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Float tubers are safe, I had one of the 1st ones out here in SD back in the early 80’s and fished the SD River, Barrett, and all over both bays, throughout my teenage years (back when they were called belly boats) and had a blast doing so! Forced me to learn patience and how to work an area ...

I guess I’m lucky in that I don’t eat fish. Go figure! I’ve been fishing since I was 4yrs old, so 53yrs. I have tried fish every way possible and the only way I can eat it is in a fish taco, or deep fried, which kind of defeats the purpose of eating fish. I actually wish I did like fish but I cannot ...

Lots of boats out today, probably tomorrow as well, pre fishing for the Angler's Marine tournament on Saturday. Got there earlier than usual today and ended up at the end of the second line of boats. Haven’t seen more than 5 or 6 boats in line the last few weeks.

Being that far back, I was shocked ...

Nice work out there! I had forgotten that they were stocking trout there again until I stuck on in a lipless crankbait back in Dec.

Beautiful fish!

I can second your sunscreen advice. I’ve had several spots of skin cancer removed over the years so it’s sunscreen and gaiters for me. Wish like hell I could wear long sleeves all day but I get too damn hot.

Have a bullet sized dent in my head because of a spot that was removed ...

Yeah, expecting a tough day tomorrow. I’m just curious as to what kind of weights they brought in.

lol! Hope so! May have to dig deep into the memory bank to come up with something a little different out there

I can’t buy a bite on that damn Tokyo Rig! Glad to see someone knows how to fish it!!

After the fish were hammered with 110 teams in the Anglers Marine tournament on Saturday, my expectations were set pretty low. The morning started out about how I thought it would. There were only about 6 boats when I launched but one of them ended up on the spot I wanted to start on. No biggie ...

JWall wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:44 pm You should have fished that tournament!!

No kidding!! I could have had 1st place AND big fish!!

It can definitely be tough to get comfortable with a new bait, or technique. One of the reasons I’m glad I no longer fish tournaments is that I can go out and just fish free. No stress about money, or points being on the line. It has allowed me to expand my fishing so much more.

I tend to use new ...

My backseaters used to always laugh at me because I would catch a fish and immediately pick up a different rod and start throwing something else. When I’m fishing one bait, I’m always thinking about what else I could be throwing. Even lately with all of the fish I’ve been getting in the dropshot, in ...

I realize that may sound like a contradiction but it pretty much describes my day. Fishing was actually better on Monday, at least for me. I ended up with a Bakers Dozen but there was no size to them and I struggled for bites.

I would get a fish or two off a spot and it would die. I ended up ...

Only two more to come, at least for during the week. Returning to work a week from Monday

If only!!

I’m really bummed I have to go back to work next Monday. The last two have been really good to me at San V. Last week I got the 7lber and today I boated 27 (no BS, I have pics of most of them).

The bite started almost right away this morning. Messed around with a chatterbait for about a dozen casts ...

Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words!

Had a serious case of bass thumb after yesterday at San V. All it took was a trip to El Cap to cure that! 😆 Been several months since I’d been there. It’s a totally different lake since the last time I was there.

I have always had pretty steady luck with a crankbait there so that’s what I started ...

Bait was pretty consistent at 20ft throughout the lake. Other than the guy throwing the 10XD, the only other fish I saw caught were in the sticks, shallow. Water temp was 62. I was expecting a much better bite than it was.