Norm M

 

where will it work then?

only in places where the river gods bestow their favor upon you .

Mike,

 

I appreciate your courage in taking on the vast MS backwaters. Since you can't explore everything paddling a canoe, Maps come to mind. I understand that the MS has a lot of navigational charts for you to work with. (consider a guide too.) The point is that 10% of the water holds 90% of the fish. That is a lot of backwater to eliminate. Some backwaters are subject to migration and are fishless other times of the year. Some are big enough to function as year round lakes.

 

F+L+P=S according to da Lindners. (Fish+Location+Presentation=Success.) Guys here are giving you tips on Presentation, however, I think cracking the code on Location is what you should key on given the seasonal and daily migrations of Largemouths. There are volumes on this. It sounds like a lot of work ahead, but is should pay off in green gold.

the hypothetical greatest lure with the greatest color in the world won't work if you are using it where the fish are not.

damn meds .

Nah they are a rare breed of ducks that will attack dudes that work second shift .

most likely try to refine my Carolina rigging and chatterbaits in the river .

buzzbait tipped with buzz frog ???????

when would you use chocolate licorice

crankbaits

rattlebaits

swimbaits

spinnerbaits

jigs/plastics if I have to to catch some

topwaters in the middle of winter only

excellent

not official launch and driving down to the river with them is illegal .

the administrator stated in an interview that she saw her job as protecting people from themselves . I have dealt with this person on many occasions over the years, in my experience , the chance of a meeting to discuss it is next to none.

I have personally seen folks told they could not carry a yak or canoe down to the river there because it's not an official boat launch .

Bart,

The one you are most likely thinking of is at Hunting Area 2 , that also is not an official boat launch .

the only two official boat launches in the park are the one at the end of the Warner Bridge parking lot and the one on Rte 113 twixt Areas 9 and 10 .

it's a spot where the parking lot is very close to the river . not really supposed to be used but folks have for years .

Rich

I seriously doubt the site administrator would be willing to schedule a meeting to even have a conversation on the matter .

dnr put metal posts up blocking unofficial drift boat launch sight in island view parking lot in the k3 state park

So I walk up to Scott at the show and ask when does my membership expire . He pulls out his tablet, looks and says , you just expired, cash, check or charge .

another added

Scott,

I hope to make up there Sunday for a little bit . If needed I could stand in for a bit to give you a bathroom break .

Sorry, I can't promise more but things are in a state of flux due to some family health issues .

Nothing in the Kankakee to catch but a couple creek chubs .

I would recommend either one .

 

That's a heck of a lot of fingers

and arthritis in most of them

Terry

86 hours

Thanks Norm,

 

That was most interesting. Now where do we get MWOD?

 

I got really close to the Spin Bee with the Flap Doodle a while back. But the loop mount of the spinner blade looks better than what I used.

 

Dan wants $3.49 for these.

 

Is it a fly, a jig, or a spinner?

Buy one, deconstruct and build your new model based on what you learned .

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tom+rosenbauer+books

I like to read his stuff, like the insight on current . I was just wondering what the guys that actually fly fish think of him .

jan-feb -march issues of Midwest outdoors

https://midwestoutdoors.com/river-fishing-bombshell-from-gapen-and-bobber-anne/

Steve

Yes, the Tuma across from Joe's Pond . I figured it was from a free lance stocking .

Did any of you guys ever have any consistent success from Horsetail Lake , that thing generally left me frustrated .

I grew up in Midlothian, rode the bike out to fish the cricks around Rubio and Conkley and to Turtlehead and Twin lakes. Fished Tampier and Sag with older kin until I got wheels of my own. I spent a lot of time out that way exploring all the CCFPD waters , once caught a smallmouth out of Tuma . Hiked and 4 wheeled at Lemont quarries as well . Biggest CCFPD greenie at Bullfrog, that place had some huge bass .

I used to fish out that way with Ed McCain from MikLurch back in the day, we went to school together .

I thought I was some punkins at catching fish from Maple until the winterkill in 78-79 showed me how wrong I was. I walked the shore with Dave McGinty the biologists counting the dead fish .

I live by the hour. (sorry guys)

is he singing about you ?