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Nice job as usual. No top water?

I was at the gate at 3:30 and was in line outside the gate. I was at the water ready to launch and decided to make some casts. 10 fish before I left on the tube. I was there from open to close caught a lot, lost a lot (need to find what hook is best for elaztech baits). There were the blue gill and ...

Where do you fish the crank bait? All I keep catching is the muck.

Thanks I’ll be back on the 18th.

Nice report. Man you get around. That use to be one of my favorite lakes back when it was full.

I have FFS on my boat and i love it. Even though I have the old 32 version and only 9" screen. Hope to upgrade some day. It opens up a whole new adventure in fishing. When I first got it I did the bait balls and bass thing. Then I started using it to find structure, then fish on the structure, then ...

Great day, Great video. Congrats on the 100 mark!

I do count my fish for the most part. At one time I was taking a picture of every fish. On the opener of San V after Damn rebuild I posted on the site 95 bass. Of course some said no picks BS. I had pics of them and posted pics of group pictures. I was weighing also as a lot were 4 to 7lbs. But at ...

Pourboy wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 11:36 am Such a fun day! Thanks for the post! I ended up with ???# of fish and ended the day with a popper flurry. 3 bass over 5lbs! Amazing!

Is that number legit?

The bummer was I lost my phone!
Fishing was great. My son in law (John) and I on our tubes. Pretty much all places we fished had fish 1 pic will show you a place. All structure, shallow to 10,15 ft of water. Most fish cam fishing parallel in the 10 to 15' of water. Baits 3" stick baits, a fluke but ...

Vinny, did you dump those concrete structures in the lake at night?

Where else could he get rid of his old driveway. I'm sure it was accidental that he created perfect fish habitats...and has all the way points on his fishfinder....
P.S. Nice fish Vinny!

I found a boat in deep water there ...

Very nice. You doing the loop of the lake?

Very sad!!!

Thanks for the report. how far back did you go into hauser?

Where and how do shad spawn? Never really seen it before. And what do the fry look like?


They’ll hump on the side of your boat, your kayak, your tube, your legs and fins. Pretty much anywhere they feel like it!


Like StinkyPinky23 said you see it, you feel it and you feel used. Fry look ...

My BFS rods had short handles and after fishing the opener at Barrett I added extensions to the butts. Worked great my second trip and on vaca.

I used quadcopter carbon fiber tubes and the ends were small fishing rod end caps all from Amazon. I looked at other rods i have and cut to size.
Rod extended to around 1/2" from end of grip. I added wood shish cabob sticks inside with epoxy for strength. There are some good you tube videos on do it.

seaguar fluro it's a good line, but I use P line. It is a little softer then P line and breaks and frays easier also. I have tested for breaking strength and knot strength. P line was better in my testing. It's up to you.

I use it all fluro and with braid.

Over cast morning clearing and very windy. Was in a boat and as it turns out I don't like it as much as my tube. Top water (popper) morning was fun. Didn't find the fish loaded up more picking areas apart. There were some bass chasing fry and were easy to catch but they one pounders mostly. I used ...