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[cbass12]

1 hour ago, micahthorlawson said:

I am torn on all of it.  If it ends up like SMP, it basically means I will never fish it on the weekend.  Besides, I have been fishing Olathe less and less every year.  Only fished Cedar once last year.

 

I used to fish Cedar a ton when I was in high school and college. Many a 5 pound fish came into my bass raider over the years from that lake. There was about a 2 year period where it was straight chocolate milk from the exit/on ramps they put in on lone elm, and the lake just has not been the same since then. 

I won't talk about the amount of big fish I used to catch out of SMP when I was a teenager, just depressing to think about what it's turned into today.

[Ondrejka]

54 minutes ago, cbass12 said:

I won't talk about the amount of big fish I used to catch out of SMP when I was a teenager, just depressing to think about what it's turned into today.

My first Kansas bass after moving here from Wisconsin was from SMP. I was like 12, and it was well over 5 lbs. Second cast, chart spinnerbait right at the well/intake off the dam.

[cbass12]

3 minutes ago, Ondrejka said:

My first Kansas bass after moving here from Wisconsin was from SMP. I was like 12, and it was well over 5 lbs. Second cast, chart spinnerbait right at the well/intake off the dam.

Most of my big fish over the years came from the dam, and a few from the rock bank in between the ramp and the marina dock. Biggest one I've seen from there was when I was a freshman in high school and I didn't even carry a scale with me. Buddy caught it on the dam and it was easily 6 lbs.

[micahthorlawson]

29 minutes ago, cbass12 said:

Most of my big fish over the years came from the dam, and a few from the rock bank in between the ramp and the marina dock. Biggest one I've seen from there was when I was a freshman in high school and I didn't even carry a scale with me. Buddy caught it on the dam and it was easily 6 lbs.

I just think there are plenty 5+ ones left in there.  Jake caught one well over 4 last year and he probably only fished the lake once.  The year before that he caught one over 4 too and probably only fished it twice. If I didn't have to buy the JOCO crap I would fish there a lot.

If I had to pick a place to catch a big one today I would go to SMP over Olathe without hesitation.  Cedar has big ones in it too.  Just SOOO many bank fisherman since they opened up the south side that its hardly worth putting the boat in. 

[cbass12]

3 minutes ago, micahthorlawson said:

I just think there are plenty 5+ ones left in there.  Jake caught one well over 4 last year and he probably only fished the lake once.  The year before that he caught one over 4 too and probably only fished it twice. If I didn't have to buy the JOCO crap I would fish there a lot.

If I had to pick a place to catch a big one today I would go to SMP over Olathe without hesitation.  Cedar has big ones in it too.  Just SOOO many bank fisherman since they opened up the south side that its hardly worth putting the boat in. 

Yea from what I've heard from guys on here it's been getting better. Be nice if the smallmouth population would take off.

[gardnerjigman]

1 hour ago, cbass12 said:

Yea from what I've heard from guys on here it's been getting better. Be nice if the smallmouth population would take off.

Just needs those zebra muscles lol 

[RangerDanger]

2 hours ago, micahthorlawson said:

 If I didn't have to buy the JOCO crap I would fish there a lot.

heck me too since I live 5 minutes from the 79th street entrance. Talk about getting tickets...SMP is a good place to get one.

[Bluebasser86]

The boat and fishing permits aren't that much for a JOCO resident. 

 

I need to get my Jacomo permit is what I need. That lake has a great swimbait bite and I'm itching for some swimbait fish but the high, muddy water is messing my chances up. 

[HogsAndHawks]

4 hours ago, RangerDanger said:

heck me too since I live 5 minutes from the 79th street entrance. Talk about getting tickets...SMP is a good place to get one.

