Heading down tonight for a quick trip

[JestersHK]

Yes we do my friend.  I don't mind the cold, but last night was just splendid. No wind at all and just me and the other crazy cooks who will stay out and fish all night lol. 

Hopefully we can get our girls back out as well.  Those were some super great days on the water.

[steven tolly]

Hey you mention a few jerkbaits.  What ones should I look at ordering if we are coming down in August.  We come down every march so we do not do much night fishing, but this year I want to try so I wanted to have a few good jerkbaits ready.  Thanks.

[Ryan Miloshewski]

11 hours ago, JestersHK said:

So I feel human again after a nap so on to a more detailed report.

We fished from the Dam all the way to the last outflow last night with 2 units running. We finished up in the AM down past the boat ramp.  We covered some ground and hit most of my wading holes that I know are accessible with this CFS flow

Blake and Tyler left around 1AM and honestly it was just getting started as the almost full moon was finally all the way over the bluff. 

We picked along the banks and worked an area over with Signature Series 606 and new smaller cousin 762 French Pearl's and they were lights out.  I've had nights where the fish were hitting hard, but last night when that moon popped out it must of done something to them as they were just hitting like a mack truck.  

All of them were fat and stacked with big shoulders on them too.  Not a single one broke 20, but a few were 18, and one 19 fatty.

As we got past outflow we carefully waded out to the grassy knoll there to fish the seam by the grass flats.  That's when it happened...

Rob got flat out smoked on the 762. He uses a really stiff 7ft Loomis bass rod for throwing jerks and I'd never seen it bent over like that.  The fish made a small run then turned and ran upstream right at Rob.  He did his best reeling like a mad man and finally got tight again then the fish just stopped and turned back and he was bent over drag screaming again.  He turned him back towards us and head and mouth porpoises about 20 feet from us.  With the moon out I could tell it was a beast. And then hetheashed twice and Rob ate his jerkbait and a bunch of slack line right in his arm.

A true soul crusher... Robs caught lots of big fat bows and has a handful of 20in plus fish to his name down here and he said that's 1. The hardest hes ever been hit, and 2. Biggest fish hes ever had on that rod...

Wish we could of got him into the big boy net, bit that's fishing.

Overall we had very good consistent catching all evening with very few small fish. By small I mean 14 and 15in were the dinks tonight and even they put up a good fight.

Just another awesome night on Taney. After morning bite was over we headed out and hit Bennett Springs on the way home.  Place was a zoo and after beating on some stocker rainbows it was time for this quick trip to come to an end.

Thanks again Blake and Tyler for hanging with us again.  I enjoy the camaraderie as much as the fishing my friends.

Do as you say! It was a gar! lol. Man that sucks...

[JestersHK]

11 hours ago, steven tolly said:

Hey you mention a few jerkbaits.  What ones should I look at ordering if we are coming down in August.  We come down every march so we do not do much night fishing, but this year I want to try so I wanted to have a few good jerkbaits ready.  Thanks.

All of us threw signature series that Duane and Blake hand paint.  They sell them at Lilleys Landing.  The numbers represent the lure models. The 606 is a medium sized 2 hook offering that seems to out perform the other models for me anyways.

The French Pearl white was the hot color although I did catch a few on a rainbow pattern too.

Good luck on your trip! 

[Ryan Miloshewski]

11 hours ago, steven tolly said:

Hey you mention a few jerkbaits.  What ones should I look at ordering if we are coming down in August.  We come down every march so we do not do much night fishing, but this year I want to try so I wanted to have a few good jerkbaits ready.  Thanks.

If you can't get your hands on the Ozark Trout Runners SS jerkbaits, McSticks, Megabass, and Provokes work well. Not much success on Cutters or RC STKs but I'm sure they'd work. 

[Travis Swift]

1 hour ago, JestersHK said:

All of us threw signature series that Duane and Blake hand paint.  They sell them at Lilleys Landing.  The numbers represent the lure models. The 606 is a medium sized 2 hook offering that seems to out perform the other models for me anyways.

The French Pearl white was the hot color although I did catch a few on a rainbow pattern too.

Good luck on your trip! 

any idea what brand hooks they put on them?  the wlure hooks are pretty awful so curious what the boys put on theirs when they are done painting them? 

[Jhoff]

I've had good luck on x-raps but I'm sure the customs would catch you more fish.  

[JestersHK]

9 hours ago, Travis Swift said:

any idea what brand hooks they put on them?  the wlure hooks are pretty awful so curious what the boys put on theirs when they are done painting them? 

Not sure what brand on the SS they are using but wlure has at least 2 different types of hooks. The cheap ones that break off after one fish then another type that is pretty serviceable although they're a bit on the heavy side. Those cheap ones are terrible and I've broken them taking the covers off which really suck too.

I've gotten both types on the same baits from the same orders...

 

[JestersHK]

27 minutes ago, Jhoff said:

I've had good luck on x-raps but I'm sure the customs would catch you more fish.  

I used and abused a lot of rappallas. X raps and husky jerks were my go to before Duane started up the signature series.

After finding wlure I'm not sure I'll go back to rappalla... I've broken more bills and had more hooks pull out of them than I'd expect.  I bounced a brand new x rap off one rock and broke a bill on the 1st cast... they just dont seem as durable or last as long as they used too...

The WLures on the other hand I've only broken 2 bills so far out of all the models.  Just a tougher bait.  I have one of Duanes original 2018s, that's way over the 100 fish mark.  Beside the walleye paint removal she's in great shape.