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25
Mar
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Fishing Report

By stephenmcgoldrick | Filed in Bass Fishing Tips, Fishing Trips, Fishing Updates

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

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23
Mar

Many Thanks

By stephenmcgoldrick | Filed in Uncategorized

I have to start that off this way for Kevin Van Dam to take time out of his busy schedule to help me bring so much excitement to a little 13-year-old to receive a picture just for him with a message from KVD and Autograph. I wish now I would have had the camera handy so I could have snap a few pictures to send to KVD.

All I can do is say T H A N K  Y O U  KVD.

Now his Dad John Wants a autograph from Skeet Reese, Might have to wait for Christmas.

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16
Mar
0

Spring Has Sprung

By stephenmcgoldrick | Filed in Bass Fishing Tips, Best Lakes To Fish, Best Time To Go Fishing

It looks like we are going to have another one of those years where we just skip Spring and move right into Summer. I went to a lake near my house yesterday 3/15/2012 and discovered the weather we have had in Memphis this past week has been in the 80′s and that has heated up the small lakes and ponds down south and the fish are turned on.

I always tell everyone if you got that itch to hit the water do not forget the small ponds and lakes you just might luck up and find the Bass of a lifetime in one of them. It has never failed me and I usually start off with a monster in the spring. The Lake I went to near the house had water temp at 69 to 70 degrees and that is the perfect temp for the bass to spawn. Which brings me to a funny thing that happened at the lake the other day.

“Story” My buddy and I put the boat in the water about 1pm and started working the East bank he was throwing  a Shaky Head, and I was throwing a White and Chart Spinner Bait with a single silver Colorado blade. Well it did not take long at all before I was wearing the bass out with the Spinner Bait on every cast. My buddy was just about to say look at that Snake  up close to the bank and he threw at it and what at first looked like a Snake turned out to be a the top Dorsal fin of a Bass either fanning the bed or a female laying her eggs. No matter which the water exploded and the bass was gone when the bait entered the water.

I wanted to add this story so you will not make the same mistake as my buddy did and throw the bait right on top of the fish. That might have been his big one for the year…we will never know now. As it turned out we caught about 70 Bass and sorry to say the biggest was only two pounds but we had a great time catching the 12 and 13 inch fish. Those little one can give  you a small thrill smacking you lure and making you think you have a monster on the line.

Get out and enjoy Mother Nature Waking up and Don’t forget to take either a young one or maybe take your Dad or Grandfather I know that they will enjoy it and may even pass on a few secrets that he used when he was out hitting the lakes .

Keep The Hooks Wet

Steve

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16
Mar
0

Arkansas Large Mouth Bass Record Taken Away

By stephenmcgoldrick | Filed in Announcements, Fishing Updates

WYNNE, Ark. – Less than two weeks after an Arkansas largemouth bass record apparently was set, an investigation by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has revealed that the fish was caught illegally.

Paul Crowder of Forrest City claimed to have set the record Feb. 28 on Lake Dunn near Wynne. Crowder’s fish weighed 16 pounds, 5 ounces, which would have broken the record by an ounce.

The AGFC discovered that a license was purchased for Crowder three hours after he claimed to have caught the bass. Crowder’s fishing license expired in April 2011. Under AGFC regulations, it is illegal for any person 16 years of age or older to fish without possessing a current Arkansas fishing license. State record-fish rules require that an angler hold a valid license at the time of the catch.

Crowder has been charged with fishing without a license. He faces up to a $1,000 fine and up to 30 days in jail. The fish was seized as evidence by AGFC wildlife officers. Crowder has a court hearing March 19 in Wynne District Court.

Crowder’s fish would have broken the 36-year-old record set by the late Aaron Mardis of Memphis. Mardis set the state record March 2, 1976, with a 16-pound, 4-ounce largemouth caught on Mallard Lake near Manila in Mississippi County. Crowder’s fish was not fully certified as the state record by the AGFC’s director and chief of fisheries. The AGFC will continue to recognize the Mardis fish as the state record.

AGFC Chief of Fisheries Mark Oliver said he was disappointed that a bass large enough to be a state record can’t be certified because of illegal activity.

“At this time, we are still confident in the size and weight of the fish and proud that such a monster was produced in Arkansas waters,” Oliver said.

Crowder’s fish measured 26½ inches long and 22¾ inches in girth.

The 80-acre Lake Dunn is in Village Creek State Park in Cross County. The AGFC is testing the fish to determine the genetic strain of the bass.

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15
Mar
0

Alabama Rig Tip

By stephenmcgoldrick | Filed in Bass Fishing Tips, Fishing Trips

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

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