Yep....got one last year. Right at the beginning of the season, super early Spring I got a new rod and it turned off nice and I stopped by on my way home. One cast. Ranger got me. I had my KS & MO licenses already but hadn't picked up my permit. Luckily I got my permit and then took the ticket up to Olathe to pay it at the courthouse and the lady was super nice and took it from my hands and said "do you have your permit now?" and i said "Yes mam" thinking she was going to be rude and she took my ticket and torn it up in front of me and threw it away. Not sure if this is standard procedure or not LOL

[Brian6428]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The boat and fishing permits aren't that much for a JOCO resident. 

 

I need to get my Jacomo permit is what I need. That lake has a great swimbait bite and I'm itching for some swimbait fish but the high, muddy water is messing my chances up. 

Really wish I could get out on Jacomo, but my 150hp is far over Jacomo's horsepower limit. The boat permit you have to buy is for all the lakes in Jackson county, and is rather expensive

[Bluebasser86]

8 minutes ago, Brian6428 said:

Really wish I could get out on Jacomo, but my 150hp is far over Jacomo's horsepower limit. The boat permit you have to buy is for all the lakes in Jackson county, and is rather expensive

I'm just going to register my kayak I think. Jacomo is big for a kayak, but can't put my boat out there either. If Rippin Lips gets fixed up and doesn't find a home on a private lake I might register it for out there again. 

[Advantage]

22 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'm just going to register my kayak I think. Jacomo is big for a kayak, but can't put my boat out there either. If Rippin Lips gets fixed up and doesn't find a home on a private lake I might register it for out there again. 

Could always get my boat (Rippin Lips Too!) Registered out there. (Stopped on the way home today and got my KS registration...still gotta buy some letters/numbers now and put em on).

[Bluebasser86]

Just now, Advantage said:

Could always get my boat (Rippin Lips Too!) Registered out there. (Stopped on the way home today and got my KS registration...still gotta buy some letters/numbers now and put em on).

I'd do it if I was you. That's probably the best lake in the KC metro area. Plus it's open 24/7 instead of those stupid no night fishing lakes, and it's a really good night lake. Add that to the fact that it has a good population of big fish and there's no jetskis, wake boats, or skiers, and limited shoreline access for the meat hunters, it's a pretty appealing lake to fish. 

[Advantage]

4 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'd do it if I was you. That's probably the best lake in the KC metro area. Plus it's open 24/7 instead of those stupid no night fishing lakes, and it's a really good night lake. Add that to the fact that it has a good population of big fish and there's no jetskis, wake boats, or skiers, and limited shoreline access for the meat hunters, it's a pretty appealing lake to fish. 

You're preaching to the choir bub! Lol 

But Rome wasn't built in a day...can only do so much at a time. Glued some plastic clips on gunwale today so I can run the ducer cord to the depthfinder unit without having cord laying everywhere. Then I gotta get an aft light and figure out why port and starboard lights aren't working. Plus I wanna put some of those strip lights on it too (think I'm gonna go with UV/black lights...for night fishing with fluorescent line).

[Brian6428]

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'd do it if I was you. That's probably the best lake in the KC metro area. Plus it's open 24/7 instead of those stupid no night fishing lakes, and it's a really good night lake. Add that to the fact that it has a good population of big fish and there's no jetskis, wake boats, or skiers, and limited shoreline access for the meat hunters, it's a pretty appealing lake to fish. 

I emailed the county a while back asking if they could remove the horsepower restriction in the late fall, winter, and early spring because no sail boats or pontoons are ever out during those months. Thought it was worth a shot since I'm already paying for the county pass and I live about 2 minutes from Jacomo, but they said no way

[gardnerjigman]

8 hours ago, Advantage said:

 (think I'm gonna go with UV/black lights...for night fishing with fluorescent line).

Oh lord... van with black lights.... yikes! Whole boat gonna glow. Lmao!

