Alan Reed

I caught a fish in every month of 2017. I missed January of 18 because the water wasn’t open.

The fishing was pretty tough for everyone. No one found anything huge. It wasn’t nearly as cold as what they predicted so that was certainly welcoming in the morning. Certainly way better than being stuck inside.

Thanks for the info!

Fishing a fun tournament Sunday morning up on Geist. Looks like it’s going to be a chilly start.

We had three of us that went out today. The fishing wasn’t great but certainly better than sitting at home.

Stil fishing here and we have another tournament scheduled for the weekend before thanksgiving. Try to hold out as long as we can before we pack it up for the year. What I think is the toughest time is after the first of the year when all the shows are happening, you are talking fishing, equipment is prepared and ready but the water is completely iced over.

It was 29 degrees at the start of our tournament this morning. It also seemed to take along time to warm up.

What are you referencing?

Welcome from Columbus Indiana

I would second the Micro Power Pole for shallow anchoring. I would also second the low pro anchor wizard for deeper anchoring.

Yes, I have a few times. It is a bit of a drive for me but I have several friends in the area.

I and several others I regularly fish with have found the past 2-3 weeks challenging. Lots of dinks and very little size. What’s been your experience?

I have a lot of good take aways from a great discussion. Some of which I knew but good to get some confirmation. Certainly other things I hadn’t thought about. Thanks to everyone for all the thoughts and conversation.

I have caught the same bass with the same lure within 30 minutes. I knew it was the same bass because it broke me off right at the boat and still had the other lure in its mouth. I had the same thing happen recently with a 5 lbs bass however this one I did get in the boat and all the marking were the same. We’ve all caught the fish that is missing most of one or more of its cheeks because. It has been hooked so many times.

Why shake them off if they don’t learn?