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I like the mid week fishing too. That's why I will arrive this coming Sunday night and fish Monday thru Friday . As many boats as were on the lake last year during the week I cant imagine what the weekends would be like . I will be staying at South state park . And trust me I am chomping at the bit ready to head that way. I just hope the weather next week is better than the report is showing now.

A5BLASTER I'm definitely jealous . BUT I will be heading over on the 26th and fish 27th -31st . I wish I lived closer . I only get to come over about twice a year now . this thing called work keeps getting in the way!!!!!!!!

Hey everybody it has been a while, but I have been trying to follow. I do have a question. Since I am new to using a fishfinder can someone tell me which chip I need to buy for my Lowrance Mark 4 chartplotter fishfinder ? Do they have a chip just for Toledo Bend or is it for southern lakes too ? Thanks for the help in advance . I will be on the Bend fishing for the last week in March . We will be staying at South Toledo Bend State park . So if any of ya'll see a black and gold ranger stop and holler at me .

Thanks for the reports guys . Is anyone going to weigh in for the Elites tournament ? I would love to go but unfortunately I am on call starting tomorrow . I will be coming over there June 2 3 and 4 for the Lineman rodeo tournament , that's the only one I have ever fished . My son and I fished it last year had a blast !!!!! so we are going to make it a yearly trip. We will be staying at Bridge bay . I don't have much experience fishing deep water but after reading these reports I am going to commit to it this trip and do my best ... if I can just get 5 to weigh in I think I will be happy...LOL I am determined to learn how to fish this lake and still looking for some land or a camp to buy preferably on the Louisiana side because I will be coming from Mississippi . any advise will be greatly appreciated !!!!!!!!!!! thanks

After the water level gets back to around full pool 172 how long do you think it will take to clear up ?

Hi everyone , I'm new to this thread , just want to start off by saying thanks to everyone for the best information that someone new to this lake could get(especially you CATT ) .I fished THE BEND for the first time last year oddly enough a couple weeks after the flood in March of last year . I had a little luck but a few hard days of fishing . Mainly because the deep water I am used to fishing is what y'all call shallow .6 to 8 FT . But I'm learning . I think I learned more on the first page of this thread than I did fishing it for 5 days . So here I am again all this rain and flooding and I will be coming back to fish the BEND arriving on March 28 for the week . Hopefully by then things will be close to back to normal. I have probably read( no let me say studied) this thread through twice , studied maps ,and GOOGLE EARTH so much my wife says you would think you were going to fish the BASSMASTER CLASSIC .Well I'm not much of a tournament fisherman I have only fished 2 .The last one was the Lineman Rodeo on the bend with my son , which I thoroughly enjoyed. Cant wait for this years on June 3 and 4. I will say my goal is a big fish . I would really like to catch a ten pounder . My personal best is 6lbs2oz . I am currently looking for some property on the Louisiana side , I live in Mississippi but trying to plan for retirement and would like something that I can walk down and get on my boat and not have to trailer it every time I go fish . I would prefer something mid lake to the south . we are going to check some places out when we come over . I do have a question for CATT . I was looking at Google earth and went back on the history to 2006 when the lake was very low . Have you ever compared that to the HOOK N LINE MAP ? What I like is you can actually see the humps and flats . i do have a little trouble matching up coordinates from google earth to my gps in my boat . Oh i will be staying at N TOLEDO BEND STATE PARK this year March 28 -April 2 any advise will be appreciated !!!!!