Ron Anderson

I see your pic now. If I see around, I'll stop by and say hi. I'm all over the lake. I'm usually prowling around in the brush around the channel pulling catfish and crappie. Or I'll be on the dam fishing for bass. Hope to see ya around. Ron

What a small world! Yeah...I'm out there at least twice a week. I've tried to incorporate Shawnee Mission Lake a little more because the water is clearer and deeper. Was out at Heritage last night and caught a little 7 inch largemouth off the dam. Ron

I talked to a guy about three days ago who showed me a pic a largemouth that was in the ball park of 22 inches. He caught it right at the mouth of the channel about two weeks ago. He also released it. It was chasing a little school of chad and it went after a artificial worm. It, too, wasn't on topwater. In fact, he told me when it hit, he thought he had a catfish until he pulled it in.

What part of the state do you live in? I'm in Johnson County fishing Shawnee Mission Lake and Heritage Park. Good fishing can be found in both, although I've landed only 3 keepers...and one of them was at Hillsdale Lake. I too am strictly a shore fisherman unless I'm camping. Smithville Lake is good too, but you have to have a boat to get to the keepers. This month, I've been scoring using artificial worms. Blue with metal flakes and a light bottom have been working...especially when fishing off a dam and throwing them into rocky bottoms. Also, lately, nothing has been on top. Get your lure down about 5-10 feet and bring it in along a rock bed and something will hit it. I haven't had an evening without a bite this summer. It's been fun. Ron