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Great report John! Glad to hear you had an epic father's day. Can't wait to get back out there!

John, I agree on the Jitterbug. I think it looks great and the motion isn't that much different than the other crawlers. I think it may be the shiny lip on the front. I am going to paint the lip flat black and try it again. I'll let you know.

Got in line at 3:30 let in 4:05 talked to Dave (Early release) and Chuck (619Bassin) as we setup to head out. Headed out and met up with Dave he was fishing topwater doing well. Topwater for me was okay. Dave was talking to me about Chris catching fish when he talks and bam big topwater hit nice ...

Max and I teamed up yesterday for another fun day at the Big B. After about ten hours of fishing we hit our goal of 80 fish not including about fifteen dinks. I did most of my damage on the brush hog while the versatile Max got them on a variety of baits. He also introduced me to the neko rig that ...

Looks like a good day. I have been asking about the shad, 4 trips no shad.


There are some there and if you find any, bass will be feeding. Especially on the surface. But there does seem to be less and maybe skinnier fish. Unless they are just spawned out and have yet to gain back weight. Some ...

Capture a bunch of those 1 pounders and put them in Gregory like last time!

And I believe shad is a boom or bust cycle that occurs.

I wonder if Kwin knows if DFG/W has stocked shad successfully before.

Predator-prey cycles are well known. It would take a huge amount of shad to keep the bass in the lake well fed, that would not be practical.

When the bass are over populated, the shad population will crash followed by a crash in the bass population. Then the shad population will increase followed ...

So if you wanted to disrupt the predator-prey cycle to improve bass fishing, here is what could be done:

1. Introduce new prey species. In particular, go for the most invasive prey possible like round gobies, rusty crayfish, red shiners, killer shrimp and silverside minnows. Good luck getting that ...

Had a fun morning out there Saturday as well. Was in the water by 5, had a keeper limit by 5:20, got over 10 fish in the first hour. Slowed down after that comparatively. I was off the water by 9:30AM as the wind was howling and I was getting blown around out there. Morning session finished with 26 ...

You guys rule. Rad fathers day vibes and killer fish on the DRT!

Now lets go rope some calicos and yellows!! 🤙🤙


Thanks brother! You're on deck on a trip to SCI to go smash some calico bass and yellows! I hope I get the boat back in time for this weekend and the weather cooperates. I'll be ...

Got out in the dark with Chuck and Steve around 0430. Air was chilly at 55F, but water had cooled a bit to 71F. Chuck went along our usual path and did quite well, I'll leave those details to him. I went to Wilson's creek and along that shoreline, throwing the rat in hopes of a nice large surprise ...

Got there @3:30 and already 8th in line,felt like opening day because the line went out the gate. Someone blocked the gate so Jose had to walked in. Met Dave, Steve and couple new friends, Dave went to Pine and I went to Hauser, hoping it won’t be the last Wednesday for me. Started across Pigs on ...

Hey Dave, I was going along the bank and talked with a guy who was using his FF sonar, he saw several bait balls and we did play around with some surface fish there, but they were the 10-12 inch variety. I went further back in Pine and did turn on my Panoptix and saw bait balls in 28 feet of water ...

Nicely done! We are all looking for the replacement of the BB. I think they went off Keto and went vegan.

Very nice and love the pics!

Nice work. Who makes that bow mount attachment for the motor ?

Thanks brother! You're on deck on a trip to SCI to go smash some calico bass and yellows! I hope I get the boat back in time for this weekend and the weather cooperates. I'll be in touch and soon

Shaaaaaaka!


Man I miss the days of hunting yellows and calicos. Had two rigs that could ...

Spoiler alert — the fishing is good!

My son and I arrived late (~10:30) and closed the place down as usual. In contrast to last weekend when we were catching most of our quality fish along rocky shorelines, Sunday was all about finding them in the stick ups. I beat Theo 34/31, but he scored the ...

Theo just keeps adding on!! Good job both of you 👏 It is a puzzle to solve every trip. We have been lucky to find the same lures working the last 2 trips but do not expect that to continue.

I keep looking for you out there John! No luck so far. Hope we cross paths soon! I hear the bay has been ...

I truly like a black and blue, jig-n-pork combination; fishing rocky banks.It is quite a popular lure amongst the angler population.And anytime you are fortunate to catch forty-nine bass fishing a jig is truly a blessing.Congratulation gentlemen!