Guide Reports April 8 and 9

[dtrs5kprs]

6 hours ago, Champ188 said:

SILENCE! I KEEEEL YOU! 

I didn't mention that one guy's pet color, at least.

[dtrs5kprs]

5 hours ago, Quillback said:

Picked up a couple of packs of the Z-Man SMH worm, I like the looks, going to be giving it an on the water test before long.

I can't catch them on the Swimz, I know you and Ham do, but I can't make it work.  I just grind it out with the cut Zinker.

It's a touchy feely little bait. I throw it on a little heavier head than you'd expect, at a seriously professional recommendation. And I throw it on a 7' mag-light kind of rod, with 8# braid and a looooong 6# leader.

 

Catches every darn species in any lake you drop it in.

[Quillback]

8 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

It's a touchy feely little bait. I throw it on a little heavier head than you'd expect, at a seriously professional recommendation. And I throw it on a 7' mag-light kind of rod, with 8# braid and a looooong 6# leader.

 

Catches every darn species in any lake you drop it in.

I might have to revisit it.  

[dtrs5kprs]

1 minute ago, Quillback said:

I might have to revisit it.  

Any of the Zman baits that don't have salt, except the ShadZ which is an entirely different animal, require more weight to offset the buoyancy.

Seems weird running that itty-bitty bait with a big head in it, but it works.

[Fish24/7]

On 4/10/2022 at 10:54 AM, Bill Babler said:

Since they're dropping the bottom of the lake out and its as clear as gin in the mainland arms, I'm staying out where they're staging for now. 

Temps today 51 to 53 degree. 

Do you even have a flipping stick in your boat Bill? 😄 I'd be shocked if you did.

I'd think the flipping pitching bite would be awesome with nobody pounding the shallow wood  cover and rock shadows as a lot of anglers seem to have left the banks in search of offshore target fish. Dropping water and clear water doesn't make all the fish leave the bank . Falling water just exposes more/new cover to fish 😉, gin clear water just  makes them want to hide in those places even more. 

[willyfish]

You can go flip all you want now

[dtrs5kprs]

27 minutes ago, willyfish said:

You can go flip all you want now

Until they drop it again. Not setting up for a great spawn.

[willyfish]

19 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Until they drop it again. Not setting up for a great spawn.

This weather has really been up and down, mostly down for sure. Got a dude playing high school baseball and it's taking a lot of tarp work to get games in. I'll be down in 2 weeks so it will be interesting to see where the lake level goes and what water temps end up. April has been very chilly for sure.

[Champ188]

21 hours ago, Fish24/7 said:

Do you even have a flipping stick in your boat Bill? 😄 I'd be shocked if you did.

I'd think the flipping pitching bite would be awesome with nobody pounding the shallow wood  cover and rock shadows as a lot of anglers seem to have left the banks in search of offshore target fish. Dropping water and clear water doesn't make all the fish leave the bank . Falling water just exposes more/new cover to fish 😉, gin clear water just  makes them want to hide in those places even more. 

Shhhhhhhhhh. 😅😂

[Champ188]

On 4/13/2022 at 10:46 AM, dtrs5kprs said:

I didn't mention that one guy's pet color, at least.

No, you did not. Thanks for that. I have one definite pet color for crappie and the unmentionable one works best for bass/walleye. I presume you are referring to our guide friend in the Sooner state? (Although he's a Pokes guy all the way).