Bluebasser86

It would be great to have a link to this. I'd like to give it a shot. X2! I've got a couple Curados and Citicas that don't cast like they used to that I'd like to flush the bearings to see how much it would help but I'd have no idea where to start!

If it's forcast above 15 I don't bother going to Wolf Creek. They will more than likely page you off the lake when it gets to 15 or above even though it says 20mph during the winter. It's not as bad if it's from the west or east but if it's from the north or south don't even try. I have never seen a lake get as rough as that lake does with almost no wind. Since it runs north to south and it's so flat around it the wind has nothing to slow it down. You could still try La Cygne but they haven't been generating much so that water isn't as warm as it normally is but the water is soft and better than sitting at home! ;D

Are sturgeon any good to eat? I catch small shovelnose sturgeon fishing cut shad for catfish in the river here sometimes but I couldn't imagine eating one being any good. I'm also hoping for some good luck tomorrow. First time in a month the weather has been out of the teens on my days off so I'm going to go catch some fish! I'm predicting some chunky largemouth and scrappy white bass. Probably catch some big 'ol pappermouths too! ;D Good luck to you Fish Chris!

One good thing about Kansas is if you're in the right part of the state you can get to a powerplant lake that will almost always have open water! I'm from the KC area and headed to Wolf Creek tomorrow. Been catching them really well down there really well all winter. Most years our other lakes don't ice out until early/mid March. Some ponds will ice out sooner if they're in the right spots. We're almost there! Just another month or so probably . Another plus is that Chaney is supposed to be good for ice fishing too! ;D

Good info Roseypike! I'm heading to Wolf Creek tomorrow. I've whacked them the last couple times I"ve been out there and with the winds supposed to be pretty light and warm weather I'm hoping it won't be any different ;D. I still might try La Cygne on Tuesday though, maybe with the warm weather they will have turned on down there.

That's why they say that buying a boat is like buying a hole to throw money into.

I have a 16' Lowe Roughneck with a 70lb Minn Kota Maxxum on it and never had a problem. Get good batteries and take care of them and you can go all day no problem and fight a pretty good current or wind if you need to.

Are you just painting a jighead? If I'm painting like an 1/8 oz shakeyhead I just wave it back and forth over a lighter for about 10 seconds and swish it through the powder. Make sure the power is fluffed up really well. I stir mine about every half dozen jigheads with a toothpick to keep it fluffed up so you get good coverage without clumping on the head. You can bake them after that to make it last longer but make sure you clear the eye out first . I usually don't bother with baking my shakeyheads because the rocks usually eat them before the paint has a chance to wear off >.

Curious as to what you mean by childs play? If 36 bass up to 5lbs in 5hours on 2 baits is childs play then yeah they are. I think in Cali where the water is gin clear there is a real need for expensive life like swimbaits. Where I fish the water is moderately stained to stained and there is really no need for the high dollar swimbaits. In all honesty I used to look at these baits and think the same...I bought some and would have moderate success with them. My problem was I was fishing them like a crankbait. I was fishing them to fast. It wasn't until I really slowed down with occasional pauses to make contact with the bottom that they really started producing. I'm sure to some my first example IS childs play but in ND most would agree that its a pretty decent day. Also forgot to mention I was fishing from shore. I've had pretty good luck with the Storm prerigged swimbaits but those new ones you have to put the head into suck! I know a few lakes with deep weeds that you can rip them out of and catch some fish. I mainly use them to catch hybrids and whitebass though. My favorite swimbait is the 4" Strike King king shad. Haven't had much luck with the 3" but the biggest 5 fish limit I ever had was on a 4" king shad.

