Holiday Weekend Report NON-RESTRICTED ZONE

we leave at noon tomorrow to head down.  We will fish all day Thursday thru Saturday.  Bringing rain jackets and the works, thinking we might be in for an epic trip hopefully.  Plan to throw a lot of jerkbaits, especially in the rain also. 

Sounds like I will be down the last two weekends this month. Taking a buddy who has never been down there before on the second to last weekend and then with the parents that following weekend. Hope some browns are running by then. I need to break that 20" brown curse!

8 minutes ago, Seth said:

Sounds like I will be down the last two weekends this month. Taking a buddy who has never been down there before on the second to last weekend and then with the parents that following weekend. Hope some browns are running by then. I need to break that 20" brown curse!

Give me a shout if you need a stellar( and by that I mean Sub-par) net man LOL  I too will be capitalizing on a light weekend schedule and try to squeeze in a few more trips down.

42 minutes ago, JestersHK said:

Give me a shout if you need a stellar( and by that I mean Sub-par) net man LOL  I too will be capitalizing on a light weekend schedule and try to squeeze in a few more trips down.

Are you going to be down either of those weekends? I think there will be three of us in the boat that second to last weekend and we plan on throwing jerkbaits strictly for big browns and fishing hard. I'll probably be playing more of a "guide" role that following weekend and putting the family on some fish. I'm going to try and get out there early and late without them and target some brownies again though.

I'll have to play it by ear... Heading down this weekend I think.  But might be able to swing back to back trips... I'll let ya know.

Heading down in the morning. Hope to make up for a disastrous Branson Firefighters tournament. Tooth ache that turned into an infection in my jaw, and a trip to Cox Urgent Care Friday morning. No sleep other than maybe 5 or ten minutes at a time for almost four days. My partner thought I was going to fall asleep and drop my rod into the lake. Or worse yet, take a shockingly cool plunge off the front deck of the Gator. Not the best way to fish. Daughter, and Son-In-Law coming this trip. Hope we can get on some fish.

1 hour ago, Gatorjet said:

Heading down in the morning. Hope to make up for a disastrous Branson Firefighters tournament. Tooth ache that turned into an infection in my jaw, and a trip to Cox Urgent Care Friday morning. No sleep other than maybe 5 or ten minutes at a time for almost four days. My partner thought I was going to fall asleep and drop my rod into the lake. Or worse yet, take a shockingly cool plunge off the front deck of the Gator. Not the best way to fish. Daughter, and Son-In-Law coming this trip. Hope we can get on some fish.

We are headed that way tomorrow also.  May see ya on the water. Safe travels 

Can someone tell what the set up is to fish the power worm?  I've never use slip bobbers before. What do I need?  I would like my kids to be successful on something other than powerbait.

Thanks

The guys at Lilley's will hook you up.................Pun intended.

10 hours ago, Mulnik said:

Can someone tell what the set up is to fish the power worm?  I've never use slip bobbers before. What do I need?  I would like my kids to be successful on something other than powerbait.

Thanks

1/80-100 jighead painted pink beneath a 3/4" round weighted bobber. If there is flow, you may have to add a little split shot a 1.5-2' above the jighead to get it down. Ideally, you will need a rod at least 7' long and preferably longer depending on the depth of the water. I personally fish it on a 10' BnM Sam Heaton Super Sensitive crappie rod. The long rod makes casting a lot easier when fishing deeper than 7'.

Lilleys has all of that in their shop. The easiest thing would be to swing by and pick up what you need. Those pink worms are usually sold out at the surrounding Bass Pro's and Walmarts anyways.