4-13-23 Campbell Point.

[Bill Babler]

Started at 0900 to 63 degree water at the SK Bridge. Fished around Campbell Point till 4pm, surface temp at that time was 69 degrees.

Beds everywhere, they totally rushed the bank  

If Wheeler would have been out today on an every fish weigh 1.8 minimum he would have had 200 pounds. Maybe more. 

Can you get bored catching fish?  Right now maybe.  I just flat out put down the Keitech and went looking for heads. 

I could have bed fished but just don’t like to. Lots of LM in the pockets, K’s off the flat points, swarming. 

I tried just about everything in the box like a fly fisherman. As soon as I’d catch one I’d change  baits, really didn’t matter. 
Wakebait, Ned, C-tail grub, swimbait, fluke, shaky head, jig, wobblehead and jerkbait. 

Even the little Jaes liked the wake bait. 

I’m sunburned and exhausted. 

Threw the Glide bait quite a bit, but no follows and no takes. SHUCKS. 

Good Luck. 





 

[dtrs5kprs]

Thumped 'em. Great stuff.

[Bill Babler]

That fluke bite was the most fun. Missed a couple of Goodins. Water just dingy enough not to see them clearly. 

I usually miss 3 to catch one and today was no different. Really didn’t care. 
 

[Steve McBasser]

Getting more fun everyday now. They should make a rule though that you have to fish the nasty weather too if you want to fish when its gorgeous outside..... No fair weather only fisherman. Gotta pay your dues all winter long and then you get rewarded with a big bite when it gets pretty..... Just a thought. 

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Its crazy out today, All these out of town guys practicing.  I was nosed up to a long run out gravel point and some guy in a new Phoenix, goes between me and the point, i could have casted over his boat easy. He could have went in back of me easy as there was 500 yards of water. I threw my hand up and he put a hand up and shrugged his shoulders.   His 10K worth of graphs if he knew how to use them would have let him know he was in 3 feet of water.      Then on the way home a guy pulling another Phoenix pop around a corner on my side of the road, i put my truck and bat half way in a ditch before he looked up and saw me.  Our boats were about a foot from hitting.  People just suck these days.    

[rps]

7 minutes ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

Its crazy out today, All these out of town guys practicing.  I was nosed up to a long run out gravel point and some guy in a new Phoenix, goes between me and the point, i could have casted over his boat easy. He could have went in back of me easy as there was 500 yards of water. I threw my hand up and he put a hand up and shrugged his shoulders.   His 10K worth of graphs if he knew how to use them would have let him know he was in 3 feet of water.      Then on the way home a guy pulling another Phoenix pop around a corner on my side of the road, i put my truck and bat half way in a ditch before he looked up and saw me.  Our boats were about a foot from hitting.  People just suck these days.    

I never expect anything different. Major tournaments that bring one real sportsman or sportswomen to town also bring 100 wannabe, delusional, haven't got a clue, no connection to reality, not cognizant of courtesy, self important, expletive deleted mouth-breathers to town.

My solution? Spray where they breed.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Im no gods gift to driving a boat but common since is just gone.  My brother went to captains school in Florida and then he had big sailboat at Kimberling for 8 years and he taught me a thing or two about right-of-way.   The number of people up the James where the channel is small just refuse to pass on the right side, It just blows my mind. 

[Quillback]

Well I wondered when the bass were going to start bedding with water temps in the 60's.

Going to be a lot of boats out there this weekend.

[Bill Babler]

I absolutely feel your pain. As I said yesterday I got cut off close twice. I also had to wave a guy around me cause he was coming right down the bank plowing. 

At the Knob yesterday there were at least a dozen wrapped trucks and boats. It’s BFL for cripes sakes. Theses guys ARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR $6,000 WRAP.  That’s on them, they are want to be. 

Everyone of them has a new Toyota dragging a new Mercury/Phoenix package.  Fully equipped with all the toys it’s $200,000.00. 99% of them are paying every cent of that. I simply can not understand that kind of money. 

How does a 25 to 40 year old guy get that kind of disposable income and still be here practicing a full week prior to a derby not working?

If you don’t think there is money to burn in this country, you’re in gaga land. 



 

[bobby b.]

10 minutes ago, Bill Babler said:

How does a 25 to 40 year old guy get that kind of disposable income and still be here practicing a full week prior to a derby not working

DINKs - double income, no kids