Drove across the dam at La Cygne tonight on the way home from Joplin. It was dark but as far as I could see the lake was frozen. :'( I've never seen that much ice on La Cygne, it was frozen all across the south end as far as the lights from the plant would go. The stacks weren't going on the way down there or the way back either. Anybody go down there with these warm days? Didn't want to drive my wife's car down there through the park to look at the ramp. My luck I'd end up with one of their pet deer on the hood! ;D

I got into them the other day. Hoping to get into them again Monday! http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1296006276

Another thing that works sometimes is if you female is around the bed but not glued to it like Fish Chris said is to try to catch the male first. Sometimes if you pull him off the bed and toss him in the livewell she will take over his spot guarding the nest and be more catchable. Just make sure if you catch her to get the male back in the water quick to guard the nest again, otherwise it will be destroyed and all those good big fish genes will be gone! :'(

Try the new Gulp eggs. I've never had much luck with the powerbait dough but those eggs are killer! A little expensive but if they work I figure they're worth it. Just make a small carolina rig basically with a salmon egg hook on the end and 2 eggs should float the hook off the bottom. My best color combo has been one white and one pink egg. Color does seem to make a difference for me.

;D I can see it too. Congrats to them!

Great to hear you are putting it to good use! I havent even put any line on mine yet! The lakes up here in Pennsylvania haven't even considered thawing yet.. wind chill has been around -10 the last few days.. its supposed to get up to 40 next week so hopefully it'll start opening up the lakes!! If it wasn't for powerplant lakes around here, I'd be in the same boat! I've only got to use that reel once so far but I caught several largemouth, whitebass, and my first smallmouth of the year tossing a War Eagle finesse spinnerbait on it. It casts great and I can actually fish my bait right with the right handed retrieve!

X2! You can use them almost any way, just like the senko. You should add some tubes, 4" grubs, and some regular swimming tail worms to your arsenal for sure!

I was fishing Lake Comendero, about 3 hours into the Sierra Madre mountians from Matzatlan. It was an awesome trip and I would highly recommend Ron Speed's Adventures. My first trip when I caught those two fish the water was 45 feet high! I caught 4 fish the first day and was the only one out of the 6 people there that caught anything. I ended up catching less than 50 fish and was the only one to catch a bass over 5 pounds while I was there. Ron Speed's comped my entire trip so I got to go back a second time a couple years later for free. That time we really did catch the numbers of fish you hear about people catching in Mexico so it was just the high water that made it so difficult.

Really?? :-? I've never done any good with DD22's or the biggest Fat Free Shad, traded all mine to another member on here. I do like the Series 5 or 6xd though. With the way Rapala's break and now that they're getting up around $10, I probably won't be buying them anymore.

I like the Yum Craw Papi really well in the 2 smaller sizes. A 3" Berkley Power craw on a shakey head has killed the smallmouth for me a few times.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1295450221 Thought this might help.

I have that exact W&M cranking rod and I like it really well so far. I've had it for about 6 months so I can't talk much for durability but it can really wing a crankbait out there quite a ways and is really good at keeping them buttoned once they hit. I've fished a lot of crankbaits since I've had the rod and other than the color I don't have anything bad to say about it. I also have 2 Revo S reels. I have one I got when they first came out and the bearing that makes the levelwind track stopped working so I have to get that replaced. The other one I got from JimmyMo3287 and it has been working great for tossing spinnerbaits and cranking in fish! ;D

I've heard they are supposed to be more sensitive because of the line pulling down on the guide instead of on the tip of the rod like a normal baitcaster. The increased contact with the line on the guides is supposed to reduce line coil as it goes through the guides giving you more control. Or at least that's what the guy I fished a tournament with a few years ago told me .

Some places you can buy suckers at the baitshop. Big chubs work well also and you can catch them pretty easily out of creeks on small hooks and livebait. Big golden shiners are also an option and almost always sold in baitshops. I think if you get a big bait you might go with a quickstrick rig to prevent the fish swallowing the bait and fish it under a slip bobber.

When I worked at Cabela's I used to cast throught the aquarium all the time. I always took the hooks off or closed them up but it was still a lot of fun! It was nice to get to test new lures and see how they looked in that clear water. I'd bet if you grabbed one of those prespooled combos and grabbed a loose bait out of a bargin bin, you'd have no problem walking to the aquarium and making a few casts and probably catching a fish.

Wish some of the lakes around here put out lots of big fish other than catfish, carp, and drum . Nice fish!