I've always been curious about snagging... how do you keep from snagging every other rock on the bottom?

Your weight is tied to the end of the line and the hook is about a foot above that.. You do snag trees and such though. Cruise slowly up or down the river, let the line get tight and then pull with a big sweeping motion. Let the line get tight and pull again. Sometimes for hours.

If everything goes right, all four of us will have our two fish Tuesday and Wednesday and today will be a get smashed day.

Ah ok, the way its rigged would definitely help

How do you prepare the fish to cook so it doesn't taste funky?

If you have had paddlestick that tasted fishy, the red meat wasn't apparently totally cut off of the white meat. The red meat is very fishy. However I have noticed if it has been frozen it can get fishy as well.

I usually just cube it up and put fish breading on it and fry it. Captain Jacks fish breading from KC is outstanding. You can also bake it or grill it. I've also boiled it in 7-up and dipped it in clarified butter - poor man's lobstah.

Especially now that you only get to keep two as possession, when I get home I trim it up and soak it in salt water for a few hours. Then I cook up what I want to eat and give the rest away because of the freezing/fishy factor.

You catching Crappie up there yet Iowanian?

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New PB. 5.8lb caught on a spinnerbait.

Theres a pic of that fish next to "lunker" in the dictionary :bravo:

Very nice! 👍

She was either cold (58 degree water) or full. Didn't put up much of a fight.

How did you weigh it?

Compared it to my D.

That's a nice hawg



Man I'm ready to head to the lake for couple nights I just need some rest before I go. I got to find some new spots because the lake is up that's a good thing but I can't fish same spots or it's just different. I'm looking forward to this year think it's going be a good year.

Any luck? I heard they were tearing them up in Miami last weekend.
They should be hitting Chetopa in the next few days.

So I'm at the lake got three poles set up just nothing biting . Last year the water level was way down and I was catching left and right but ****ing really want catch something. Night fishing is heavily bliss I love it. Just a tad cold.


I can hear owls and coyotes howl.

Not use to posting on my phone.

Here fishy fishy fishy.