Forum | Why is it....????

he fuel best be hidden,and a boat pard that wont rat,its not kosher only factory installed tanks with proper retraints and most lilly be a precheck prior to actual T,they dont want anyone pouring gas  as in via funnel out there i suspect is the reason.Running most lilly be resiricted to 65 and below anyway due to the lake.Running slowewr than whats needed to run across them is a real beater and running faster than say between  52 or 63 gets one out of timing again,with that much fuel shouldnt have a problem unless you come back off plane,gas avaialbe nearby 179 if open and suspect they will be,you pass it on the way in just prior to the bridge.I can even check and make sure as have the resort ph number,but will have to be near the time as many shut down and go home in a heart beat,as do not live here just own a resort and off season back to ohio etc.

Ive thought the same,an addon 6 gal tank out of sight and strapped ,with its own seperate fuel line connector would be the answer,then never even telling anyone what your doing just change hoses.Providing its properly strapped down, might get one buy if discovered,,they say factory as changes the weight distrubution and handling characteristics.

Think it has to do with the heat,and both times were short in suration campared to a T,I think in a T where I wouldnt monkey around would have weighed in both trips just not excessive.They are already chasing and antime we got near an area we had seen prior activity in we got bit,one I know was a keeper but a spro 1 oz is a showme bait for 15 -16 stuff,yet i have several 15 in fish that managed to stuff in it their mouths no hoook needed but they were.Think one will just have to avoid the troller when they get near and dont think poling would help,its just that shallow they see you,let alone hear you.

Think alternate baits worm ,fluke are a need yet still a horney toad and a floating frog that walks side to side-must walk,secondary floater would be a pop n spit like spro popin frog in black .

And as it cools be a bit better not as good as last year but better,doubt 6 lbers,but there are 4 lbers there and showing themselves at times just out of cast distance.

Sort of herding their food source around to deeper water near the bridge and back.

What I saw jump were like 6 in shad,that were feeding on something smaller then a target themselves.

Pads arnt as thick some spaces inbetween but braid still needed.Anytime one of got bit both us us got bit within 30 secs of each other and steve getting two horney toad bites back to back,then 1/2 hr til the next flurry or pod pushing thru.Activity spotted is the key they do not however stay long as their prey is running as fast as it can.Some pods consisted of 12-13 in fish ,there are some over 4 + in one that I know of or visably observed.

And it is said one should never count their gamlbers er tritons before they break them.

Ahhh Hummm… isn't this twice in a row that 179 has not produced???? Don't tell me I need to cancel the insurance coverage I've already got on a new 2010 Trition! We're only 5-6 weeks from heading that'a way. So whatever you have to do to restock 179…. Get ta' doing it!

Skeeter sponsors the BassChamps trails here in Texas and a right healthy trail it is. 20K to win – regardless of what boat you're in(bonus of 10k if you're in a Skeeter) - guaranteed regardless of # of boats that show up. They have 4 trails here North/South/East/West Texas and they all pull 200+ boats at nearly every event. I think the worst they had this year was 140 on Amistad when the wind was forcast to be 40+. They put in at Diablo East – directly in the wind. But… they also let the anglers trailer to where ever they wanted to…. Just had to be back to Diablo East by the witchin' hour. That is the trail that I'm going to fish next year. It's a team trail and so fer I ain't found a partner(280.00 entry fee – per boat). But they'll let you fish solo if ya' wanna. So if I don't find a parder a'fore January I'll be going it alone. I'll probably fish the Eastern trail which is 5 tournaments on Sam Rayburn. The western trail is Amistad, Falcon, Choke Canyon and O.H.Ivie. I like fishing Falcon and Choke Canyon but they're only having one tournament on each of those lakes and 2 on Amistad and 1 or 2 on O.H. Ivie(which I've never fished before). For the records O.H. Ivie gave up a handfull of 13#+ fish this year alone… Might'a been a fluke but that lake was spitting out big bass every week pretty much all year long!