That would be your chatterbait with some Megastrike scent!

 

 

Pulled her from some reeds on the opposite shore from the fishing piers. 

Good deal. Glad it produced a good one for you. That black and blue chatterbait has been money for big fish for me since I started making them. 

hey guys i been reading you post for the last month and i finely got around to making an account. what made me do this is that i saw you guys wanting to know about pleasanton lakes and was going to tell you that last week i went and with all the rain the east lake is really muddy and when the water was the muddiest water temperature  hit 60 when the sun was out but it was mostly 52 to 56. we only caught 3 fish for the day and the one was a 9.8 wiper on a crank bait. i fish these lakes about every week besides when i have a golf tournament. i didnt get to go this weekend.but my brother going tomorrow 

Good deal. Glad it produced a good one for you. That black and blue chatterbait has been money for big fish for me since I started making them. 

what do you chatter baits look like if you mind showing because i just started using them and i dont know much about them?

what do you chatter baits look like if you mind showing because i just started using them and i dont know much about them?

This is a just made one from this summer. The blade still needs to be bent up slightly before it's ready to be fished with.

You can kind of tell the angle it's bent at in this picture, which is actually a good fish from Pleasanton East Lake

This is a just made one from this summer. The blade still needs to be bent up slightly before it's ready to be fished with.

You can kind of tell the angle it's bent at in this picture, which is actually a good fish from Pleasanton East Lake

 

 

My big bass inhaled the chatterbait, had to use the pliers to get it out because she liked it so much.

My big bass inhaled the chatterbait, had to use the pliers to get it out because she liked it so much.

They seem to do that a lot. This one is one of my biggest from last year that ate a zebra shad colored homemade chatterbait. You can see that the blade is about the only thing left sticking out of her mouth. Caught her at Bourban State Lake.

They seem to do that a lot. This one is one of my biggest from last year that ate a zebra shad colored homemade chatterbait. You can see that the blade is about the only thing left sticking out of her mouth. Caught her at Bourban State Lake.

those look good do you make the heads to or just the skirts? because i started making jigs this winter and i will have to try a chatter bait 

those look good do you make the heads to or just the skirts? because i started making jigs this winter and i will have to try a chatter bait 

I pour, paint, and tie all my chatterbaits and jigs. I use either a football head or finesse jig head for my chatterbaits. Seems like the 3/8 or 5/16 ounce sizes work the best.

The wife and I went to Douglas State Lake today for about two and a half hours to enjoy some of the nice weather. Didn't really matter what we fished, put about 40 bass, 2 crappie, and a bluegill in the boat. Caught fish on finesse jigs, shakyheads, warts, scatter raps, jerks, keitechs, grubs, and a spinnerbait. Area wasn't real important either. They were typical DCSL fish, biggest was maybe 12 inches but probably more like 10.5". Still a good time to get out and just tear them up like that. Always nice when the wife is just cranking them in too. 

Beaver, Bull Shoals, T-Rock, Northfork, Grand, all with in 3-4 hours.....  thats where i hope to spend my retriement years.

 

Seriously thinking about retiring down there if retiring is such a thing by the time I'm ready to retire. I love the variety of the fish species and lakes. Plus it's a beautiful area around those lakes. 

After a ten minute fight on 12# mono and getting run around a submerged tree, I landed this tank of a wiper at SMP on Saturday. Successfully released her after the photo. Go figure I'd forget my scale down at LOZ and come back to KC and catch a personal best!

Nice wiper! What'd you catch her on?

Nice wiper! What'd you catch her on?

 

Slow rolling a lipless crankbait that's now in dire need of a new front treble lol!

I have NEVER caught a hybrid. :-( Heard they run like the dickens though

I have NEVER caught a hybrid. :-( Heard they run like the dickens though

 

They can be elusive, but definitely worth searching for. They'll tear your tackle up.