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, Brian6428 said:

I emailed the county a while back asking if they could remove the horsepower restriction in the late fall, winter, and early spring because no sail boats or pontoons are ever out during those months. Thought it was worth a shot since I'm already paying for the county pass and I live about 2 minutes from Jacomo, but they said no way

Didn't they use to have it so you could remove your prop if your motor was over the HP restrictions? I don't understand why they can't just keep it so it's no wake for boats above the HP restriction. They have to realize they're losing out on a lot of money because of it.

[RangerDanger]

10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The boat and fishing permits aren't that much for a JOCO resident.

It's the principal of it!  JOCO residents pay enough taxes to fish and put a boat in for free, charge the non residents.  $20 to put a kayak in and another $10 to fish, then add another $20 wifes kayak and another $20 if I want to put the big boat in.  It's crap.  Don't even get me started on the county commission.

[cbass12]

10 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

The boat and fishing permits aren't that much for a JOCO resident. 

Even cheaper for a JOCO employee.

1 minute ago, RangerDanger said:

 Don't even get me started on the county commission.

Yea we know you're a huge fan

[Bluebasser86]

33 minutes ago, RangerDanger said:

It's the principal of it!  JOCO residents pay enough taxes to fish and put a boat in for free, charge the non residents.  $20 to put a kayak in and another $10 to fish, then add another $20 wifes kayak and another $20 if I want to put the big boat in.  It's crap.  Don't even get me started on the county commission.

I get it, especially since they obviously care so little about the fishing in the lakes (except for a month during trout season). I pay more to fish the Bun for a single day though.

[micahthorlawson]

16 minutes ago, RangerDanger said:

It's the principal of it!  JOCO residents pay enough taxes to fish and put a boat in for free, charge the non residents.  $20 to put a kayak in and another $10 to fish, then add another $20 wifes kayak and another $20 if I want to put the big boat in.  It's crap.  Don't even get me started on the county commission.

That's my problem- I have two boats that I could potentially use there.  Last year I bought all the JOCO stuff and fished SMP twice and never made it to Kill Creek.  So I essentially paid $15 a day EXTRA to fish SMP.  That's why I decided not to buy it this year.

[DodgeRamWax]

Fished Lone Star Saturday for 4-5 hours. Caught 20-30 bass. Only 2 would have been close to touching a 15 inch board. water was 68 degrees most of the lake. Still extremely weedy in the dock arm.

[Brian6428]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Didn't they use to have it so you could remove your prop if your motor was over the HP restrictions? I don't understand why they can't just keep it so it's no wake for boats above the HP restriction. They have to realize they're losing out on a lot of money because of it.

I think they still allow you to go out if you remove the prop. I did it once. Really a pain fishing a lake of that size with just a trolling motor. Good fish in there though

[Ondrejka]

3 hours ago, DodgeRamWax said:

Fished Lone Star Saturday for 4-5 hours. Caught 20-30 bass. Only 2 would have been close to touching a 15 inch board. water was 68 degrees most of the lake. Still extremely weedy in the dock arm.

Gonna be at least a month before it rebounds. Which is weird because last year it took no time at all, really. But that may have been due to the extreme rains we got after they treated it which drained off most of the slop still remaining.

[Advantage]

16 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'd do it if I was you. That's probably the best lake in the KC metro area. Plus it's open 24/7 instead of those stupid no night fishing lakes, and it's a really good night lake. Add that to the fact that it has a good population of big fish and there's no jetskis, wake boats, or skiers, and limited shoreline access for the meat hunters, it's a pretty appealing lake to fish. 

You're preaching to the choir bub! Lol 

But Rome wasn't built in a day...can only do so much at a time. Glued some plastic clips on gunwale today so I can run the ducer cord to the depthfinder unit without having cord laying everywhere. Then I gotta get an aft light and figure out why port and starboard lights aren't working. Plus I wanna put some of those strip lights on it too (think I'm gonna go with UV/black lights...for night fishing with fluorescent line).

 

It'll be the clear/blue fluorescent line that's glowing! Ever fished at night that way? It's a whole otheworld bub!