The Spoonpluggers Forum

Since coming back from South Dakota, I have not fished any other lake but my own. My brother in law has a money problem so I have not had a partner for a while. Realized that when having a partner, you work a lot harder and longer because he has an investment in his time so I work harder to get him ...

Awesome Jim. John

Guys, Those of you who subscribe to the National , I am sure you noticed Jeri chose to do a reprint of a couple of Terry's articles. I am sure no one wants to see re-prints of anything, especially for the money you paid to subscribe. The reason she has to do this is the lack of participation from th...

Phil has made a move from the midwest to the state of Florida. Even before he made this move, we had conversations on my limited experiences I have had and talked about some situations he might run into. What a muck line looks like, how to set your depth finder in order to identify the muck lines, s...

Hal, Have shown a lot of different fishermen the same thing I did for you. It gives me great pleasure not only that a student listens but my biggest joy comes when I see a person expend good effort into the learning. That effort always brings success, something that is lacking with many. You cannot ...

Spraying poisons into our lakes is not healthy for fish or humans. Our fisheries here are paying the price and somewhere down the road, humans will pay. No one really knows how this stuff is destroying the ecosystems of a lake. I see the results in the actual fish catching and it is not good. Still ...

Joe, I would rather have to take an extra few minutes trying to motor through that tall thick crap on my way to the outside weedline than to see those in control that think they are doing us a favor come along and kill everything in the lake, including a lot of the adult fish. I wish I had a tall th...

If the fish were a little more active, the rip rap would have produced. It appears that the movement has been restricted to the edge of the channel. The left side where the fish are sitting appears to have a nice sharp breakline into the channel. The right side of the channel does not offer that sha...

Had a phone call from a guy who wants me to take him out and show him where the walleye are in a couple of lakes. After a bit of conversation, I told him that there is a reason he is having trouble catching them. This may seem harsh but the truth is the best way to go. I told him that he had never s...

Great information. Now I know more than I did before. Were you shallower than 8-10 feet. Take your time. Thanks........ John I get dumb luck too.

Big Bass Zone. Bill Siemantel. Like I said before, I keep waiting for something to come along that could help me. So far, other than increasing the size of the baits you fish with, nothing has really given me much to be excited about. Not done with either of the books so maybe something will happen....

So are you giving credit to the lure itself? Was it running free. Were you running a spoonplug on the rod you were holding? Was the held rod bumping some? Since you weren't holding the other rod, how would you know it was bumping other than watching the rod tip now and then. What were the two lures ...

I don't usually read how to catch big bass books but have been reading a couple of them very recently. My background of spoonplugging has given me proven guidelines I have used for 50 years. At some time in my fishing life, I find out that there are many other ways to catch a fish year round that ha...

Something that everyone must think about. I've done it for years and years. Weather and water. He didn't say it like this but depth and speed control will make a catch much of the time if you get it right. There is a lot to think about there. John

Just got an update from John Z. Dr. visit showed Cancer is 99% remission. This is what he said and pray that it stays that way. Wow. John