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Nice wheels!!

There’s a party going on at that point in the background!

Thanks for the new bait info! Looks very catchy. Am I so out of it that I had no idea that weights have skirts now?

Was going to ask about the line, especially in that clear water. Bet you were glad you had every one of those 12lbs.

So just FYI, I took down the video from Youtube. I didn't realize at the time or when I posted that there are no longer boats allowed in Hidden Bay. It hasn't always been like that and the sign is in the middle of the bay and I was so focused on looking for fish I didn't see it. I am a rule ...

So the early charity and insider club season is on for 2025 and it sure looks like this year is going to bust out with both numbers and size. I was fortunate enough to get an invite today and happily paid the premium for myself and the better half. After a very chilly morning (low 40’s if that) the ...

Thanks for the report! Can’t wait for opening. What was the water level like? Higher than when it closed last year?

Here’s the 11-pounder: https://www.instagram.com/share/BALeRznPic


Level was down a few feet but its happened gradually and hasn’t affected the bite negatively. Where the tree ...

Dfishin wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 7:25 pm Good to see you out there Dan. I say him pick up a couple on his way in as I was at the dock playing with my spot lock. I think it's finally fix. Fun day for me too.
Second pic is 1 from Jennings

Hey D fishin just PM’d you a question about your spotlock issue.

falafeluver wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:49 pm Wasn’t Shawnster’s kid on a 11.94 last year and featured on WON?

Just an estimate. No scale or measurement before released. It was a genuine hawg tho for young Theo!!

That is a great video and captures the spirit of the day!! Have to add the black crappie bite was on too and what pretty fish!! And the 11 pounder was girthy!! Fortunate to catch her before she spawned out at least a pound lol. Thanks again Chris and we can’t wait to participate again.

A dozen in 3 hours, I say that's a good outing! Way to go=D


The dinks were easy pickings...the bigger clones took me a while to figure lol. Of course I was probably spoiled a bit from my outing at Barrett on the previous Sunday too so ...


Headed to Alamo in Az this weekend and if its half ...

Thanks to Dannicus, I have ventured into the BFS world. I bought an ARK Gravity BFS reel. At the moment I have 25lb braid paired with a 10lb fluoro leader. I know I could get lighter but want the extra size to fight the bigger models and high catch rates at Barrett, etc.

Like my reel/line, I haven ...

On the FF…I was headed into BassPro 15 months ago with every intention of buying a Humminbird outfit that seemed to have all the features I required. Luckily the staffer was familiar with both the Humminbird and also the Garmin ECHOMAP UHD 73sv, 7" Keyed-Assist Touchscreen Chartplotter. He pointed ...

Thanks JWall, I was leaning towards that very same one, I’m glad you’re liking it.
Curious if it’s easy to learn and do you use the side scan much, I told him we have to get the sidescan and I would chip in half $300
Thanks


Have to admit I’m not using it to its potential. Yet. Almost always in ...

Nice job adjusting and bagging some quality fish. Hodges was my home lake back in the 80’s and 90’s and power fishing was the thing. But I was thinking just this week when I came across some smoke reapers tipped in a bit of chartreuse; I know they would have worked well back then and Im betting now ...

Remember those dinks and clones the last few years? They big now!!!

That’s crazy the water is getting so low. Good job getting out there and catching before no-go!

I rarely guerrilla fish anymore (1. Trespass fish or 2. Fish in remote places where machetes are needed) but I am interested in reading about a Loveland comeback after the s*** the water authorities pulled by draining it. Thanks for the forbidden report!

I’d like to think you’re not a fisherman until you’ve had to extract a big rapala from a body part in a rocking boat offshore or walked into an urgent care with a crankbait hanging of a similar body part. The eye thing, however, that was close to being a gamechanger!!!

KillinTime wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 1:08 pm
they don't play nice with other plastics and silicone. So you have to keep them away for all your other soft baits and skirts.

I hate when you find that out too late