Welcome Sarge! I live in Lawrence Ks. and fish mainly for crappies! I was on Pomona just last Friday. Caught a bunch of keepers(over 10in) in the Dragoon Creek. It was windy and cold but, up the creek IT WAS FINE!! You also may want to join the fishers on www.davescountry.com Bunch of local fishers that you would just love to BS with. See ya on the water! <*)}}}><