|
![]() |
#541 |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Where are some of the places you guys are fishing? Lately I have been hitting some of the local lakes in the area (Johnson County outside KC on the KS side) that I have never fished to see what I could find. Such as Lake Olathe and Cedar Lake. I used to fish Shawnee Mission Park Lake often just because it was so close but that place is such waste of time. I haven't hit Kill Creek yet this year but I imagine by now the bass fishing there is epic. Last year you could see endless 13-16 inch bass guarding their eggs from the shore so by now there must be some decent size fish there.
Other than the local lakes I usually enjoy the reservoirs such as Perry or Clinton and on occassion John Redmond because you never know what you will catch, especially in the outlets. |
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#542 |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
Casino cash: $4391503
|
They aren’t much of a problem in the river but lakes and ponds are swarming with them. They’ve pretty much ruined fishing the bottom in several spots. Only choice is to find a hole deeper than the turtles are going or go to slip bobber rig and keep your bait off the bottom, which is what most of us around here are doing.
__________________
Like "Cool Hand" Luke I'm busting rocks. __/|_/[___] |/ \\_| ---OllllO _( ))~-( ))-0--)) |
Posts: 25,343
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#543 | |
Hello
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: South Dakota
Casino cash: $-147904
![]() |
Quote:
Another silent option. Get a cement block. Tie string to it, make sure there's not enough to get all the way to the surface. Add a hook, add some minnows or cheese or whatever they're biting on. Tie a rope to the block (or don't) and toss it out in the water. This is how a buddy of mine caught and ate the campus ducks when he was in college. |
|
Posts: 23,316
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#544 | |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#545 | |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
Casino cash: $4391503
|
Quote:
Edit: I should say that not all the lakes around here are overrun like that but the one I was fishing Friday is.
__________________
Like "Cool Hand" Luke I'm busting rocks. __/|_/[___] |/ \\_| ---OllllO _( ))~-( ))-0--)) |
|
Posts: 25,343
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#546 | |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Quote:
![]() ![]() |
|
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#547 | |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
Casino cash: $4391503
|
Quote:
This is the one I was fishing Friday. http://www.stateparks.com/wilson_sta...in_kansas.html Its actually a very deep lake for around here and it holds some huge flatheads.
__________________
Like "Cool Hand" Luke I'm busting rocks. __/|_/[___] |/ \\_| ---OllllO _( ))~-( ))-0--)) |
|
Posts: 25,343
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#548 | |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#549 | |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
Casino cash: $4391503
|
Quote:
Redman actually feeds the Neosho River, so I keep an eye on this site that monitors what the Redman dam is doing. http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/JOHN.lakepage.html Here’s one for the river where you can track level and flow. http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/web...1.current.html They actually have sites like that up and down the river from Redman all the way to Grand Lake. http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/PENS.lakepage.html
__________________
Like "Cool Hand" Luke I'm busting rocks. __/|_/[___] |/ \\_| ---OllllO _( ))~-( ))-0--)) |
|
Posts: 25,343
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#550 | |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#551 |
Not dead yet...
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Indian Creek
Casino cash: $2699903
|
Hit the lower Elk River today. Floated from about 13 miles to about 3 miles up from the OK border and Grand Lake. Caught a variety today... That stringer has 4 Drum, the biggest at 24 inches, 1 Channel Cat (caught two more while we were filleting them), 1 Crappie, 2 Blue Gill, 4 Goggle Eye. It was a damn good day. We set out lines while we ate lunch, and that big Drum pulled my pole out of the boat, my Dad ended up catching it on one of his lines, and that 24 inch Drum was on the other end of my rescued pole.
A solid day. ![]() |
Posts: 2,794
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#552 | |
pie is never free
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: the drivers seat
Casino cash: $2447775
|
Quote:
Drum are fighters in their own way, not athletic but they really know how to hug the bottom, in my experience they'll pull down like a catfish twice their size, took my trusty Zebco spincast several good turns to get them in... just a thick slab of a fish, i've heard they're not the best eating though, so havent tried that, supposedly very bony & oily. |
|
Posts: 93,467
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#553 | |
Forever Royal
Join Date: Mar 2012
Casino cash: $711300
|
Quote:
Check out these pics of monster crappie from John Redmond. The one with my hand weighed in at 1lb 13 oz and was one of a full stringer of crappie that size. The other pic is 2 lb 3 oz with proof on the scale! That was such a big one my dad and I let it go. |
|
Posts: 24,532
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#554 |
Hello
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: South Dakota
Casino cash: $-147904
![]() |
What the hell is a goggle eye?
|
Posts: 23,316
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#555 | |
Wearing ballistic dog goggles.
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: In the box.
Casino cash: $4391503
|
Quote:
__________________
Like "Cool Hand" Luke I'm busting rocks. __/|_/[___] |/ \\_| ---OllllO _( ))~-( ))-0--)) |
|
Posts: 25,343
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
|
|