Bluebasser86

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One of my favorite after work spots is a creek. I mainly catch them on topwater, shakyheads, and wacky rigs. Most are around a pound but I caught 4 pound largemouth several years ago while I was actually fishing for catfish with a chunk of cut shad. I've caught lots in the 3lb range, mostly on the shakyhead and wacky rig.

My best success with cranks for crappie has been trolling them slowly. Shad raps in the #5 or #7 size and 200 or 300 series bandits are my favorites.

You got that right! Crappie only eat tiny jigs and live minnows, no reason to waste your time fishing for them with jerkbaits

That's a good looking lake. Just did a little searching and it looks like it has good populations of largemouth and smallmouth as well as bonus walleye and striped bass. The fun (and frustrating) thing about power plant lakes is you can go from fishing topwater right in the discharge, to have to drag a jig in the cold water. Fish are very influenced by the power plant also. If they aren't generating at the ones around here, fishing them is basically a waste of time. I usually start at the hot water and work my way out. Spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jerkbaits, swimbaits, flukes, traps, jigs, shakyheads, even topwaters can be effective in the discharge. As you work away from the warm water I'd put away the fluke and topwater and work away from the warm water until you find the fish.

Biwa or another lake in Japan. The lakes in California would be a distant second. Possibly South Africa, seems to be some monster coming from there and I get the impression that those fish don't get nearly as much pressure as the California and Japanese lakes do.

Whichever one I'm fishing at the moment, even more so if there happens to be a fish putting a bend in it

All those bass in clear water lakes that eat A-rigs with thick wire and snap swivels everywhere, but braided line is too visible

You can buy a blank mold and take it to a machine shop. Going to be expensive and finding a hook to fit a custom mold might be difficult. There's also the option of making plaster of Paris molds but they don't have a long life span like a metal mold does.

I rarely use a leader with braid on my casting rods. Putting a leader on braid in the dirty water in the lakes I fish is a waste of time and effort. Putting a leader on braid when flipping heavy grass is completely defeating the point of fishing braid and just asking for heartbreak.

Cabela's used to serve duck enchiladas that were delicious! I like the bacon/cream cheese/jalapeno route myself.

There's some monsters in Olathe. I know some guys do well trolling for them, I usually target them with topwater during the summer time and fall with traps, this is the first time I've gotten on them with spoons. If someone had a boat with good electronics I think they could really get on them and catch some big ones. I talked to one guy a month or so ago that had a picture of his wife with a 13.5 pound wiper she caught slow rolling a 1oz spinnerbait at Olathe this past summer and I've heard rumors of a 16lb wiper that was caught on chicken livers this summer as well but haven't seen any proof.

What!! You can't catch fish on a Senko under a bobber! Bobbers are for beginners and have no place in bass fishing. A fluke on a darter head under a bobber doesn't work either, don't even think about trying it!

Next season? Give me a normal month of fishing and I could have most of that used up

It's the 7' 6" MH/F 12-25 1/4-1 ounce with the 7.3:1 reel. It's the light flipping/pitching, small swimbait, frogging rod, and apparently jigging spoons too Forecast for next Friday looks good right now. I'd love to get to Wolf Creek and try to stick some smallies with it Admittedly, I've only ever owned 1 Pinnacle rod and reel, and I did like it despite the fact that it was a very inexpensive casting combo. I've always been guilty of listening to other fishermen who talked poorly about Pinnacle's offerings, despite the fact that a lot of them were probably just repeating what they'd heard from other fishermen, as I can't ever remember fishing with another angler who ever actually owned a Pinnacle rod and/or reel. Despite that, I've gone into fishing this setup with an open mind and have been thoroughly impressed thus far. The reel is very tight and smooth and was easy to set. The handle is comfortable, the weight is the exact same as a Curado I that cost $20 more, and it's a good looking reel. The rod looks and feels great as well. I really like the power and sensitivity, really can't wait to get a hold of a big fish in heavy cover with it to see how well it will move a fish in that situation.

I've caught a good number of fish on these in the limited number of times I've used them. I fish them on my dropshot rod with 6lb test and a slow, steady retrieve. Clear water seems to be a must. I've had my best success with them targeting smallmouth but obviously they catch largemouth too. I've been fishing the Ghost M Shad.

My uncle prefers drum over anything else. They eat mainly shellfish, craws, and baitfish and have a very firm, white fillet. They are closely related to the red drum (redfish), black drum, and croaker that live in salt water and are all very popular food fish. The ones I've cleaned have zero red meat in them either so cleaning them is simple.

