Friday the 13th Yikes!

[dtrs5kprs]

1 hour ago, Bill Babler said:

Of Course.  You know me, rings and hooks always.  Also the Plopper does not come with a split in the nose.  I just got to have one.  Could not remember if I put a tail on that one or not.  I have on most.

I wondered about a feathered treble. Thought I'd need a pilot's license to throw the big one rigged that way though.

[Bill Babler]

Forgot to mention that the Big one just way out caught the smaller one this weekend.  Did not seem to matter with fish size as the little guys were more than willing to take on the big boy.  There is a difference if you are around white bass, as they will not get hooked up nearly as well as on the small one, and for that matter they don't seem to want to hit at the big one with the vigor they do on a smaller bait.

Don't any of you go stickin up your nose at catching big schooling whites, they just slam that little one and try and take your junk.  Fun is the name of the game after all.

[dtrs5kprs]

Not one thing wrong with busting some whites on top over 70' or so. Sheer carnage.

[Pepe]

On May 15, 2016 at 7:35 PM, 96 CHAMP said:

Sorry to hear that Pepe, did that happen at home recently with the passing storms or down at the lake??

We were back in that 1st Cove on the right after you turn from the White into the Kings, left creek.  There used to be a couple trees just a few feet apart.  I caught a nice LM last October on a WP that crushed it as it swam between the two. There is only one above the waterline now. 

[96 CHAMP]

4 hours ago, Pepe said:

We were back in that 1st Cove on the right after you turn from the White into the Kings, left creek.  There used to be a couple trees just a few feet apart.  I caught a nice LM last October on a WP that crushed it as it swam between the two. There is only one above the waterline now. 

Well, glad you are getting it fixed & good luck fishing when you two get back out, I had a incident with mine a few weeks ago & put the clamps on my fishing for a bit, I have it back now but I have a project from last year that I am finishing now, good  luck again & tell your wife I said hello!

[dtrs5kprs]

5 hours ago, Pepe said:

We were back in that 1st Cove on the right after you turn from the White into the Kings, left creek.  There used to be a couple trees just a few feet apart.  I caught a nice LM last October on a WP that crushed it as it swam between the two. There is only one above the waterline now. 

That's points in favor of fishing gravel flats. I remember being on Truman and Smithville when the trees were really getting to an age when they would break off. Little bump or some wind was all it took. Widow makers.

Glad no one was hurt. 

[Quillback]

10 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Not one thing wrong with busting some whites on top over 70' or so. Sheer carnage.

Too many stickers on the darn things.

[magicwormman]

Topwater + whites= BTS!!!! Please don't tell the better half!

[dtrs5kprs]

10 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Too many stickers on the darn things.

They're spiky for sure.

[Champ188]

In my experience, whites are more selective about the lure size matching the baitfish they are chasing than LM, SM or spots.