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Oh you know it

Best 5 fish this morning went for just about 14 lbs. So, not that tough.

Right? Tim posted pictures the night he found it over a month ago. Took their sweet time.

My buddy has been family friends with the folks that own it for a long time. Apparently it's called Bismark Lake. We haven't fished it yet, but he said he's caught some good fish over the years. Walleye included!

"Prefishing" lulz

Headed to DoCo this evening to see what's happening. With any luck I'll be able to enjoy a dink fest.

Went to Olathe with Keith yesterday. It was super tough. We caught about 7 channel cats, most on the Ned. Couldn't get bit on a jig, couldn't get bit on a Wobbler, couldn't get bit on a shakyhead. Keith ended up having his best green fish bite on a white twister tail after resorting to Crappie fishing. Not what I was expecting! Should be heading to Lone Star soon to see what it looks like.

The "Varmint" name originated elsewhere, a name that stuck by a bunch of old guys that fish Table Rock and LOZ. I don't think Kehde coined that term. And no, he doesn't like to refer to it as the Ned Rig, lol. I see him very often at a little local lake, as I live in the same town as him.

That's good to know. It would also be somewhat weird to see Asian Carp in a lake system. Still had us slightly worried for a minute!

I have a Fenwick Eagle GT, 7' Medium spinning 2 piece that I don't use. You're more than welcome to it.

Drew and I went and fished Lone Star last night one last time before they shut the lake down today for the milfoil treatment. The winds were coming in hard from the west, making most of my favorite spots super hard to fish with the wind and chop. We got bit on jigs, shakyheads, and topwater. Drew caught a decent fish waiting for me at the ramp before I got there. Had about just as many come unbuttoned. Nothing to really brag about, just the usual Lone Star specials. Lake should reopen on Thursday I believe, I'll be really anxious to see what (if any) effect the milfoil treatment has on the fishery. On a side note, we experienced some really strange baitfish action last night too. We'd thought they were just little bass darting in and out of the weeds...until they started jumping everywhere. And they were big, like 5-6". Kind of uncharacteristic for the shad I'm used to seeing there. Most of the time they started freaking out, it wasn't like they were even being chased. It was more from commotion than anything, which kind of led us to believe they may have been Asian Carp.... But without actually being able to see one up close, we could only speculate.

A fellow Northerner, nice. If you can, do yourself a favor and hit Clinton. The Walleye have turned on significantly in the past two weeks. Smallies are also up on the rocks, and the big Wiper have been moving as well. The lake is the clearest it's ever been right now. It's a good time to fish Clinton, feel free PM me if you need details!

There are some good fish in there. Conor is the king of SMP Wiper, and some little kid last year caught a 12# Rainbow.

The first Largemouth I ever caught when we moved to KS in 2000 came from SMP, and it was a good one. Then Hillsdale Nice fish!

Totally down.

Well obviously

Had a fun and wet trip to Lone Star last night. Got there and started fishing the homes cove with gnarly clouds looming over us. Stuck a fish on a jig right off the bat in a huge deep weed mat, then shortly after the wind picked up 25-30 mph. We bailed, and halfway back to the launch it started dumping on us. By the time DJ got the truck backed in, I was soaked to the bone. We pulled the boat out and decided to just wait out the storm. DJ fished from shore for a little bit, caught one first cast on a spinnerbait. Then switched to a shakyhead and caught 4 more, including a nice channel cat haha. After about 45 minutes the rain subsided and we headed back out. I got antsy and decided to throw a jerkbait along the thick weed edge out deep. Caught dinks on almost every cast. Went back farther into the cove and threw a wacky rig for the first time and ended up doing the same-dinks on seriously every cast. It was still slightly spitting on us, but it was a good time nonetheless. We caught probably 25-30 fish in about an hour before dark. Nothing worth bragging about, but a fun time nonetheless. Lone Star is the clearest I believe it has ever been. I'm not sure if the county has done weed maintenance, or if they've already started dying off, but they aren't as prevelant in the middle of the arms as they were, but they are thick and matted about 20-30 feet out from shore. The last 1/4 of the homes cove and beach cove is completely unfishable due to the thick mats (frog country?). Break out your punching gear too! Just wanted to give an update on the weeds/water if anyone was thinking about coming out. Water temp was hovering 73-74.