s_self88

definitely don't go to smithville haha. I'd make the trip to table rock come late october, early november. Maybe even try Taneycomo if you're looking for a little different experience. It has awesome trout fishing, and can be decent for bass in parts.

What area of KS or MO are you gonna be in?

I have an 04 with a 4.6L, and it tows my 20ft Champion just fine.

That's a bargain! :

I need to get out to SMP when this 30mph wind stops, there's going to be one hell of a bite soon.

I'll probably make some more.

I fish SMP a lot, but I'm stuck on shore. If the sun stays out this week, then it might trigger the best bite of the year there, prespawn. There are some flats with a little bit of grass on them, and you can catch a lot of fish, just burning a spinnerbait or using a suspending jerkbait across them. Once it gets closer to spawning, i'd start to fish the south side coves, I know you've probably read that bass like to be on the north side of the lake when they are approaching the spawn in the spring, but the structure/cover on the north side isn't any good. The coves on the south side are full of brushpiles and laydowns, and there will be a lot of fish around them.

I'll be fishing in this tournament as well, i'm assuming its the same one, unless there is more than one next weekend. I'm going to see how the tournaments go this weekend before I make any big decisions on what i'll be using.

No, I hate Kansas. I promise you kansas will get knocked out before the final four. I dont care if they have a 25 year old Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Byrant, Yao Ming, and Shaq on their team, if Self is the coach they will never do anything. Self is one of the best recruiters and one of the worst coaches in college basketball. AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BILL SELF AS A COACH THEY WILL NEVER MAKE THE FINAL FOUR. Remember last year, they made it to the second round and lost to Bradley. I remember last year that they lost to UCLA. Anyway, sounds like some illinois resentment to losing bill self.

Kansas for the win.

"Hoss" is a good one.

i dont know how good shawnee mission park will be after dropping the water level about 8 feet. ive only been there a few times. kill creek is a better choice with or without a boat 85% of the time. SMP is a lot better after they dropped the water. You can walk all the way around the lake to the south side, where its less pressured, and there is also better cover over there to fish. Since they drained it, I have been catching atleast 3x as many fish as before.

I have fished there weekly for the last couple years. It has its good times.

Thanks, those topwater fish were right at sunrise, 7-7:30 am.