Ondrejka

Thanks for including mine in the mix?

#bigbites

I forgot to mention the south side is also CRYSTAL clear. I mean crystal. Talking probably 7-8' vis, and that was with cloudy conditions. It was awesome. Kinda looks comparable to vern right now.

Went yesterday to avoid the weekend crowds, glad I did...with the forecast tomorrow you'll probably be able to step from boat to boat, lol. Yes I fished the outlet, but I fished a lot more than just the outlet that had warm(er) temps from 50-58 degrees. Outlet temps yesterday were 65. Worked a lot of areas over I see a lot of guys overlook, or fish way too quickly. People fish Wolf too fast, IMO. I spot lock on schools of fish that make me feel like I'm at Kentucky Lake ledge fishing. I think some people think I BS numbers...but I have no reason to. Those are the numbers you get by slowing down. Catch one on a moving bait, then sit and work it over because I can guarantee 90% of the time they aren't alone. That video is ~3.5 hours from the morning before my card space ran out, and fished until 2:30. I made the run to the dam just to check water temps and because it was dead calm on the south side. 39-40 degree water.

I also recently had a buddy build a custom rod for me. 6' 10" mag-medium light. Basically a Loomis EX6 blank (DS822). Got to break it in nicely. If anyone is interested in a custom rod, his prices are super reasonable. He also lives less than a mile away from the Wolf.

Yes.

#NONEDZONE. You're *** on that guess.

It was open. Called them at 6:30 and they said nothing was preventing anyone from getting out (although TinBoatBassin said he got called off due to wind). Then I went back to bed. After my strike out with them being closed on both Saturday and Sunday, I decided it just wasn't meant to be for me this weekend. Til next weekend.

Just kidding.

Ice storm shmice storm. I'll be on the water in the am.

Can't get away from em on Geneva and Delavan

Just wanted to thank everyone for letting us have Wolf to ourselves today.

I love a shakyhead. I'm never too proud to start a day fishing one either. I have had tournaments with @Thefrog22 on LaCygne and LOZ both where my first bigger keepers of the day were on a shakyhead. I love the finesse game (but you won't see me fishing the Ned at LOZ).

I can promise you they are far worse.

I wouldn't go so far as to say those baits are being used more than a shakyhead in KS. It's probably the same. If I'm finesse fishing for Largemouth, it's a shakyhead. Smallmouth: tube. I have caught more Smallmouth over 18" in the past 4 years between Melvern & Wolf on a tube than any other finesse bait. If I'm fishing the Ned or having clients fish the Ned, it's because the fishing sucks. When plans A-Y don't work. Melvern gets so much pressure nowadays you're almost forced to size down. But I still will fish a tube until I absolutely can't anymore before resorting to the Ned. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the reason "more people go the way of the Ned" is because they don't necessarily have to dick around with 7 other rods on deck. If they are new to the lake or Smallmouth fishing, I can guarantee they will just throw the Ned all day long. It would be too easy for me to take clients to Melvern, give them nothing but the Ned, and have a 40-50 fish day. Are those fish going to be over 15"? Highly doubtful. But you'll find the numbers. It's too easy sometimes. But that's not what I'm about. Tube: quality | Ned: quantity. Anyway, my .02. I want to fish private, unpressured lakes too.

I have been dealing with the same thing at Clinton. Apparently in talking to other hunting buddies, technically I guess they are "legal," however it's a grey area in the KDWP regs. Legal, I guess. Ethical, not so much.

Wolf report: fishing good-great-grand-wonderful (duh). Two guide trips between 12/22-12/26. 12/22 was close to a 100 fish trip in around 4.5 hours. Average sizes were solid, between 15-17" with one 18 (green). Right on queue, the Wipers have shown up too. 12/26 didn't produce the bigger average size, but we had around 60-65 fish, 15-17" from 7:30 til 11am. Green:brown ratio right now is probably 10:3. More aggressive Largemouth than you can shake a stick at. Haven't had a Wolf drum in the boat for over a month now. Advice to BR: should go without saying-leave your Ned rigs at home. Find the right areas holding massive amounts of fish, and fish it out. Let the merry go round of boats go around you. It's not uncommon going 10-10 right now in one spot that's holding fish. Slow down.

Not warm enough for how cold I regularly fish in, not enough pockets. My Frabils have pretty stout knee pads in them too, which I like. Plus bang for my buck, I'd rather have the Frabil name for the abuse I put them through. Those H20s are worth it for $60, for sure, they're just not for me. I do enjoy the jacket, though!

I have the H20 softshell jacket and like it, but I don't like the bibs. I opted for a nice pair of Frabil bibs instead.

Like I said, it's silly how many fish didn't make it in the video because it would have been an hour long. We caught plenty of smallies. We also didn't fish the rocks much (didn't need to leave fish to find fish). It's usually a heavy largemouth bite at the buoy spot anyway. Water temp was 65-69 at the outlet and 40s everywhere else.

That's how I got him down here. I got in touch with him right after that video and it was a done deal.

Was fortunate enough to be able to take this guy out to Wolf yesterday. Some of you might recognize him if you spend time watching fishing videos on YouTube. I got him down here and promised a stellar day, and a stellar day was had. The video will be out on his channel at 7pm tonight (Andrew Flair Outdoors).

Hey PS-the Onyx auto inflates are on sale in story only for $60. Don't miss out on that price. http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/onyx-outdoor-adults-am-24-automaticmanual-inflatable-life-jacket#repChildCatid=3048388 EDIT: just kidding. They were last week and I bookmarked it annnnnnnnd now they are back to regular price.

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