Rick, just to let you know,,,

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:35:36 GMT

I have not fallen off the face of the earth.

Strange kind of a year.

Work needs to be done when I can grab it and that hasn't really translated into good days and bad days to get some fishing in. Seems I'm working during good fishing days and not working during bad fishing days, weather wise. Funny thing though, while on the lake the past two times, and while the fishing was not that good, the phone rang on both trips and I picked up two jobs as a result. So maybe...

Just checking in.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:11:21 GMT

Fishing has been a little slow the past two weeks although I did manage a four pound largemouth, Sunday, with a spinnerbait. Can count the number of fish on one hand though. Water temps are running 56 to 58 with cold nights and 65 for highs with sun shiny days, at the present time.

I'm still fighting a sinus virus thing. The Doc's can't do much for it and wicked is to nice a word for the stuff. It's a dirty little bug. Now my wife has it. Not feeling well might be a...

Footballs in October

feeds@yuku.com (okiebass56) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:18:33 GMT

I caught a few today.

I'll have to say a spinnerbait has been very kind to me this year, not always has been the case in the past although never ever discount a spinnerbait as a big bass lure in th Fall. Air temp 65 with a very cool north east wind 10 to 20. Which is where I found some good chunky bass, in the wind, with water temps of 63 and a bluebird sky over head. 9 chunky bass on the spinnerbait and one more bonus strike on a jig which was a big plus because I intensionally...

Sept 19/09 report.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:41:28 GMT

With a rare opportunity to fish two days I took advantage and went for it.

Friday was the Carolina report but didn't give a very good report on conditions for that day.Low pressure, cloudy,drizzle, few rain showers, stiff breeze,no lake traffic to speak of. You get the picture. Opportunity should have been there for catching a number of and maybe even some quality fish. And I end up resorting to a technique I'm not very familiar with in the end to at least salvage a trip....

I've been cheating myself out of some fish.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:27:52 GMT

One of those days.

I tried every thing in the arsenal, or so I thought.

Rod #6 in the boat is a Falcon Carolina rod and it is like brand new. I never have had the patience to fish a cumbersome (so I imagined) Carolina rig very much at all.

But it is really not the size that I'm so happy with or the number of them , which was 4.

It is that some how I managed,through luck or draw, to catch fish on a Carolina rig today!

Early Fall

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:17:46 GMT

Water temp 74/78 air temp 80
Wind out of the north 5 to 15
Biggest came hooked to a BPS Enticer spinnerbait on a windy flat with others hooked to a Larew t-rigged tube and a Larew t-rigged Hoodaddy in timber, worked very slow. Plenty of bait-fish for a bass to eat during this time of year but persistence and patience can pay off. Not a easy bite but some bites are better than no bites at all.
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Re-run

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:43:04 GMT

This report might look like one, anyway.

Except for a tandem Colorado versus a Colorado and willow.

Had another image to add but it looked exactly like the one from last week. Same size fish, same puffy white clouds in the back ground, only difference, different color shirt and I caught the one this week with a t-rigged plastic closer to shore around the first break. Bout the only...

August can be tough around here.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:32:42 GMT

In more ways than just one but today I was fortunate enough to bring some fish aboard. Many a day in August I have spent wishing I was fishing because of a blistering heat wave. But the weather wasn't bad, low nineties. And something really rare for this part of the country in August, a north wind of 10 to 20. A cold front. No way!

August for me usually involves a little bit of slinging deep diving crankbaits and although some white fish

Creek Channels

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:39:44 GMT

Another trip to new water and this time I decided to only fish legs of the lake that are fed by creeks, which there are three of those. One channel produced some of those Largemouth that have a broad back which I was happy to see. A good sign there are some healthy fish in the lake.

I covered a lot of water...

Back in the 90's.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Triple digit temps have moved back in to Arizona so fishing was in the order for this weekend around Oklahoma.
100 and sun seems to be my breaking point these days.

Learning new water so it might take a while for a decent kind of report.

