LOZ is on Fire!

[conorsixtakc]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Money and vanity.  Get rid of these two and you are on your way to a better system.

Just like these people that treat their Facebook posts like they are a movie star or something.  As if that is worth anything.

Exactly. Now more than ever the old saying "walk quietly and carry a big stick" needs to be applied. I still have faith that the better sticks do though...

The day I finally get my own boat and don't have to rely on backseating will be the day I can drop off the grid for good. 

[fishinwrench]

52 minutes ago, moguy1973 said:

Lots and lots of studies have been done on this and looking through most of them the bass don't really move much past a mile or so from where they are released.  Some do head back to where they are caught though.

The only studies I'm aware of were done on some relatively small natural bowl shaped lakes up north where if a fish just cruised along the shoreline for a couple days it would end up back where it was caught. 

A bass doesn't have the homing instinct to just head out over and across the main channel.  If a bass from Buck Creek is released straight across the lake at Alhonna it is going to have to swim 1200 miles of shoreline to get back there.  If you put your dog in the truck and drive from Sunrise beach to Lake Ozark do you think the dog knows that all he has to do to get back home is swim straight across the lake?    Noway.

[Fat Cat]

I fish Joe Bass and they have a release boat (pontoon). Does anyone know if a release boat was used this weekend? I can't imagine with all the boats and money involved this weekend that they didn't?

[fishinwrench]

All a release boat does is keep fish from piling up at weigh-in locations.    Every release boat operation I know of never traveled much more than 5 miles from the scales.  

[moguy1973]

53 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

The only studies I'm aware of were done on some relatively small natural bowl shaped lakes up north where if a fish just cruised along the shoreline for a couple days it would end up back where it was caught. 

A bass doesn't have the homing instinct to just head out over and across the main channel.  If a bass from Buck Creek is released straight across the lake at Alhonna it is going to have to swim 1200 miles of shoreline to get back there.  If you put your dog in the truck and drive from Sunrise beach to Lake Ozark do you think the dog knows that all he has to do to get back home is swim straight across the lake?    Noway.

Here's a good one from Sam Rayburn

http://www.bradwiegmann.com/fish-biology/39-fish-biologist/127-todd-driscoll-is-a-district-fisheries-management-biologist-for-texas-parks-and-wildlife-department-where-he-has-worked-for-10-years-he-received-a-bs-in-fisheries-biology-from-kansas-state-university-and-a-ms-in-fisheries-management-from-mississippi-.html

But yeah, I doubt a fish caught by the dam on LOZ and then released at PB2 probably isn't going to make it's way back to the dam.

[WeekendWarrior]

Wrench lets go to PB2 / Alhonna and relocate the relocated after BBB ?. I did that last year, if I have the time I may see if I can transport a limit to home waters. PB2 by far has the most released fish and biggest problem and is noted for the tourney anglers hanging around there. 

[MOsmallies]

1 hour ago, WeekendWarrior said:

Wrench lets go to PB2 / Alhonna and relocate the relocated after BBB ?. I did that last year, if I have the time I may see if I can transport a limit to home waters. PB2 by far has the most released fish and biggest problem and is noted for the tourney anglers hanging around there. 

I like the sounds of this!

[fishinwrench]

We hit Alhonna last July on the night of the full moon and caught three 4 pounders.  Came back a couple hours later about 1:30am and got 2 more.  One we suspected was one we caught earlier. No 2-3 or 5's....All right at 4#.

The year before we hit RedOak 2 days after the Fall bash and blanked.  Only a couple shorts.   My partner hit it again a couple days later and still didn't score.   

[shrapnel]

Massive relocations aside, the entire lake continues to produce massive stringers and has shown it can sustain the pressure for some time now.  It's truly an amazing fishery.  I fished a much less pressured lake the week before and got blanked in similar conditions and temps, caught 30+ bass on LOZ this weekend.

[Hydro 205]

Well it doesn't seem to bother the fish. Most tournaments I've seen are not won in the glaize but either around the gravois or within 4 miles of it.