that sounds awesome  when and where  do you all meet and take off from 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/129650-kc-spring-get-together/

 

There's the thread for all 3 of the spring get togethers. We already had one last month. This next one is the 19th at Melvern. We'll be taking off at 7 or 8 in the morning (weather permitting) and we usually fish until 3. We launch from the state park ramp nearest the dam on the north side of the lake. It's always a good time and I don't think we've ever had someone not catch a fish. My wife fished with me last year (and will again this year) and caught her new PB smallmouth that was the second biggest fish caught.

Went out to Lake Jacomo  for a quick trip this morning for about 2hrs.. It was my first time to fish this lake from a boat. I had a little trouble finding a bite. Water temp was low 50's. I flipped a jig and threw a crank bait. I had one bite on the jig but other than that nothing.

 

I went to Longview lake this evening and found the fish staging out in front of coves . Water temp was in the mid 50's and I had my 5 y/o with me so we/I didn't fish much.

 

 

went to melvern today. I suck at fishing. I will never fish again. end of report

went to melvern today. I suck at fishing. I will never fish again. end of report

Maybe the 30mph winds didn't help much? 

I burned twice as much gas trying to drive into the wind coming back from son's bowling tourney in Topeka!!!!

Maybe the 30mph winds didn't help much? 

I would love to blame the wind but everyone else caught at least one fish. I have been skunked the last 4 outings

well sizzle it was a very tough day. we started at the dam and was catching whites and smallies pretty constantly on Ned rigs and jerkbaits / pointer size. and the wind decided to pick up from there. i cant remember what time you guys got there mid morning as the wind was already bad. but we went to to the marina and into the coves to get out of the wind nothing i  think one came out of a cove and so we tried main lake walls and big chunck rocks but still nothing special. then we ran all the way to the other side of the lake and fished some cranks through the trees got one doing that and man was it muddy stained water back there. the ran back to state park ramp and milked that for all it was worth for couple hours. it just wasnt good so we ran back to the island thinking maybe they are on the flats of that eating bait fish but couldnt fish a jerkbait. all we could throw was a crank bait so we did and nothing. and went back to the boat ramp for one final pass and excepted defeat. hope next week the weather is a bit better or the wind anyways.

Well hopefully things will be better next weekend!!!

Spent 24 hours with some family at 7mm, just south of the Gravois on LOZ and just got back. GP jig/pit chunk drew good bites shallow, no big females though.

Oh and my buddy caught a 23" walleye on a squarebill at Clinton.

Weird weekend.

I'm a little late I guess but I fished Olathe last Thursday after I got off work from about 9:45-1. Green pumpkin bladed jig and a Table Rock shad 100 pointer caught a majority of my fish, probably close to 30. Nothing big but all fat and healthy fish that were crushing the bait. I did lose something big on an A-rig, had it hooked for 10 seconds then gone. Even with a 7' 10" H rod and 25lb copolymer it was in no hurry to come to the boat. No area was really that much better than anywhere else. I also found 13 crankbaits while I was fishing thanks in large part to all the shore anglers I'm sure

What a weather ride this weekend . I went to Clinton on Friday and nothing even shook a line ,then Saturday went to Leavenworth state lake (tongi lake ) and hit the jack pot ! i fished for about 4 hrs and caught over 50 bass ranging from 10 inches to 3 lbs . the wind was blowing hard so i dropped the power pole and ripped grass in about 5 ft of water . I had the whole arm to my self lol( no one could hold their boat ) one of my best days in awhile .

Any of you guys have any experience towing with a midsize SUV?  In particular, I'm looking at downsizing to a V6 AWD Toyota Highlander.  It's rated for 5,000 lbs, so it would seem that it has plenty of capacity to pull my 17' aluminum triton.  I was hoping somebody might have some experience towing with a Highlander or something similar that they'd be willing to share.  Can you stop?  What kind of mileage do you get, etc?

Any of you guys have any experience towing with a midsize SUV?  In particular, I'm looking at downsizing to a V6 AWD Toyota Highlander.  It's rated for 5,000 lbs, so it would seem that it has plenty of capacity to pull my 17' aluminum triton.  I was hoping somebody might have some experience towing with a Highlander or something similar that they'd be willing to share.  Can you stop?  What kind of mileage do you get, etc?

I used to tow my boat with a V6 S10. It did pretty well, got about 15mph and had no problem stopping.

I towed my last boat with my Astro

We used to tow a buddy's 16' deep V tracker with a ford escape and it did just fine. Stopping was a little hairy sometimes but as long as you pay attention and anticipate your stops you'll be fine. I had an explorer for about a year and towed our 18' fish n ski with it. It obviously did not have as much power as I would have liked with the V6, but it could handle it. We have trailer brakes so stopping was not an issue. If you don't have trailer brakes the problem you'll run into is a lot of extra wear on your vehicle's brakes.

Neighbor tows a 16 ft Lowe with a V6 Highlander and has no problems. i 'be been with him several trips and does good, even in Ozark hills.

I used to tow my Javelin with a Ford Ranger 4.0 V6. No problem unless was a long hill then shifted a lot. Had to watch a little closer about stopping as braking force was not nearly as good as my F150 has now.

I don't think you would have any issues.

MPG on Ranger was less than the F150 towing, around 13.5 or 14.

Went out to Kill Creek and fished from shore. VERY windy, so I rigged up a Neko rig for the first time and got 2. Switched over to a Jerk Bait and started having much more success. Everyone else was fishing for trout (thanks to recent stockings and submitted state record). Closer to sun down the wind died down and the water turned to glass. Kept telling the dog, "Just one more..." but I couldn't get myself to leave when the fish kept coming in.

 

Went out to Kill Creek and fished from shore. VERY windy, so I rigged up a Neko rig for the first time and got 2. Switched over to a Jerk Bait and started having much more success. Everyone else was fishing for trout (thanks to recent stockings and submitted state record). Closer to sun down the wind died down and the water turned to glass. Kept telling the dog, "Just one more..." but I couldn't get myself to leave when the fish kept coming in.

 

^^ Nice report and pics.

 

Clayton, are these your bladed jigs?  http://mondotackle.com/item/P009000450001509.html

........Saturday went to Leavenworth state lake (tongi lake ) and hit the jack pot ! i fished for about 4 hrs and caught over 50 bass ranging from 10 inches to 3 lbs . the wind was blowing hard so i dropped the power pole and ripped grass in about 5 ft of water . I had the whole arm to my self lol( no one could hold their boat ) one of my best days in awhile .

I love that lake, what is the water level like? Are the boat ramps accessible and safe to launch?

^^ Nice report and pics.

 

Clayton, are these your bladed jigs?  http://mondotackle.com/item/P009000450001509.html

Those are them

^^ Nice report and pics.

 

Clayton, are these your bladed jigs?  http://mondotackle.com/item/P009000450001509.html

yep

Any one have problems ordering from Mkndo? I ordered on line 4\04 and called later asking about my order. As of today I still have not received it.

I'm new here and thought I'd say hello. Looks like a lot of good info on here! Dale- East Kansas Bassmasters

I'm new here and thought I'd say hello. Looks like a lot of good info on here! Dale- East Kansas Bassmasters

Welcome

I'm new here and thought I'd say hello. Looks like a lot of good info on here! Dale- East Kansas Bassmasters

Come fish with all of us at Melvern Saturday