The lake is east of my location bout 65miles. 340 acres which is a good size for me. 3 good ramps with ample options to fish. Standing timber, rock ledges, points etc. I'll probably spend more time around creek channels the next...

keystone lake?

feeds@yuku.com (Boohya1) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:05:49 GMT

Well I will be headed down to Oklahoma for a long weekend and will be making a trip to Keystone Lake. Anyone have any suggestions? Since I havent been on this lake or even seen it? Thanks

Been expecting this.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:09:05 GMT

The lake that I have been going to recently has really given up some quality fish but today I found out after a long drive, the ramp has been closed for repairs. It has been a hassle launching and underming finally took it's toll on the old ramp and it caved in. I'd like to think the state would jump right on this project so I could spend the fall on that water, yeah right. I just reminded my self this is the state we are talking about here.

Anyway, I returned to some old...

Day on the lake, mid June.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:52:56 GMT

It really isn't necessary for me to refer to any written log because the log is imprinted in my memory. Starting with Memorial Day weekend the fishing gets a little tough for a while. And there hasn't been much to report lately.

Not to be whipped I decided to make a day of it. Be there for a early bite or find out if the ticket is a late bite. Find out if it is a deeper water bite or find out if Largemouth can still be found shallow in water temps of 82 to 85. I know boat...

Dog Days

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:24:14 GMT

We all have heard about the dog days of summer but there seems to be every year the dog days of late spring as well. Fickle fish. I saw lots of fish in the upper water column that seemed to be in the defensive mode and un willing to bite. That includes Bluegill, Crappie and yes a Largemouth bass that lumbered past the boat. You can not help but toss a lure at one of these lethargic fish, but none seemed to even notice the presentation of the lure. I did manage to pluck some bass (9, no...

Memorial weekend,,,

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:02:44 GMT

fishing didn't change much for this year.

The most boats I ever see, x 10

There always seems to be some crazy loud bunch of people in a pontoon boat with a motor that fails to start. That after trashing a couple of good fishing spots. After a while this home made fish buggy with a umbrella comes putting up with two ladies driving. Then after a while a big argument erupts about the best way to pull the pontoon back to the camp site which by the way, for this whole time,...

A day in May.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:08:35 GMT

More accurate, a afternoon in May. Because yes, like a broken record, on the back side of a line of severe thunderstorms, a frontal passage. A 25 mile an hour north cloudy wind that had a bite to it. Hmmm. Should I go or should I stay. I ended up choosing the going. There is a saying that hangs on the wall in front of me while at my desk. To fish or not to fish... silly question.

Sometimes you just happen to do the right thing from the git go. Doesn't always go that way but...

may

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:41:44 GMT

Pretty well had written another weekend off because of strong thunderstorms which has been the norm around here lately but waited for a line to pass and decided to give it a go. With a blustery NE wind though, I didn't really know what to expect. Pretty well thinkin Spring spawn is a thing of the past can be added in to that mix too.

Sometime this week I read a paragraph about fishing post spawn in Bill Murphy's book. The bass tend to relate more to timber or to any other...

More of green,,

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:36:32 GMT

this week, on the front side of a dry line, this time.

I found fish around brush piles on little points in the back of the lake. Front side of the lake was a little hectic with winds of 20 to 30 with gusts to 40. Did manage a couple of nice ones on crankbaits out there till I got wind whipped. Fortunately there were some nice ones in a little more protected water...

Reaction bite.

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:22:33 GMT

Thanks to the good folks at Boats 'N Moore not waisting any time repairing the Minn Kota. And taking a educated guess (luckily) on a spring cold front with a dry line that fired up some bad as* storms just east of my location. I was able to get some fishing in this afternoon.

Some time I'm going to put together a short article on my experiences with reaction strikes while fishing plastics.

With a breezy day on the very back side edge of a low pressure system, I...

Typical Spring,

feeds@yuku.com (Jerryokiebass56) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:27:11 GMT

Seems to be the same every year, a couple of good outings then some blanks. Weather has been kind of crazy this year but guess that isn't really anything new either.

I did replace the broken spinnerbait rod with a Falcon, 6'6", med./heavy, Low Rider, Herm Special. Looking forward to feeling a pull on the end of it.

Tonight I took the MinnKota All Terrain off the boat for repairs. Need to replace the shaft bearing so I'll have to see how that goes for...

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