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Folks just returned from Pick Wick Lake 3/25/2012 and I have never seen the lake that low do not count on your honey holes 90% chance that they will be dry.

I know there is a big Bass Tournament scheduled the last week-end of March and I must say be real careful running at full speed. I saw some stumps in Indian/Yellow Creek that I have never seen before and a lot of submerged trees sticking up.

We threw the A-Rig that everyone is so up about and produced nothing, ran into a few other bass anglers and they report that the A-Rig the bass stopped hitting them last week… I know sounds like the old story that goes…OH SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY THEY WERE HITTING EVERY CAST. Needless to say we did not catch nothing on the A-Rig but was able to catch a white bass on a rattle trap and a very small bass on a crawdad color crank bait (BANDIT 200) in Indian.

The wind came up around 11am and we decided to call it and head to the ramp. I will say there were a lot of crappie fishing anglers out there and they were catching crappie that would make it to the freezer. Maybe I should try again and this time go for crappie.

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

The other day  we were on the water testing out the Alabama Rig and my fishing Buddy told me he was having a time between fishing trips with his Alabama Rig getting tangled up in his rod locker with everything. I came up with the idea about saving all your bread wire ties and keep them in a baggies for future use. You can also keep the ties in the grass bags for the yard and do like I do and tie the plastic ends together instead of using the wire ties.

What you do with the Alabama Rig  is bring all the wires together and use the bread tie wire with one or two twist and they will not be a problem storing them in the rod locker…provided you are using a reel cover and they will not get hung  into every rod that you have. It is so simple and you do not have to run out and spend a bunch of money on more equipment on something that we all use every day.

I have had other fishermen said to use rubber bands but in the sun and weather the rubber bands will break down and the umbrella opens up inside your rod locker and if you are like me it will get every rod and maybe some wiring also.

Here is another secret if you look at the picture I have attached you will see that I am using the small Storm Minnows instead of the big swim baits give it a shot and see if you do not catch fish faster than the big swim baits. I am not saying the big swim baits will come closer to getting some hogs in the boat…..but as a friend told me when I showed him how to fish the Shakey Head with a small hook and his first cast and first fish weighed 5 pounds.

Try something different it just may surprise you. Just think you might even send me a tip that will save some bucks.

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

Can you believe it that the warm stuff is on the way and we can say good-by to Mr winter. That brings up a few thing that you might forget while you are getting ready to hit the lake.

First thing is the Therma Cell.  Mosquitoes will be looking for a meal and if you have your Therma Cell they will not be making a with draw of blood from you. It is so easy to order from both my websites….and if you are not fishing those B B Q s on the patio in the back yard. Therma Cell makes a lantern that will also chase those Mosquitoes away. I use two in my back yard and have not been bitten one time by a Mosquitoes, and they love my Daughters blood and she has not been bit.

Second thing is do you plan on dropping your phone over the side or purchase a Clip Hanger so it does not happen to you. I have dropped two over the side and you would think I would have learned by now. I was getting the crappie out of the live well when I heard a plunk…that’s right dropped it in the live well…guess it takes me awhile to learn the lesson. I have an article on both sites where you can get a Clip Hanger so my dumb mistakes you can learn from and not do it your self.

O.K. just starting off Bass Fishing “GREAT” you will have so much fun and all the sights you will see that very few people see.  If you need a great starter Look at my fishing buddy “BILL DANCE” fishing instruction on how to become a better Angler he show you how to fish about every lure and why he uses the lure.

The rods lures and loading the boat will leave to you and if a question pops up write me and I will either answer your question or find the answer for you.

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

Last year we started a fishing guide list for those guides that would like to get in on the front part. What we do is list your service and talk about what you offer most of it will be with my webmaster.

We had a Mississippi guide that was almost set up for $100 dollars a year to run his guide service and then back out…..I have four folks waiting to find a guide and if this great deal is not heard by from any guides I will come out of retirement and do it myself and laugh all the way to the bank.

You will not find a better offer anywhere and I bet your website cost more than a $100 dollars a year to run. You can not believe the folks that come to my Bass and Crappie sites looking for guides. I would bet I had enough last year that I could have gone out and bought a 21 foot bass boat loaded and paid for it in cash…I do not intend on missing out this year.

If interested contact stephenmcgoldrick2000@yahoo.com and I will hook you up with my webmaster…that $100 deal a year will not last, so get in on the deal.

Steve

Well after being here all week I got to say it has been adventure with the weather, and I know if it had stayed the same as when we arrived we would have torn the bass up. I tried a lot of my usual honey holes and one still remained the same and I call it Steve’s Small Mouth spot and it always produces some great fish. We did get some bites in another spot and it was good bites, but failed to land them.

Tuesday and Wed, the storm came in and the temp dropped it was going to put a bite on how many we would catch, and it did because when Saturday arrived with the sunshine and temps around 66 the poor fish did not know what to do. The lake was holding a Bass tournament and we had to factor that there were going to be other anglers looking for the same.

One thing that I can say is the shad are not in the back of the coves and the bass are busting them that is not so. Some of the articles I looked up before coming to Pick Wick all stated that the shad were in the back of coves and to look for the bass there. We found most of the balls of shad still at the mouths of the coves and they might move back into the cove in another week provided the weather stay normal.  Water temp is between 62 in the morning with very heavy fog…then about 9:30am it will warm up to 68 if your lucky, but all fish were taken off the ledges.

I would say 95% of our fish came off either a Spinner Bait or Buzz Bait on any rock wall that had a tapering ledge where the fish could hide under and attack the shad when they swam by. Every one that I talked to that fished the Bass Tournament said about the same except one person said that she caught her fish with a BrushHog.

I guess you could say we threw the kitchen sink, because when we came in the whole front end of my boat was full of lures at the end of the day.

We all are still happy with the fish we caught and most of all the changing of the leaves as MOTHER NATURE prepares for her winter Nap and being able to get outdoors and enjoy…OH by the way little Carson (KVD JR) had a blast, and made sure that he caught some fish /drove the boat/worked the trolling motor..so we are getting him ready so later in life he can take his kids out and show them what we are teaching him now…not to mention a good time for a father and son get out and enjoy each other company and the outdoors.

When I get back to Memphis will being posting pictures on the brag board and yes I am so relaxed. Thi is the best way to leave all your tensions behind, if fact the guy that went with me an Air Federal Marshall left his phone in the cabin so he could also unwind, and this is the first time I have heard him say that he was tired and sore all over, and I must admit I am the same way but this is the hardest day for me leaving Pick Wick…maybe one day I can move here and settle down.

FOLKS GET OUT NOW AND SEE THE WONDERFUL SHOW MOTHER NATURE IS PUTTING ON JUST FOR YOU. Until Next time:

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve