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2 interesting observations from Melvern.

Many of the crappie have red on them as if they were human and spent way too much time in the sun.
Any idea what that might be?

A couple of days ago...

Good job. And awesome hoodie! You enjoy fishing w/ me..............

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Pretty sure the two of us spoke with you that morning near the ramp. (Purple Ranger)
And yes, it Twas a good day.

It was an honor to meet you Dan! Mike & I both are very impressed how good natured you are given all the travails you have endured and continue to face every day. Hopefully some day we will have an...

On Thursday visibility was 1-2 feet on lower end of lake, water temps 61-65. Lake was almost up to parking lot @ marina (+/- 6' high)

I live in Topeka, but use Mike @ Melvern Marine to do my work. He is reasonable on price, knowledgeable & is very good about doing/completing work on time.

Is there a lot of ice cover on the lake?

I will admit it is nice to get a change of scenery. It seems as if almost all similar lakes with regard to depth, structure etc in eastern Kansas have very, very similar fishing conditions/patterns....

Since it's tax dollars involved when Kansas W&P installs trees they publicize the coordinates as well.

The PVC habitat is working well. It never degrades, plus, it withstands the weight of zebra...

If his last name begins with "M" from Lecompton then I'm guessing we met him on Saturday at Clinton in his camo alum rig (not in his Lund).

In their "infinite wisdom" the Corps of Engineers...

Actually I was referring to a composite of several NE Kansas Reservoirs we frequent; Perry near Topeka, Clinton near Lawrence, Pomona SE of Carbondale and Melvern near Osage City.

All these lakes...

Looking over all the recent posts from MO it looks as if I was looking at the NE Kansas reservoir reports, very similar results and numbers.
Like the shad, our fish over here are very scattered...

Except for a special paddlefish season, it is illegal to snag sport fish.

A sport fish is any fish that is NOT in this category;Carp, drum, white amur (grass carp), threadfin and gizzard shad,...

481 Ranger is SOLD

This video courtesy of Craig Johnson. From what I gather, it was shot on April 8, 2015.
Now catching them is the next major challenge.


https://youtu.be/2GMXXdcsj3g

Ranger 481 VS Fishing Rig For Sale



We have ordered a new rig that I'll have next week, so this one has to go. Some of the particulars are;


Boat, Motor & Trailer:
1996 Ranger 481 VS...

I am in the process of getting a new boat rigged so I have not been able to wet a line lately. I heard a couple VERY reliable reports from Pomona last week that they fared very well -- still on the...

It's difficult to pick just one. Who has one bait in their tackle box?

Dynamite - nonono After all it's a Blast catching crappie.
Electronics - Unfortunately, I can't say if I got a strike on it...

Please enter me

Not to mention they eat amazing amounts of zebra mussels.

A Coffey County 2# blue yielded 2/3 rds of a coffee cup-full amount of Z's!!
I closely examined many blues lately to determine they...

Oh, Slabby my goodness ---- My parents and I were on Table Rock back in the late 60's and our dirty shorts can attest to the fact they can swim very well.

We were along a nearly vertical cliff...

Above the ramp mostly in 16 FOW

Last couple of trips yielded some very nice 13.5 -15" crappie. The crappie actually looked thicker that they have over the past few years, so maybe they are finding more forage. Couldn't find many...

Is that a baby (greenish color) copperhead laying with mother?

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=top
Yuup, as of 8 AM today it's 13-14 feet above normal at Wakarusa

with 3-4" south of Topeka, it's bound to come up. Best thing that could happen to that lake,:twocents assuming it doesn't wreak havoc with any of the spawn.

We don't put the brush in our bass rigs.

Small trees or brush is available on the lakes we frequent. Usually, in advance, we drop a bouy near the actual spot we wish to sink the tree. Working in...

My Dad, who lives on the east side of Topeka, told me this morning that since Friday he has seen quite a few boats headed east. We are speculating there must be open, launch-able, navigable water at...

Sounds like we were in the same neck of the woods.
What color/type boat were you fishing in?

Yes, I noticed a lot of mayfly carcasses last Thursday. (Darn May flies must not have calendars:crazy:)

He said they were definitely fish of some type.