Went to Olathe after work yesterday with the intention of fishing my new Pinnacle Optimus reel and Pinnacle Perfecta DHC5 rod. I was really planning on mainly fishing and not doing much catching but the 42.7 degree water at the ramp was higher than I expected and gave me a little hope. I ran straight to the high rock bank on the far north end because I know it has the deepest water in the lake and the sun was already shining on it. The rod and reel felt great, I could really sling my 7/16oz finesse jig a long way even with it being spooled with 20lb fluoro. I'd only made about a dozen cast when I felt what I assume was a limb or brushpile in 25-30' of water (I was impressed I could still feel it since my fingers were already numb). Just like I had been, lifted slowly and it was mush, then an ever so slight pull downwards that I immediately met with an almost straight up and down hookset. Just an average Olathe fish but it was 1 more than I planned on catching I was momentarily sidetracked while trying to retrieve a spook that someone cast into a tree that was a good 30' away from the waters edge. After another 30 minutes of casting with no luck and the wind blowing way harder than the 6mph they forecast, I started just casting out to deeper water and drifting down the bank, fishing uphill and looking for baits as I floated. Right about the time I started to hit the curve in the bank, I drug my jig on one of my first pulls after it hit bottom and got whacked. I set the hook and nailed a limb Irritated that I'd missed the fish, motored out to my bait to try to get it back. I was snagged in about 19' of water on the edge of where the bottom begins to climb up to the 15' range when all the sudden my depthfinder was spotted with fish everywhere I had a feeling what it was and after quickly switching my jig to a War Eagle jigging spoon, it hit bottom and I got all of 2 hops in before I felt the telltale "tick" as it was fluttering back down. The line getting ripped from the spool was a pretty dead giveaway, the broad white side and stripes just confirmed it. After that it was on like bing bong Jack! The last one was my biggest at 5lbs 10ozs and bigger than my 22" board. She was a real fighter who had beaten another angler at some point. Quite a workout for it's first time out and both the rod and reel performed flawlessly. Got the reel dialed in really fast so it was easy to cast even with frozen fingers, then the drag got way more work than any bass will ever put it through and it never missed a beat there either. Loved the combination of power and sensitivity of the rod. Not what I'd typically use for a jigging spoon but it's what I had and it worked just fine. I actually got to use the Quickflip button on one of the fish that hit my spoon on the initial fall and it worked just like it should. Obviously not a real thorough test but if yesterday was any indication of what I can expect, I'm going to really enjoy fishing with this setup

Went to Olathe after work yesterday with the intention of fishing my new Pinnacle Optimus reel and Pinnacle Perfecta DHC5 rod. I was really planning on mainly fishing and not doing much catching but the 42.7 degree water at the ramp was higher than I expected and gave me a little hope. I ran straight to the high rock bank on the far north end because I know it has the deepest water in the lake and the sun was already shining on it. The rod and reel felt great, I could really sling my 7/16oz finesse jig a long way even with it being spooled with 20lb fluoro. I'd only made about a dozen cast when I felt what I assume was a limb or brushpile in 25-30' of water (I was impressed I could still feel it since my fingers were already numb). Just like I had been, lifted slowly and it was mush, then an ever so slight pull downwards that I immediately met with an almost straight up and down hookset. Just an average Olathe fish but it was 1 more than I planned on catching I was momentarily sidetracked while trying to retrieve a spook that someone cast into a tree that was a good 30' away from the waters edge. After another 30 minutes of casting with no luck and the wind blowing way harder than the 6mph they forecast, I started just casting out to deeper water and drifting down the bank, fishing uphill and looking for baits as I floated. Right about the time I started to hit the curve in the bank, I drug my jig on one of my first pulls after it hit bottom and got whacked. I set the hook and nailed a limb Irritated that I'd missed the fish, motored out to my bait to try to get it back. I was snagged in about 19' of water on the edge of where the bottom begins to climb up to the 15' range when all the sudden my depthfinder was spotted with fish everywhere I had a feeling what it was and after quickly switching my jig to a War Eagle jigging spoon, it hit bottom and I got all of 2 hops in before I felt the telltale "tick" as it was fluttering back down. The line getting ripped from the spool was a pretty dead giveaway, the broad white side and stripes just confirmed it. After that it was on like bing bong Jack! The last one was my biggest at 5lbs 10ozs and bigger than my 22" board. She was a real fighter who had beaten another angler at some point.

In that deeper water I doubt it makes as big of a difference as it's going to be difficult for a fish to see any line once you start to get into the deep water. I fish my C rigs with a braid mainline and 12-15lb fluoro leader and big football jigs like you said mainly on 15.

Yes I have. Maybe it's the fall rate, the way the bait is allowed to move a little more naturally, maybe it's the fish seeing the heavier line, maybe it's a combination of all of them. Whatever the reason, I catch more big fish on this particular lake with the lighter line than I ever did using my standard 15-20. Most of the lakes I fish are pretty stained and shallow so I can get away with heavier line, but just not the case on that lake for some reason. The lighter line also is much easier to skip a jig with also. I'm mainly using jigs from 5/16oz to 1/2oz.

Good eating right there!

I got to fish with mine today, very pleased Thankfully the fish gods smiled on me and the report gets to go in the fishing report forum

Shakyhead with a small craw around those outside bends and laydowns. Walk a Sammy as fast as you can at the bottom of the riffles at the head of the deeper pools.

I did get caught one lifejacket short once. 3 of us fishing out of my 14' johnboat and there was 3 when we left, but we must have lost one on the way to the lake. I won't ever put the boat on the water a lifejacket short again, that one cheap, orange lifejacket cost me $276!