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flippinbaits
07-03-2008, 06:36 PM
well, i told dave he could write the report this time, but too late!!!! :D

once again 1Bigfish and myself hit up the willy in salem. In the water by 6am, and off the water at 2 pm. Weather was nice with patchy clouds. Got into the 80's. Great day on the water. I believe we landed 31 fish. 29 of them sm bass, and 2 ********* chalk full of eggs.

Dave stuck it to me early landing 3 fish on dropshot. He stuck with that method most of the day being pretty consistant. I used grubs with a darter/jig head ranging from 4'' to 3''. Various colors as well. We each got around 15 give or take a few. I believe we should have mixed these two methods together and we would have done better. i did real well in the shallows, and dave hit em harder on the drop shot in the deeper waters. Big fish i believe was only about 1.10 oz. Got a handfull over 1 1/2lbs and lots of dinks. Dave and I both caught fish 5'' and less.

once again i learned tons from dave on the willy. my last two trips on the willy would have taken me years to learn through searching by myself. I now have sections of the rivers somewhat figured out thanks to his super guide service :D :applause: he even let me use his new BPS rod as my BPS rod is a couple generations old :passout:lol. Boy has technology come along, i fell in love with the balance of the bionic blade with the sedona reel and lite line. Handled the ********* in current well, which should be standard, but these ones actually started to fight for a good 30 seconds all the way to the boat :meme:

im sure dave will add what i left out and maybe some pics of our toads :whistle:

arkansasbasser
07-04-2008, 08:38 AM
Yeah, post pics Dave. Good job guys. Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Ultra-lite woulda been fun on those brawlers huh?

1bigfish
07-04-2008, 07:32 PM
Here are the pics...

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/ry_320_11_.jpg

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/ry_320_10_.jpg

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/ry_320.jpg

Postspawn smallies are here, ie it was a dink fest. At least this time I got him into a few more fish just no size.

Bassinator
07-04-2008, 10:17 PM
Sounds like a great time.. Glad you are learning from others.. Thats the best way.

BlackBass
07-04-2008, 10:20 PM
[quote=arkansasbasser;2077472]Went out for 2 hours today at Coal Creel Sloughs near Longview and caught 3 smallies. There aren't that many down this way yet. I talked to an old local basser today and he told me that they just started showing up around here a couple of years ago. Anyway, my friend made supper out of them and they all had eggs still.[/quote

did you guys fish taylors, or lincoln slue or maybe the cornfield? pretty small average for this time of year i put in at wheatland fairy, always plenty of big fish around this time of year

flippinbaits
07-05-2008, 12:24 AM
man those ********* sure tasted good:cheers:

:meme: :D

1bigfish
07-05-2008, 11:51 AM
Went out for 2 hours today at Coal Creel Sloughs near Longview and caught 3 smallies. There aren't that many down this way yet. I talked to an old local basser today and he told me that they just started showing up around here a couple of years ago. Anyway, my friend made supper out of them and they all had eggs still.

What does this have to do about a report about the Willy in Salem?:shrug::anyone:

dragon67
07-05-2008, 01:08 PM
Don't be a hater. lol When are you going to get him into some big bass dave?

flippinbaits
07-05-2008, 04:53 PM
there will be a day were we dont catch a fish under 2lbs... i hope :D

flippinbaits
07-05-2008, 11:02 PM
What does this have to do about a report about the Willy in Salem?:shrug::anyone:


ummm....exactly nothing :whistle:

lol :meme: