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Could have been a bass and you just pulled the bait out of his mouth. Around here, most LM are caught by old guys catfishing off the bottom by accident.

Just seen this posted on facebook. He was one of the greats. He will be missed!

I got up early this morning and hit Lake Hefner again. Windy as hell with no luck. One last stop before I went home, stopped at one of the fishing docks. Had a guy come out on the dock and struck up a conversation. Turns out it was OK BASS HUNTER. Fished and talked for about an hour and half. Really nice guy. He even hooked a 21" sogeye right off the dock. Small world. Might have a new fishing partner!

Thats a question that could be debated for weeks. I use it on everything. Cant tell it if work or not, but does make me feel better that I can mask my scent though

d**n!

Lately that is all I have been catching. In Central Oklahoma, the LM population is way down to lakes setting limits of over 17" and only allowing to keep 4 to bring back the numbers. The white bass/wiper/hybrids as they call them here, are mega fun to catch. They fight like crazy. Guys have been catching them on just about everything in there box, but top water is the king.

I have switched every knot I tie to this knot. Simple and easy. The Palomar knot is very strong and easy to tie with a bare hook, but a pain in the butt when using a large crank with 2-3 hooks. I don't lose near as much line with the Pitzen knot after tying either.

Its really hot and dry most everywhere. Bass will leave their spots and deviate from the norm to get an easy meal.

Around here early AM is the best. Even at sunset its still 90 plus degrees here. At sun up around 545, its still 75 degrees. I know your frustration. Seems when I cant find a bit to save my life, a popper always brings out a fish albeit a munchkin, its still a fish

Lately I have been slamming the hybrid bass between 845-930. Not a single bite before or after. I think it just too hot. I'm going to try again tomorrow

Music gets a B- but the scenery gets a FREGGING 10!!!!!

When I was about 8 my dad took me to Wilson Lake in Kansas. We found a nice rock point where the water dropped off rapidly to 30 plus feet and really cold. He tied on a popper and said go! The small mouth hit those poppers like crack. At 8 it felt like sharks on the rod. First time I really remember dad and I connecting and finding a common ground. I knew everything at 8 so we had a lot of dissagreements ha ha. Small mouth was dads release from the life of a narcotics detective and he loved it. For me, its all about dad. Fighting, eating, catching and releasing just brings back that memory of my dad.

Could be. I think I was over excited too. When the hybrids are feeding every single cast is a good size fish. I was getting excited and might have worked the popper to fast. Patients is a vertue! When the fish took off with that snake it looked like a scene from Jaws. It was wicked cool

Back before the Zebra Mussle thing became an issue, we used to take all of our big bass and crappie out of the live well and drop them in the development pond if they were alive. 8-9 guys doing that and we had that bugger stocked big time. The neighborhood kids were pulling out 3-5 pound LM daily. It was catch and release only so they only got bigger. Nothing like a city kid on a 5 dollar pole and grub worms that's never fished before landing a big LM.

I've always been partial to Boston. Especially after they drafted Pierce. I really truly thought OKC would end up playing Boston for the title.

I've always been partial to Boston. Especially after they drafted Pierce. I really truly thought OKC would end up playing Boston for the title.

I've always been partial to Boston. Especially after they drafted Pierce. I really truly thought OKC would end up playing Boston for the title.

Sully should have gone last year. He would have been a top 5 pick. He lost millions on staying and now has back trouble.

I got off work at 8am, still in uniform and hit Lake Hefner on my way home. Hybrid Bass were pushing the shad inland and again top water was king. Not a bite on the Senko. Anyway, I was bringing my popper in slowly and noticed a large fin behind it. Popped it and missed the fish. What happened next was kinda freaky. There had been this water snake hanging around watching the action. He was about 3 feet from where I missed the hit. As soon as I missed, I heard some thrashing and watched something huge just suck that snake half way down. The snakes head was still above water and took off for a few feet and dissapeared. That snake had to have been well over 2-3 feet. I've never seen a snake get owned like that. I am just curious as to how big that dang fish was!!!! And why I missed the hit!

Never underestimate the ponds in housing developments. We had one in my old development that was a heaven for Bass

I'm interested in knowing this too. I just bought some Northstar Jigs so I need trailers now

Welcome. I'm originally from Kansas around the Pratt and Wichita areas. Kansas has some serious bass fishing and I miss it. This place is amazing. Again Welcome

Welcome. I'm originally from Kansas around the Pratt and Wichita areas. Kansas has some serious bass fishing and I miss it. This place is amazing. Again Welcome

West coast? I'm smack dab in the middle of gods county center of the earth

Deep! But true!