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- Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Depth and speed question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1894
Re: Depth and speed question
Absolutely - IMO. For example, one structure situation I have here is a roadbed that runs across the lake and is anywhere from 1’-3’ above the basin depth, and pretty much 9’ to 12’ on top. Some days I catch them trolling Spoonplugs at 2-4 mph banging the road; some days a deep crank cast and retrie...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Toledo Bend
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1598
Re: Toledo Bend
I'm going with lowland also. It has main basin depths of 50-60 ft, and a main river channel depth to nearly 100 ft. Lots of humps, ridges, deltas, and bars that extend out well into the lake, and to the river channel in many instances, plus a lot of man-made features. Overall, there's just a lot mor...
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Question on Fish movements?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 37258
Re: Question on Fish movements?
Yes, both ways as long as they’re moving - IMO. Easier to sit on the spot and wait for them to arrive, but many articles Buck wrote mention catching a final few on really long casts as the school moved away (back). Or even situations like the Florida breaklines where there really wasn’t a casting po...
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:56 am
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Livescope
- Replies: 19
- Views: 531675
Re: Livescope
I’ve had Livescope for 3 years now. I debated with myself quite a bit in the beginning, as I am somewhat unhappy with where the technology has taken the sport, but like many, finally decided the learning component outweighed my opposition, in general. So I went with the smallest, least expensive uni...
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 11:23 am
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Livescope
- Replies: 19
- Views: 531675
Re: Livescope
Thanks for the detailed posts, John. Really enjoy reading these observations. A couple questions have come to mind based on them if you have a minute. Now that you’ve become good at seeing and interpreting your Livescope, has it changed your perception of the bass population in your lake? Since you ...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:17 am
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Milfoil
- Replies: 5
- Views: 34062
Re: Milfoil
A lot of our reservoirs used to be filled with it, but as John can tell you, its public enemy #1 in the eyes of weed sprayers - lol. We still have some waters with it though, and I’ve fished that stuff for about 35 years now. Early in the year, Rat-L-Traps, sp’baits or Chatterbaits slow rolled over ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Bridge piers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 109330
Re: Bridge piers
I swear that Buck took this example right from the 36 bridge that crosses Raccoon Lake in Indiana. Because that is where I used to catch them many moons ago. The migration route is to the left side on Raccoon and on the southwest corner of the rip rap. Last time i was there, there was a pretty good...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:17 am
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Bridge piers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 109330
Re: Bridge piers
I’ll throw one out that hasn’t been mentioned. Being midsummer, it could be a light condition positioning them, with the fish being located on the shady side of the piers, and the movement not being a good one that only has the fish to the top of the channel breakline and adjacent to that first brea...
- Sat Mar 11, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Thoughts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 407464
Re: Thoughts
BBZ....... I got asked to leave his site ( kicked off) because I tried to argue that everything they were teaching, was simply Buck Perry information regurgitated into their own words, with Bill's own little slant to it. Done this many times over the years with others in the boat. Kenny Hyde did it...
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Thoughts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 407464
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Thoughts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 407464
Re: Thoughts
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...
- Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:31 pm
- Forum: Spoonplugging 101
- Topic: Thoughts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 407464
Re: Thoughts
Good thoughts, John. I've read the books and articles, and studied most all of the big bass chasers and their theories and explanations over the years. I find them all very interesting, and not contradictory to what Buck has written and instructed us to do. In fact, my conversations with Paul Prorok...
- Mon Feb 13, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: Lake of the week
- Topic: Lake Wateree SC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 132196
Re: Lake Wateree SC
My mistake. Searched for SC but that story got snuck in the feed and I didn’t catch it. Turns out several states have ‘Lake Monticellos’
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Lake of the week
- Topic: Lake Wateree SC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 132196
Re: Lake Wateree SC
Is this the same Lake Monticello? If so, they recently drained and nuked it, so it may be a while before you see lots of big bass again. Sounds like you may not even be able to launch for a couple years. http://www.magnoliareporter.com/sports/outdoors/article_4b52c4b0-510d-11ec-8e2c-e38149de5079.html
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:44 am
- Forum: Links to Fishing Video's
- Topic: Bill Dance Exposed?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 68276
Re: Bill Dance Exposed?
Always possible that some of this stuff is “staged” just to get the best content, but probably not common. They’re probably just getting a different camera angle on Bill for some shots. You can see these later in the video where it’s obvious a boat-to-boat shot, or one where Bill is moving by someon...