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by John Bales
Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: A great reel repair guy
Replies: 0
Views: 24

A great reel repair guy

Anything mechanical with moving parts eventually will break or need attention. I am not really tough on my reels, just use them a lot. Took me a long time to learn how to tear apart my reels, figure out what is broken and then put it back together where it still works. Most casting reels will be sim...
by John Bales
Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

This happens every year but its difficult for our brains to accept that changing conditions can make catching fish so bad. Within a few days of temperatures cooling off, deep single stalks of coontail weeds will start to lean. The trees have started to show some yellow or orange. Observing mother na...
by John Bales
Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

Joe, I agree. I think this cool down came a bit early but we still get the same results when it comes to change in mother nature. I cannot wait for the great fall fishing comes upon us but I don't want the season to end either. August still sounds like summer but September we know that things start ...
by John Bales
Wed Aug 21, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

Hi Joe, When the heat of the summer is upon us and the fish are biting and all of a sudden, everyone I know starts to suck, I immediately spend a night or two fishing from about 8:30 till about 2-3 in the morning. Usually we get them pretty good and sometimes they move pretty shallow but sometimes t...
by John Bales
Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

For the last three years, I have been a spotlight or a scoper. I have used this tool to take my understanding of what I already know and learn more with this different view. We talk about fronts and changing conditions and how it effects our catches. Look at the large area of the country these last ...
by John Bales
Fri Aug 16, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

Ken, Have seen virtually all of our great spoonplugging lakes taken from us. Every one of them were great because they all had a dark yellow green water color and man had left them alone for many years. Once the weed sprayers got their foot in the door, it was over. Every single one of these lakes g...
by John Bales
Fri Aug 16, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Re: Something I noticed

Ken, Weather and water conditions control movements, good and bad. Then you have things that are not from mother nature and the outcome of that may change populations, how they react and may change their locations completely. Could kill some of the adult fish. So now you have to take weed spraying i...
by John Bales
Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Spoonplugging 101
Topic: Something I noticed
Replies: 18
Views: 3033

Something I noticed

Three or four years ago I noticed something strange when fishing my lake in the month of August. My lake has a lot of deep coontail weeds. They are mostly a single stalk and can grow at a depth of 15 feet or more, and growing to within 5 feet of the surface. I was motoring to the next spot when I th...
by John Bales
Tue Aug 06, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: The Pub
Topic: Navionics web app
Replies: 6
Views: 2929

Re: Navionics web app

Brett told me about a place you can go for free to view maps that were shared by Lowrance users and quite a few lakes are totally mapped. Its called Lowrance Social maps. There are some lakes that are not totally mapped but many show the entire lake. It may be worth taking a look at. I have always f...
by John Bales
Wed Jun 26, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: BUY/SELL/TRADE
Topic: troller boat
Replies: 3
Views: 969

Re: troller boat

It has a steering wheel!!!!!!!!!! :) John
by John Bales
Tue May 14, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: BUY/SELL/TRADE
Topic: Ranger 680t
Replies: 4
Views: 29260

Re: Ranger 680t

Call me......... 1-260-993-2312 John
by John Bales
Sat May 11, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: BUY/SELL/TRADE
Topic: Three spoonplugging rods with 3 penn reels for sale
Replies: 1
Views: 1510

Re: Three spoonplugging rods with 3 penn reels for sale

Rods were sold the next day. John
by John Bales
Tue May 07, 2024 9:04 am
Forum: BUY/SELL/TRADE
Topic: Three spoonplugging rods with 3 penn reels for sale
Replies: 1
Views: 1510

Three spoonplugging rods with 3 penn reels for sale

Posting this for Frank Pouzar: Anyone interested contact number is 1-715-541-9111. Details can be worked out with a phone call. John
by John Bales
Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Links to Fishing Video's
Topic: Early spring smallmouth
Replies: 5
Views: 4330

Re: Early spring smallmouth

A very familiar area for me and some others. I was a bit shocked I didn't see 100 more boats. Must be down near wyandot. Good job guys. It's so great to see such young men doing so well. You have a very good start in the fishing world. And a nice looking boat. John
by John Bales
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:53 pm
Forum: Links to Fishing Video's
Topic: Early spring smallmouth
Replies: 5
Views: 4330

Re: Early spring smallmouth

St.Clair has to be the closest thing to heaven I can imagine. John