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You know, I never did paint mine. I used a sharpie once, but like mentioned before, it didnt turn out well. Usually I'll get pre painted ones like Tru-Tungsten.

It is a great book, and I really hope you read it. It's one of those books that if you're feeling sorry for yourself and think your life's turned upside down,[ch65279] read this book. You'll realize how blessed you really are.

I'm not sure if anyone has posted about this yet, but I am not going to hesitate. I just got done reading this book: Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell, and this is by far the best book I've ever read. It's about a team of four Navy Seals whose mission went very wrong. I'm not going to say anymore about it, just because it's such a great book, and for me to give away parts of this amazing book isn't right. I have to admit, after finishing this book I have realized how much respect the men and women in our armed forces should get. Anyone else read this? What did you think?

Anyone been fishing on greers ferry lately?

Wow...thats crazy. I wanna hear what this is!

Thanks again everyone! I appreciate it. bass wrangler569: Good luck at your state championship! But there are no girls in our club...and if you are refering to Drew (only one wearing the Triton shirt), he is a guy.

Ok, so i found 3 broken Fenwick rods in a trash can the other day. They are very nice, but they're all broken and are missing the tips. All that I have are about 3 foot of the rod (handle included). Can I do anything with these?

Thanks again everyone! Catt: I have to agree with you 100%. A fishing log is the best information that you can get on a body of water. I started doing fishing logs at the end of last year, and I can already see some of the valuable information that its providing me.

Thanks everyone!

Hey everybody! Well, today was the day I finally did it. I fished the Missouri Junior Bassmaster State Championship held at Truman Reservoir. It was a very tough day in general. The lake was over 20 foot high and it was just rough. Saturdays pre-fishing yeilded very little. I only managed to catch one keeper pre-fishing and that was on a buzzbait. I talked to some of the guys in the adult club, and they said they spent the day flippin worms and jigs. I made a mental note on that topic. Saturday night, the weather report was record colds with crystal clear skies. Great, I had some work to do. This morning rolled around and I was throwing the buzzbait and managed about 7 or 8 short fish. It was just a little after 10 am when my partner Drew (fishing for the younger division), landed a nice 3 pounder on a black and blue jig. We'd been flipping the flooded willows and some flooded dead trees. I was flippin' a worm at the time and changed over to a black and blue jig. Not even 10 minutes later, I landed my first fish. It was a pretty fish that had me in the bushes fighting for him. We decided to give our spot a little "milk run" and hit up a place called "The Eagles Nest" (its called that because supposedly the eagles nest there...go figure). We came up to this flooded shallow point, and Drew caught his second keeper for the day. Once again, it was on the black and blue jig. With about half an hour left, we went back to our good spot. I pitched my jig right up to this pine tree, and WHAM! This fish was a giant...I mean a giant. Set the hook as hard as I could and then started playin' her. She came up, shook her head.......and......gone. She had spit the jig. I figured this fish was the one I needed, and it was going to cost me the tournament. I ended up realizing that the hook was no where near being sharp, so that was that problem (once again, mental note...CHECK YOUR HOOKS!). We went to the weigh-in, and a lot of the older guys goose egged. Dock talk had gotten around to me and supposedly both of the boys in my age group had one fish also...and one was supposedly a "dandy". Josh weighed in first...1.74. Then it was my turn....2.44. Now, it was Vince's turn....his "dandy" only turned out to be 1.25. I had won it with one fish, and my partner Drew won the younger age group (no one else in his age group weighed in). So both of us won it out of our boat. It's been a pretty exciting day for me, I'm headed off to Greers Ferry in June to fish the Central Division Championship. It's going to be a tough lake, but I'm going to give it my best, and nothing less. Here's my fish: And here's me and Drew with our trophy's. Thanks guys!

Was that at Bush!?!

So far, its been jigs and jerk baits. I've been catching mine shallow, so they ARE thinking about spawning.

This time of year, I like a jerkbait with long pauses. Recently, the pointer has been working good for me.

I'm more of a Doe-si-doe kinda guy. Dip it in some milk......see ya tuesday!

Thats a good way to get your butt kicked around here...

Try swimming a black power worm...this can be deadly.

Definitely one of my favorite lures, and they're easy to use. Just throw it out there and give it a good jerk to get it down to running depth. Then, once it's at it's running depth, let it sit for about 3-5 seconds (seems to be the best producing pause for me) then give it a "pop pop" (two simultaneous jerks). Then, after another 5 seconds, just give it a "pop". That's pretty much it. I had a tourney this weekend and was using that technique with a Pointer and it worked well. Hold on, these bites are KILLER!

Same thing happens to me all the time. Just be nice to them, and they'll be nice to you. I always say "How you doin today sir?" (or ma'am), and it never fails.

I've heard that Shawnee bend has had a great spinnerbait bite lately. My partner said he caught a 5 and a 6 on back to back casts. Might want to have one of them tied on.

This is just a report for anyone that's going down there soon. This past weekend I had a tournament on the grand glaize part. It was pretty tough to be honest, but I did manage to catch fish and place 3rd. The water is anywhere from 47-52 degrees, and its kind of stained. I was catching the majority of my fish on a Pointer (size 100). Although the fish were few and far between, it was the most consistent lure I used. I did go to the Ozark Team Division weigh-in on Saturday. I think the winner had about 22 pounds. Other people were catching they're fish on green wiggle warts, shad raps, rattle traps, and shakey heads. Hope this helps. Craig

I will be down there this weekend. And like cart suggested...if the wiggle wart bite is on, there is nothing like it. Last year I was down there when it was in full swing, and I caught almost 30 keepers in about 3 hours. There is no other lake I'd rather be on with that kind of bite.

Thank you.

Hey all. I've been reading a few reports about LOZ and kind of have the idea of whats going on. I'll be down there this coming weekend. Anyone have any first hand experiences they want to share?

I work at Toys R Us. I'm going to be straight honest, it sucks. Mangers are ignorant and the hours are just horrible. One week I'll work 10 hours, the next week I'll be working 29. I cant wait for summer to start, because then I start my Camp Counselor job!

There is a hard-core band out there called Dying Fetus. I personally have only listened to them a few times and that was with my old boss.