The wife and I went to Douglas State Lake today for about two and a half hours to enjoy some of the nice weather. Didn't really matter what we fished, put about 40 bass, 2 crappie, and a bluegill in the boat. Caught fish on finesse jigs, shakyheads, warts, scatter raps, jerks, keitechs, grubs, and a spinnerbait. Area wasn't real important either. They were typical DCSL fish, biggest was maybe 12 inches but probably more like 10.5". Still a good time to get out and just tear them up like that. Always nice when the wife is just cranking them in too. 

 

Wow must have just missed ya.  I took my daughter out around noon to try to get her first bass.  I thought she had a dang good chance with a grub spinner but couldnt link up.  I think she actually got a real strike cause she got pretty excited a couple times.  They couldnt resist a jerkbait or a blue chrome crank.  It was so easy it will probably set her expectations WAY too high for future endeavors but hey that's the point of that lake  

anyone going out tomorrow and need a back seater let me know im in.

Wow must have just missed ya.  I took my daughter out around noon to try to get her first bass.  I thought she had a dang good chance with a grub spinner but couldnt link up.  I think she actually got a real strike cause she got pretty excited a couple times.  They couldnt resist a jerkbait or a blue chrome crank.  It was so easy it will probably set her expectations WAY too high for future endeavors but hey that's the point of that lake

Yeah we must have just missed you. I think we got out there around 2pm and fished until 4:30. My wife was just casting and slow reeling a 3" smoke/black/red flake grub on a pink 1/8oz jighead and couldn't hardly make a cast without getting a bite.

Yeah we must have just missed you. I think we got out there around 2pm and fished until 4:30. My wife was just casting and slow reeling a 3" smoke/black/red flake grub on a pink 1/8oz jighead and couldn't hardly make a cast without getting a bite.

 

Ahh that's crazy..we left right around 2.  I had my girl on a 3'' Kalins smoke/fleck with a 1/4'' silver Colorado.  Next time i'm gonna tell her to 'point at the fish that you want to catch' with the pole.  She kept going back to 12 o'clock all day.  I didn't want to push it too hard, she was having too much fun just casting the thing.

I know what you mean, retro. My boy loves impeding "action" on whatever he throws. In the form if violently shaking the rod. Lol

I have NEVER caught a hybrid. :-( Heard they run like the dickens though

Marion is supposed to have some monster wipers in it. Wolf Creek has a decent population of them. If you really wanted to catch one I'd go to Milford. Some days out there it's hard to catch anything else. Jefferey Energy Center lakes have a great population of them and they're small enough to fish with a kayak pretty easily. 

Im wanting to fish JEC lakes for smallies this year. I might can get some then. Wolf Creek is off limits for me due to power boats only. Marion is fairly close to me. I might have to give it a try. Wellington City Lake suppose to have a good population too.

Im wanting to fish JEC lakes for smallies this year. I might can get some then. Wolf Creek is off limits for me due to power boats only. Marion is fairly close to me. I might have to give it a try. Wellington City Lake suppose to have a good population too.

My dad and I fished JEC lakes a lot when I was a kid, caught lots of fish out there, but we mainly walleye fished out there because that's what my dad likes to fish for. There's lots of smallies but they average pretty small in our experiences with them. Last time we were on them we got on a really good topwater bite for the wipers, put about 2 dozen of them in the boat on Super Spook Jr's, that was a good time. 

Marion has an excellent rating for wipers and Cheney has a good rating so you might check both of those out. Right now is a great time to catch wipers while the shad are schooled up. 

Cheney, from what Ive heard, needs to be mowed. LOL Its way way down. Should concentrate everything more.

Basically look for shad busting, then go and toss some imitation shad lures Im assuming.

Cheney, from what Ive heard, needs to be mowed. LOL Its way way down. Should concentrate everything more.

Basically look for shad busting, then go and toss some imitation shad lures Im assuming.

Look for shad getting rushed or birds are two of the most sure fire ways. I like covering shallow flats with a rattle trap also. They don't get on them all the time but when they're up on the flats they're only there for one reason.