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Thank you Goose. Your story matches mine situation closely. I guess I'll just stick with the OE. A-Jay

PM rcvd - Thank you. A-Jay

Thanks Wayne - Why would the warranty be voided ? A-Jay

Anyone using one of these after market trolling motor props ? Did a search didn't find much. Read some on line reviews - mixed results reported. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance A-Jay

After the last trip in the rain - I'm waiting for my boat and gear to dry out. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. As for heading to Lake Baccarac - been there and have 2 more trips planned. It's not super easy fishing there - it's just that your efforts are often rewarded with something in the "Holy Smokes" category. It's really quite a special place - perhaps you should consider it. A-Jay

I start to get a little worried right after I see and smell the smoke . . . . . A-Jay

Cou Could even be a "Teener" at that place . . . A-Jay

Dear BR members - Here is a little reality check for you - Bass Resource IS A Fishing Friendly Version of Facebook - get over it. A-Jay

He does talk about suspended fish. His experience led him to fish open water during mid thru late summer; which in this area is right now. I just reviewed this chapter in the book. He talks about open water long line trolling, a technique that is done by such a small select group of anglers, that if it works - no one is talking (or writing) about it. Clearly the thermocline plays a role here. Any and all efforts have to be above it. There is no doubt in my mind that unless Bill was unbelievably lucky, his success using this particular technique must have come very slowing and required hours upon hours of nothing before he started putting together anything close to a pattern here. The more I think about what's happening on the waters I'm fishing, the more sense this makes. Right now the thermocline on the lake is at about 25 - 30 feet. The water is very clear, you can often see the bottom in 20 ft plus. Without much shoreline cover, there just aren't many places for the fish to hold close to the bank where they can't be seen. This is not going to make them feel safe at all. I don't think it's a stretch to believe that since they can't go down to get away from danger, moving "out" is the only option. This would make them very hard to find and even harder to catch. Clearly a very time consuming task and not one any tournament angler could reasonably consider which is why I believe that you just don't hear or read about it. I have the ability (boat & tackle wise) to make a decent attempt at this. Unfortunately this bite is fairly short lived but it's one I don't necessarily have to do at night which provides more fishing time. Mr. Murphy discusses the lures he found productive and I have some of the same or similar baits. But with this being a trout lake, I'm seriously considering adding a treble to a couple rof 12 or 16 Hudds and slow trolling them up, down and across the open water of the lake. Can't catch any less big bass than I already have so far . . . . . More to follow. A-Jay

And That's really the best way to go. Is it October yet ? A-Jay

I do mark quite a few suspended fish. Some seem to be associating with structure and some do not; or if they are, they're a good distance from it. The lakes loaded with trout so I've always imagined that's what they were (not really being able to know for sure) A-Jay

Could Be . . . . Need to get LC to make a 128 DD A-Jay

**** Trip Log **** Monday 08 July Fished 6am – 11am / Air temp mid 70’s / Water Temp 74 / Winds SSE 5 kts or less / Started Overcast then Big Fat Rain / Barometer 1013 & falling. Weather looked promising for an early morning bite today. Forecast was for some clouds and light showers with clearing skies by noon. I anchored up right at sunrise. There was a very low warm fog over the lake that extended into the surrounding pines but no winds at all – air was heavy, wet & still. The kind of morning that makes an angler believe something special in possible. I stated out on long gradually sloping, main lake point that I’ve always felt had major potential. It has yet to live up to my expectations but on this morning I was anxious to give it another chance. I alternated between a Rainbow Trout Hudd 68 (rof 12) and a stitching rig with a Rage Tail Lobster at the business end. This is the first time I’ve tried stitching a craw. The calm conditions made it quite pleasant to stitch, I was able to feel the rig slither up, over and the through the sparse cover as I worked it along. The Swim bait did not draw a strike but was flowed several times by some curious keeper size bass. The Craw did tempt a few of those keeper size bass. Not knowing what I had, that first take on the craw had me pretty amped up. Still, nice to get bit. All the action was on the shallow end of my presentations. Around 9:30am it started to rain and not long after that, the “showers” turned into quite a bit more. The lack of electrical activity in the air allowed me to stick it out a while hoping with would let up soon. I learned this morning that stitching in the rain is not optimum. Rainfall pelting the line makes bite detection somewhat frustrating; time to switch it up. I relocated to fish a drop in front of a deep flat at the entrance to a main lake cove. I went to a deep crank, DD22 HD first time throwing this bait. Worked the whole area shallow to deep and deep to shallow; on 10lb braid and a long cast, this lure gets down there nicely. Sometimes fishing in the rain is quite nice – today was not one of those days; Jambalaya on the crank bait. I was douched. Time to go. So as I look back at what I’ve done so far, the places I’ve fished, the times and conditions I’ve fished in, the baits and techniques I used and the few fish that I have caught, I’m not really putting anything together here. If anything, I’m starting to believe that perhaps the bigger fish I’m after are actually suspending out over the deeper water during neutral periods. Once my rig and tackle dry out, I’ll be back at it. A-Jay

Barometer's falling nicely which means I might get rained on. It's been too long so I'm heading out. Hoping the fish are thinking about eating. Going to try stitching a crawfish imitation on deeper main lake points. Perhaps something from the Berkley or Rage Tail Line of products. A-Jay

I think Silva was getting bored - he was beating everyone and didn't feel challenged or threated. He'll get serious next time around. His next opponent may not make the final bell. A-Jay

Congratulations to you both ~ And I must say you're chosen great names - (my son's & mine) A-Jay

Nice Job Buddy ~ ! Cool underwater footage . . .. Congrats A-Jay

Me too. Me too. But history has indicated that at least during the heat of summer, I have always been considerably more successful at night. Generally at night, I'm not fishing as deep as the techniques in the book recommend. So it remains to be seen if I'll stumble into what I'm looking for not. A-Jay

Hello BR and I hope you're all enjoying your Holiday weekend wherever you may be. I Apologize for not having much to report here recently. Starting next week I am planning to be on the water more often than not and will be posting up accordingly. A-Jay

Denny Brauer enjoyed his trip a few weeks ago ~ A-Jay From the Lake Baccarac reports page: With over a dozen private planes at the lodge recently, we are lucky enough to have pro fisherman Denny Brauer arrive on Mike McVay’s King Air. After the trip, Denny stated it was the best fishing he’s ever done in his life, with one five-fish stringer the last morning of fishing weighing over 50 lbs., with his big fish close to 13 lbs. His good friend an fishing partner, Jim McVay, called and reported that Denny said that our lodging, our boats, our setup and the fishing is hand’s down the best in Mexico

What are you Psychic ? A-Jay

Thanks dR. and Welcome to BR ~ A-Jay

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Excellent - and just imagine how fantastic your cardio will be as your ability to swim across oceans improves day by day . . . . . . . A-Jay