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Thanks for the update! I'm ready to start hitting other lakes again and just trying to decide where to go this weekend. Info is good. Cheers!

Where's the videos and beers?


The videos are out there for sure! I went to Montana and made 2 videos from there (in the Trout Fishing section) and ...

Awesome Vinny, once again you're my hero. I found it tough out there today.

NIce work Vinny.

For a small fee, I will teach you how to actually land a bass! Step one, put hooks on your baits..step two, sharpen those hooks.....lol lol lol lol....

Good job finding those puppies today!

Impressive! You guys both did very well.
Lower bass population lake (Larry Bottroff, would say Murray averaged around 4,500 catchable bass) and the heat we have been having lately can't help either.

For a small fee, I will teach you how to actually land a bass! Step one, put hooks on your baits..step two, sharpen those hooks.....lol lol lol lol....


Hey @Mcfish ...I sharpened and upsized my hook. This should work a lot better. :-)

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That's a NO...I'm thinkin you need at ...

Had a ball out at Murray Thursday. Met a great guy and guide in VinnyBass also. Started around 7 am and was surprised to see busters all over the lake. I started with a weighted fluke for no love as I made my way out to the middle of lake where i saw VinnyBass make some hook ups but didnt see him ...

Vinny VinnyBass was lamenting his inability to catch any topwater bass at Murray on hard baits last week. I have been able to pull a few, but I think the key is really downsizing your baits, and working them quite fast across the surface. Almost skipping them. The fish on top seem to be chasing ...

Have had a lot of really good days lately so I suppose it was time for a reality check. Took the drive up to Hodges hoping for some jiggy piggies since that’s my favorite place to drag a jig around.

It was a gorgeous day out. Water temp a balmy 82 and apparently the fish thought the buffet was ...

Hey everyone, not new to the forum but new to posting. I went out to Hodges with the goal of catching a PB. After grinding away for a couple of hours, I met another fisherman who was having some luck with crank baits. I have zero confidence with crank baits but patterns are patterns so I tied on a ...

otaymichael wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:57 pm Cool. Congrats. Glad you had a scale.

I told my wife I was going to Hodges to catch a PB. Took the Go Pro so I could get a picture. I was lucky my scale still had batteries with juice.

Getting to that time of the year when they really focus on the baitfish!

Haha VinnyBass as I said I think you pull in way more fish than me on a regular basis so feel free to ignore me! In fact I just got my first Damiki blade bait from TW so I can begin to learn some of your deeper water tactics.

CorsoEnthusiast It's been pretty darned hit and miss for me the last few ...

Tried to get a few hours in the morning before the heat took over. they opened the gate at 6;00 and i set up the pontoon and was on the water headed down the Del Dios arm by 6;30. I was heading to a place i knew that has deep water because from the reports i got on folks throwing the kitchen sink at ...

Not tired to the Murray reports. Keep them coming!
I like the gun fish for down sizing the top hard baits. I think it's the 75mm. I know bait makers are going much smaller now, but I'm out of the loop=)

Was heading over to Barrett but woke up late and since I was already packed up I made the short drive over to Hodges. There was not many people fishing and most probably stayed away due to the tough conditions out there. I made a beeline to the dam and started throwing cranks on my BFS set up. Got a ...

KillinTime wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 4:44 pm Not tired to the Murray reports. Keep them coming!
I like the gun fish for down sizing the top hard baits. I think it's the 75mm. I know bait makers are going much smaller now, but I'm out of the loop=)

Agreed keep them coming Vinny!

Nice!

I wish i could do that at Murray

Took my good friend Randy (who is still new to fishing) out float tubing at Murray, hoping to get him introduced to some topwater action. He was really jazzed as he landed his first three topwater bass, one of which went 4.3 lbs. Sadly no picture though as he dropped it taking it off the scale.

As ...