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I fish the Ned a lot at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, lot of chunk rock on points...I find that if I go too heavy the ned rig heads do an amazing job of finding their way into tight places and wedge themselves in amongst rock and boulders and I spend a lot of time freeing them, so as others say I go as light as I can. I tend to fish the ned rig really slowly which exacerbates the issue.

Good find...always start with the simple and start with free.

I have a Perception Sport Striker. Pro's Two seating positions, both are molded, very little back support(con) High weight capacity Good stability, not good enough for me at 6'5" to stand and fish. Cons Fairly heavy Basically a barge Poor Tracking Hatches aren't the best, but I dont use the dry storage a whole lot. Just upgraded to a Jackson Big Rig Pros: Gear Track abound Lots of useful fishing features Great seat- will allow for all day fishing without needing a chiropractor(very important to me) Great stand ability (very important) Got it used for a really good price ? Will be able to use the ample storage and great hatches, now that I can fish for longer periods of time thanks to the great seat. Cons: Its massive, gotta rig up a ceiling storage solution to get it to fit in my garage Heavy

NedRig was my bread and butter this year. Smacked the heck out of them on small lakes, Lake of the Ozarks, and Smallmouth streams.

I have a Bass Pro about 5 minutes from my house. I have a Cabelas about 12-15 min away. I love Bass Pro. Great selection price is OK, I am pretty good about getting stuff on sale, with gift cards etc. I buy casual clothes, hunting stuff, fishing stuff, whatever. If its hip to diss BPS then I sure as heck aint hip. I buy a lot in store, also will buy on line, and pickup in store. All works for me

There are lots and lots of kayaks that have a weight capacity in the 400-500 range. As said, these are some darn big, wide boats, but they are also really nice. Check out perception, Jackson (Cuda HD, Coosa HD, Mayfly, Big Rig), Wilderness, Feel Free. They aren't cheap though!

No fish in the Bowling Green lake. Chances are me and my brother are the ones you talked if the guys were in kayaks. I repeat, NO FISH IN THE D@MN Lake.

My brothers and I go by two terms. "Unidentifiable tension" and "exploratory hook setting" Honestly if you really concentrate on the lure and the feel, it will make it a lot easier to detect bites.

We got down on Wednesday afternoon, shortly before dinner. It was a heavy rain pretty much all evening, only fished off the dock. I did manage 10 bass with the Ned rig off the dock. One was about 18". The thursday morning it was cold, but dry, and not to terribly windy. Bite was good, first fish was a 18.5" on the NR. Friday was slower, warmer, very windy. Still managed about 12-15 fish, with a hand full of keepers. Saturday was warmer still, fish were scattered. We picked up most of our fish on Main lake points, working back in 50-75 yds off the points. Saturday evening we did well skipping behind docks. Water started very clear but was mostly murky almost muddy by Saturday evening. We had six in our group. We have 4 fish 21" and over, lots and lots of fish from 17"-19" Most were on a ned rig, few draggin chompers, and other misc baits. Will add more pics. Sorry about the sideway pics. Me, my 4 brothers, and dad made our 20th consectutive trip to LOZ this past weekend. We fished between the 10 and 14 MM. Here are the best

This is definitely one of my favorite rigs. I thought I "invented" it before my days on BR. Was fishing carolina rigs and after a few times of re-rigging it after breakoffs I decided to just texas rig a soft bait and use a splitshot to hold the bullet weight up about 18" Over time I lost the bullet weight and just use a split shot or two. My favorite baits on a baby brush hog or zoom finesse worm. Caught a crap-ton of fish the past couple of years.

Went a small soft sided tackle box many many years ago. Then upgraded size twice and capped out with the biggest blasted Tackle bag you've ever seen. It was insane. Scaled back to a moderate size tackle bag for boat fishing. When in the kayak I have one 3700 size waterproof tray and a BPS tackle binder. Both have 95% more crap than I need or will use for any given outing. Typically I could get away with packing the stuff I actually need in a cigar box and calling it good.

I have 4 brothers. At one point the my family had 5 bass boats and I had a open bow ski boat. I sold my boat, two brothers have sold their as well. We all fish out of kayaks. We have 5 kayaks between the 3 of us. One brother has a place at Lake of the Ozarks, so he is keeping his for sure. My other brother with a bass boat uses his quiet often. My dad just got to old to use his. Moving from the bank to a kayak is a no brainer.

Fished is small community reservoir sunday. Water was very cool, murky, and low. Bass were concentrated around laydowns. We boated 12. The best four

Yes when in my kayak or in a deer stand I got a S & W MP9 on my hip. In a bass boat not always, there is a decent chance I will be having a barley pop or two while I am in the boat, and always with another guy or two. My land is pretty remote, but a fair # of folks passing through the area, and places I fish from my kayak are often pretty remote.

Texas Rigged baby brush hog. Probably watermelon seed or watermelon red .

Yeah, i agree on the penalties. The rip their face off hookset, and skip across the water like a stone, and sling into the boat from 15' out through the air is actually "good" for the bass.

I basically never throw a rod away unless I break it. I am 41 years old. I have all my rods from when I was a little kid. I got my first "real" spinning rod and reel. Plus lots of others that have fallen by the wayside as I have been able to afford nicer newer stuff. I have several perfectly serviceable rods that haven't been used in years. Many are not sentimental, or anything like that, they dont really have any $$ value, just like to keep them.

There are 5 boys in my family. I am the only left handed one. They all crank right handed with a bait caster and left handed with a spinning reel. They used spincast reels growing up, and then moved to spinning reels. I sorta brought the bait casting bug into our family. My 4 brother hadnt used anything but spinning gear for 35 years. It amazes me that they instantly and instinctively were able to start reeling with their other hand after all that ime. I cast left and crank right no matter what. Pretty interesting dynamic

I dont know a lot of about boat carburetors. I acquired a tractor this past summer that had been sitting for 9 years or so. The carburetor and sediment bowl were about as nasty and gummed up as you can imagine. Disassembled them and soak in M.E.K., lots of cleaning, scrubbing, picking with wires of different diameters...replaced all gaskets, the float, had to replace a couple of jet cause they had to be drilled out. Assuming you can get the gaskets and or jets, you should be good to go. Its a bit of work and tedious at times, but it is perfectly do able.

I have my PFD on at all times I have my "hard" tackle in a water proof 370 sized tray, my soft tackle in a binder. They are both tethered to my Yak with paracord and a carabiner. I also keep another dry box for my wallet, phone, lighter, cigars, etc. I have a back up 2 piece paddle in the hull of my S-O-T kayak. I have a cooler with food and drinks. Typically have a knife and a S &W M&P 9mm on my hip as well. Think your common sense and wits are useful things to have as well.

I'd check out ozark anglers forum. I, along with two of my brothers, have a SOT Kayak. Hit a lot of local lakes. I am further north in St. Charles. I head north and west for MDC owned lakes. My wife's sister and husband have a place on Lake of the Ozarks, which is once of my favorite places to fish. They live in a pretty good sized cove. I can slink around the docks in that cove for hours catching bass, and never need to hit any "big water"

I am big into bowhunting. Once sept 15 rolls around in Missouri I will be hunting. I own small piece of property and I spend a lot of time up there hunting, camping, etc. My only real off season is between Jan 15 and the spring thaw. Once it warms up enough I divide time between fishing and getting food plots going.

Think you will have to fishing the state parks that have shoreline. Should be able to get access in those areas?

Someone needs a box of tissues and a safe place to explore their feelings!

Here is the St. Louis area we were down around $1.45/gal for a few days. We jumped back up to $1.77ish the past couple of days. Not to shabby.