASS came back to the Rock, the winner caught all his fish on the turd worm aka green pumpkin fish doctor.

Pre Ned.

I would have said the same about dragging the doc before the little guy. Or maybe a smoke grub or tube.

Hope no one had any damage with the Twister warning. Back to bed now.

[Quillback]

2 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Pre Ned.

I would have said the same about dragging the doc before the little guy. Or maybe a smoke grub or tube.

Hope no one had any damage with the Twister warning. Back to bed now.

Wind roared through here about 1 AM, power was knocked out for 4 hours.  No damage that I can see, except for a lot of limbs and leaves lying around.  Hopefully all are well.

[dtrs5kprs]

Limb down by the bridge crew's room. Missed the barge. Looks like it missed their truck too. Whew.

[Nitro 750]

14 hours ago, bobby b. said:

 

Nitro, thanks for the post.

Bobby

Your are welcome Bobby, I'm glad that my report helped someone.  I could not tell you how many times the reports on this site has help me catch fish. 

 

[Bill Babler]

No doubt the Doc, will catch them.  It really for me has become a fish safety issue.  Folks that don't fish a lot just have a very hard time keeping that little 4 inch worm on a Spit shot rig out of the throat of the fish.   Don't have that problem with the little guy a shaky head or a small swimbait.

All of these baits are attached directly to the touch of the fishermen and not free floating on a tag line.  Some of the old timers here especially in tournaments used the Dr. with great success and a lot of the reason was they would let the fish swallow it completely down before winding them in.  They would then cut the line and leave the Dr. in the gullet of the fish.  Used to happen on a pretty regular basis here, but have not heard about it for some years.  Hope to never hear of it again.  A lot of those older guys are no longer fishing derby's and that is a good thing for the fish.

Good Luck

 

[Hammer time]

19 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

No doubt the Doc, will catch them.  It really for me has become a fish safety issue.  Folks that don't fish a lot just have a very hard time keeping that little 4 inch worm on a Spit shot rig out of the throat of the fish.   Don't have that problem with the little guy a shaky head or a small swimbait.

All of these baits are attached directly to the touch of the fishermen and not free floating on a tag line.  Some of the old timers here especially in tournaments used the Dr. with great success and a lot of the reason was they would let the fish swallow it completely down before winding them in.  They would then cut the line and leave the Dr. in the gullet of the fish.  Used to happen on a pretty regular basis here, but have not heard about it for some years.  Hope to never hear of it again.  A lot of those older guys are no longer fishing derby's and that is a good thing for the fish.

Good Luck

 

That's very true that beginning anglers can have trouble noticing the bite thus the guy hook problem.

 I have not use a split shot for this very reason since late 90's.

 I use c- rig exclusively because you feel all the bites as the line slides through egg sinker. With split shot fish has to move enough line to move the weight before you feel the bite hinch the gut hook.

[Seth]

I don't fish split or carolina rigs much at all, but I have a question. What do you gain with a split shot rig over say using a mini carolina rig with an 1/8oz or 1/4oz egg sinker? Is it just for the sake of simplicity or am I missing something here?

[Hammer time]

3 minutes ago, Seth said:

I don't fish split or carolina rigs much at all, but I have a question. What do you gain with a split shot rig over say using a mini carolina rig with an 1/8oz or 1/4oz egg sinker? Is it just for the sake of simplicity or am I missing something here?

Only advantage is can use spinning tackle. Imo 

[Seth]

Just now, Hammer time said:

Only advantage is can use spinning tackle. Imo 

What prevents you from using spinning gear on with a 1/8oz carolina rig? Everybody on here throws 1/8oz sized rigs on spinning gear all the time.

[Hammer time]

46 minutes ago, Seth said:

What prevents you from using spinning gear on with a 1/8oz carolina rig? Everybody on here throws 1/8oz sized rigs on spinning gear all the time.

Not a thing, most people slit shot with 8lb test and on spinning gear.

I use 17lb floracarbon main line and 15 lb mono leter cause it floats  on a bait caster for my c-rig. With all the rocks in the lake and c-rig constantly on bottom I like a heavy set up. Imo