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That's a couple of quality bass too! Nice work.

I suspected it worked both ways. Non-resident permits are always higher and counties like Wyandotte in Kansas and Clay in Missouri charge high fees, even for residents. I fish Table Rock quite a bit, but I wanted to go to Wyandotte to get a smallmouth fix close to home. There aren't any smallmouth waters in Missouri's northwest so I always have to travel a few hours if I want to fish for them.

In the past I was looking into coming over from Missouri to fish this, but permits are a bit high for my tastes: Non-resident Wyandotte County season fishing permit - $40 Non-resident boat season permit - $50 Non-resident KS fishing permit - $52.50 I already pay $130 a year to fish Smithville in addition to my Missouri hunting and fishing permit for $19 dollars.

I think this is a regional thing though I am not sure what states the region encompasses. It is the same in Missouri. When I was a kid using worms and a cane pole I was taught to call a sunfish a perch as well.

There isn't much left to say because the first two posts of the thread pretty much summarize the subject. Following the same reasoning as @WRB and @A-Jay, I use long casts only when I have too. However, most of the lakes I fish receive a lot of pressure so long casts are useful a significant amount of time, except when flipping/pitching deep cover or fishing muddy waters.

Awesome hogs! What a day!

Congrats! Great fish.

What fun! Those are some nice looking smallies.

Yep, $3099.99 for the 50 inch and $3199.99 for the 57 inch. https://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/garmin-force-7819.html

I have had a similar problem. I pulled the trigger on retirement last year. I already had a list of things to work on that I had not been able to stay abreast of while I was working. Other than our vacation in the Canadian Rockies and two or three fishing vacations, I had been working quite steadily on that list. Then I had a couple of major injuries that hindered my ability to fish and do the things I enjoyed for approximately 7 months. I just got back on the water about 10 days ago. The list is not urgent. Enjoying my life is. I hope you can breakaway from this because it still sounds like you are programmed to run on the treadmill constantly. I know I was.

Nice fat fish! Congratulations on the new PB!

The problem is your thermocline has setup at an unlucky depth. Wait until it changes and then go fishing again. ? In the meantime, keep thinking it out. You see the thermocline on your depth finder. What about fish? In addition to what scaleface said, look for depth changes, small subtle ditches, channel swings, docks, brushpiles, etc. Also, depending on the forage, the fish could be positioned at less than 13 feet but out over deeper water than that chasing food. Keep trying different lures as well.

Sunrise at Smithville Lake on July 1st. I have missed this during my rehab. It is so good to be back on the water!

The phrase, "Roughly throw this list together," nails it. There is some truth to the idea that the list contains some of the best lakes but putting them in a particular order seems to be a fool's errand. I think the list is more a discussion piece than anything. I always check it out though.

I always hear that Floridanus is more difficult to catch but your post begs the question, "What is the scientific evidence?" The link below provides some information but I would like to read the documents from the original studies to see how they eliminated other variables that could affect the outcome. http://sfrc.ufl.edu/allenlab/Popular Articles/18_DrMikeAllen_Nov_11.pdf

That is a beautiful dog.

This was taken at the iconic Valley of the Ten Peaks at Moraine Lake in Canada's Banff National Park. There isn't much of a hike to get to this and my wife and I like challenging hikes. However, the road and parking lot leading back to Moraine Lake is typically full and closed by 6:00 am in the busy hiking season of summer. We left our lodging at 3:30 am to get there early enough to get in and then we waited until the sun came up. It was the only way to get the pics of this magnificent area and we weren't going to miss it.

Thanks, Blue! Very sad to hear when one of us dies out on the water. After being unable to fish for the past few months due to injury and surgery, I have just returned to the water over the past week. I have fished three times and each time I have forgotten to wear my life jacket. Before my injuries I was getting in the habit of wearing it any time the boat was moving. Your post has reminded me that I need to wear it.

I just scanned through this quickly on my phone and didn't see any mention of the new trolling motors. Maybe I missed it, or they don't want to spoil the surprise.

Congratulations! Love the pic from brown bass heaven.

Congratulations on your new PB!

Congratulations!

That's what it's all about. Glad you two had a good time.

I hit the water yesterday but only lasted 3 hours. I didn't switch the handle from left to right on one of my spinning setups and then forgot and set the hook holding the rod with my right hand. That hurt like hell and caused me to cut my time short. I caught two bass and will be hitting the water again tomorrow. Thanks for all the good wishes!

Because you posted this I had to go research it. Very funny and interesting.