Fir3hawk Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 Lake Olathe looked pretty open on the North West side. Looked like some ice still out on the South East side Also spotted a dead bass on the bank when I was checking water temp. ☹️ Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted March 3, 2021 Super User Posted March 3, 2021 That's not a bass. It looks like a gizzard shad, 2 Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Fir3hawk said: Lake Olathe looked pretty open on the North West side. Looked like some ice still out on the South East side Also spotted a dead bass on the bank when I was checking water temp. ☹️ Looks fairly clear too Quote
Fir3hawk Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 4 hours ago, roadwarrior said: That's not a bass. It looks like a gizzard shad, I kinda thought that might be the case but it looked too big. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 4, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 4, 2021 37 minutes ago, Fir3hawk said: I kinda thought that might be the case but it looked too big. Olathe has huge gizzard shad, some 14-16 inchers. Quote
Husker-N-KC Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 On 3/2/2021 at 10:14 PM, Bluebasser86 said: Olathe was mostly thawed a few days ago so I'm sure it is by now. It's about as tough a lake as you can find early in the year, but you can't catch them without trying. There's a couple ponds by the lake that I'd fish instead of the lake if I was on the bank. Hey @Bluebasser86, mind sharing any specific ponds in that area? I'll be taking my 11yr old daughter out tomorrow morning. Looking for a good spot to snag our first big (?) bass of the year. Thanks for any tips! Quote
Super User skunked_again Posted March 6, 2021 Super User Posted March 6, 2021 Cedar Lake in Olathe used to give up nice fish. Today it gave up nothing. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 7, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2021 I drove almost 2 hours sputh today to catch about 10 fish. Everything looked good, fish that bit were aggressive, just couldn't find many of them and the only good one I had pulled off. 1 Quote
PotatoLake Posted March 10, 2021 Posted March 10, 2021 Fished Blue Springs lake Monday. Water temps were 42-45. Had a 2-3 feet of vis. Most of the fish I marked were suspending in 15-20 ft of water off main lake points. I did not have any luck with those fish. Tried fishing shallow with flatsides and rk crawlers. They didn’t want cranks. Finally got a solid fish with a wacky rigged trick worm. And a couple dinks with a Ned. Probably a couple weeks before we see them start moving up shallower in numbers. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 10, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 10, 2021 Fished the local puddle this morning for 2.5 hours in the gentle Kansas breeze. Jerkbait bite was good and I got 1 on a homemade bladed jig. 1 4lber on the jerkbait and the one on the bladed jig was just shy of 5lbs sitting in 3' of water. 3 Quote
HaydenS Posted March 10, 2021 Posted March 10, 2021 Caught about 8 fish today, all on jerkbaits, at Lake Lenexa. The wind was awful. Biggest was 2.5 pounds. Water temps broke 51 degree back in a pocket of timber. Went to Douglas county lake, last weekend and caught 8 bass and two crappie. Biggest was 3.5-4, water temps never broke 43 degrees. They came on jerkbaits, and one on a Megabass Dark Sleeper. 3 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 15, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 15, 2021 So who took their frogs out of storage this weekend? ? Quote
Super User DitchPanda Posted March 16, 2021 Super User Posted March 16, 2021 19 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: So who took their frogs out of storage this weekend? ? That's not fair ...my water temps are hovering right around ice still! 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, DitchPanda said: That's not fair ...my water temps are hovering right around ice still! warmest I saw wasn't quite 52* 1 Quote
KCFinesse Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 4:28 PM, HaydenS said: Caught about 8 fish today, all on jerkbaits, at Lake Lenexa. The wind was awful. Biggest was 2.5 pounds. Water temps broke 51 degree back in a pocket of timber. Went to Douglas county lake, last weekend and caught 8 bass and two crappie. Biggest was 3.5-4, water temps never broke 43 degrees. They came on jerkbaits, and one on a Megabass Dark Sleeper. That's a heck of a doco fish. Good work! Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 16, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, KCFinesse said: That's a heck of a doco fish. Good work! A year ago today a buddy of mine had a 20lb bag from DOCO. A 5, 5 1/4, one a little over 6 (his PB), with a 2.5 and a 3 to round out his limit. He got broke off in a brush pile on a spinnerbait by one he thought was bigger than the 6 he caught. There's a lot more big fish in there than most people think, it's just hard getting past the dinks and they have so much to eat. 2 Quote
HaydenS Posted March 18, 2021 Posted March 18, 2021 16 hours ago, KCFinesse said: That's a heck of a doco fish. Good work! Thanks, I went out with a buddy and that was a fish he caught. Caught my first fish of the year, and my first ever jerkbait fish. 2 Quote
Fir3hawk Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Recommendations for someone/somewhere to replace a rod tip? Have a rod thats been sitting in corner of my garage for about a year with a broke tip. It’s a pflueger president combo from Cabelas I got a year or so after college when I got back into fishing. It’s about 8 years old so a little sedimental but obviously don’t want to put more than $20 into a rod/reel combo I paid $50 for. Closer to JOCO preferred. Heard mondo tackle had a guy but they’ve since closed. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 19, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fir3hawk said: Recommendations for someone/somewhere to replace a rod tip? Have a rod thats been sitting in corner of my garage for about a year with a broke tip. It’s a pflueger president combo from Cabelas I got a year or so after college when I got back into fishing. It’s about 8 years old so a little sedimental but obviously don’t want to put more than $20 into a rod/reel combo I paid $50 for. Closer to JOCO preferred. Heard mondo tackle had a guy but they’ve since closed. It's really easy to do yourself with one of the rod repair kits you can get from Walmart for a few bucks. I've done a bunch of my own and several for other guys, it's a quick and easy fix and if you don't get it right the first time, it's easy to adjust it. 1 Quote
HaydenS Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 I agree, the do it yourself kits are very simple to use, give them a try. Just make sure you don't get any of the rod tip glue on yourself, that stuff gets hot! https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/fuji-rod-tip-repair-kit https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fuji-Original-Rod-Repair-Kit-Black/19887506 Quote
Fir3hawk Posted March 21, 2021 Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/18/2021 at 10:23 PM, Bluebasser86 said: It's really easy to do yourself with one of the rod repair kits you can get from Walmart for a few bucks. I've done a bunch of my own and several for other guys, it's a quick and easy fix and if you don't get it right the first time, it's easy to adjust it. Looks super easy. Does shortening the rod change the action much? I assume the rod will feel heavier action and be less sensitive? Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 21, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 9:16 PM, Fir3hawk said: Looks super easy. Does shortening the rod change the action much? I assume the rod will feel heavier action and be less sensitive? It might change it very slightly but it's either that or not have it and be able to use it. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 23, 2021 Global Moderator Posted March 23, 2021 This rain needs to stop, I'm tired of the super muddy water already ? 2 Quote
Dirtyeggroll Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said: This rain needs to stop, I'm tired of the super muddy water already ? Gave me 3 skunks! Quote
Russ E Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, Dirtyeggroll said: Gave me 3 skunks! Yesterday WYCO gave me my first skunk there in a long time. I did have 3 swipes at my umbrella rig, but no hookups. Did not even catch a trout. Quote
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