Don't Tell The Wife

I had this happen to a whole box of jigs and now I have the rubber strands everywhere and a bunch of loose jig heads. They are probably 15+ years old so I can't complain. I recently bought a bunch of Siebert Storm and Crock-o-Gator jigs. Not sure if I will try to repurpose or just give them away. I think most of them are the StrikeKing Denny Brauer jigs. Maybe this wouldn't have happened if I put them in the water a little more often.

Is that the same clip they are using on MLF? If so they look like they work pretty well.

Last time I got some boxes I spent $500

Let us know what you guys come up with. I will be in Cabo, fishing in the salty water on the 30th and may have a tough time getting away in April with our second little one due in March.

I had a weird one last night... buddy and I were in our BPS Pro Qualifier rain gear in a big parking lot while it was raining. We were throwing Megabass 110's into the "shallow" water in the parking lot and I eventually told my budd I am not throwing these any more because I don't want to mess up the paint. If I remember right they were bouncing when they hit and had no action on the retrieve because there was not enough water. After I quit buddy kept throwing his and I told him that he was going to bust the bill off that thing. Not sure what happened next.

Nice work guys and good video. Looks like you did pretty well. That second fish looked pretty nice too!

I think this is why I usually hate lake with trees everywhere. I am taking the challenge and just got the spoon plugging book. Time to go read.....

That's what I the 3yr old got for Christmas. Been playing it a lot lately.

That makes more sense now. Thank you sir!

Oh just a few dollars here and there...

I am with you on the terminology but I think I am confused with the two pictures. The hand drawing I get and like what T9 did to further illustrate his 3 areas. The part I can't figure out is where all of this is at in the very first picture you posted. Is that a creek on the right running from top to bottom and a road coming from right to left in the middle? Sorry if I am completely missing it. Just trying to figure it out so all the comments can be tied to the picture.

I have the BPS Pro Qualifier bibs and coat and I really like them I have a buddy working at BPS and couldn't pass up the deal.

A few blackcats should take care of that location.

Deep any chance you can describe that picture a bit? Not sure If I am seeing the whole thing or not but the items you guys are talking about are not exactly clear for me.

This thread is great. Thank you guys for imparting all the wisdom. I have a few books on the way and can tell I am going to learn a lot!

How about Shannon Sharpe?

Gamakatsu form me although all the others are fine.

Every time I see this thread it looks like it says MIlf in Maine. Makes me chuckle every time. Wonder if that is why there are so many views.

Looks like I will be getting some new reading material.

I love this idea and it would give me something to do this winter. The question I was mulling over the other day with a buddy is it looks like the guys that do this usually put it on some sort of structure so it increases the odds/number of fish that it will hold. Maybe this is not as important in my area but it is part of the reason I would like to identify some of these potential spots so I can enhance them with a little brush to improve my odds of having fish there.

Thanks. Maybe focusing in on these types of docks could help a bit so your not trying to dissect everyone. I am wanting to try to test the "dock that sticks out the farthest" or "the first or last few docks in a cove" to see if that will help narrow some water. Do you think these fish "winter" in the same areas or around the deeper docks with poles and brush or do we need to be looking at bluffs or something else in the channel? Really the toughest time for me to find any type of pattern is when the weather would tell me to be fishing deep i.e. summer and winter time.

Ouch!

Apple TV makes an appearance on page 2?

Hey guys with the winter hitting our area pretty hard right now I am continuing my learning process in an attempt to be more consistent at catching bass. I have been fishing shortly after I could walk and we have had a cabin at Lake of the Ozarks for 30+ years up the Osage arm near the 75 MM. We have always caught good fish from bass, crappie, cats, and white bass but I am now getting the urge to bass fish more seriously as I have been crappie fishing many of the recent years with some junk bank/dock beating for bass. As I mentioned I want to become a little better at becoming consistent and be able to travel to hit other lakes and apply what I know there. My wife is amazed/disappointed at how much time I have been spending reading and watching videos about fishing, even though I “thought” I was pretty good at catching fish before. It is still uncertain for me if I will get into tournament fishing or not as I do not have friends that are that serious about fishing at this time, although I do have all the stuff and probably more than I would need to get started. I am currently trying to improve my topo map reading and using my DI and SI HDS Lowrance equipment to improve my ability to fish structure and increase my odds of being on the fish. What I am finding is that the upper end of the Osage arm above the 50 MM a lot different vs. the lower end of the lake or even going to say Kentucky lake where locating structure hot spots seem to be a bit easier as they seem to be more obvious. The upper Osage is obviously more river based so I am interested in seeing what you guys think I am overlooking as I am guessing I don’t need to drive 25 min and waste all the gas to catch fish but I haven’t figured it out due to the number of mud flats, lack of defined points , no real ledges, and little variance in depth for the coves, for example Deer Creek normally not much deeper than 16 ft. and probably averages closer to 8-12 ft. even though it is a bigger cover for the area. Maybe I am just being too picky and not taking advantage of the subtle areas as they are not as obvious. I appreciate any in insight or challenges to my thought process to help me develop a few more target for next year. Deer Creek: My cabin location and cove I spend most of my time in. We have caught a lot of fish here and kill the crappie in the spring but bass consistency seems to be an issue. I generally target the boat docks which are opposite of the channel where I don’t feel there is much structure. Knobby Creek: Similar cove to Deer Creek in my opinion and I have caught a few fish in the docks straight across the cove entrance. Big Buffalo and entrance: I have not fished much but not a lot stands out and many of the shallow spots near deep water I am pretty sure are mud.

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