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Good post! Orange body with chartreuse tail is one of my "go to" combinations. Another is purple body chartreuse tail. It's said to mimic the shad colors in the Midwest

Nice fish! Are you in Southern Kansas? In the Northeast part of Kansas all of the lake temps appear to be 46-48 degrees

Hello Crazy Carl,

I live in Lenexa. So, I'm close to you. Clinton, Perry and Hillsdale all have good crappie fishing. Clinton has good white bass as well. Walleye can be had at all three lakes....

Mitchell 308. The new ones are greatly improved over the old Garcia - Mitchell 308. I just picked up a Mitchell 310. Slightly smaller than the 308. Looking forward to trying it out

Nice catch!

I agree with Ketchn. It takes size limits and creel limits. Most of all, it takes enforcement with stringent fines. Many of the reservoirs I fish, in Northeast Kansas are fished quite heavily. The...

I still have, and use, a Garcia Mitchell 408 ultralight. I sold several Ambassador 5000's, A 5000C and a 5000D on ebay. Got good money for them. In many instances I still had the leather cases,...

Nice pics. Heading to the lake next week

I'm fishing all winter, this year, for my first time. Prior to retirement I simply did not have the time to fish as much as I wanted. This winter, I've been dock fishing in a public covered heated...

I tag my trailer every year. Just received this years trailer tax notice. $45. No big deal

Thanks DockShootinJack,

Last rod I tied was over 50 years ago. Still, sounds like fun. I do tie flies and jigs.

I purchased a Fenwick Techna 42 inch Ice Rod. Should have it by end of next...

Looking for a light action 4 ft spinning rod. To be used for crappie winter dock fishing. I have 4 ft 6 inch. Still too long. Willing to pay for good quality. To be paired with a Pflueger President...

Yes. There is heavy brush there. It's also one of my favorite spots for crappie, all year, on Hillsdale. Find the schooling shad and you'll find crappie. Often out in front of the visable trees. I...

We had a 92 Cherokee. 4.0 with a manual tranny. Loved that Jeep. Wife is currently driving a 2021 2dr Wrangler with a manual tranny. I have a 2020 Grand Cherokee Overland 6 cyl. Jeep number 9 for us

Yes, you can fish on dock right outside of heated cabin. Boat slips are "out of bounds" unless you rent one. I've talked with people who claim the fish the heated doc every day all year. A little too...

Nice artwork. Wife and I love Eureka Springs when its warm enough to walk around

We had a lame coyote around for a while. The pack pushed it out. It hunted by itself. Either a bobcat finally got it or it died of natural causes and the bobcat took advantage of the situation. We...

3 or 4 times a year, I'll see bobcats in, or around, my yard. A couple years ago I saw a coyote dead and hauled into a tree for later feeding. I live in Lenexa. My 1/2 acre lot backs up to woods....

Have a look at BPS. They have a couple manufacturers of red hooks. You could get a name and look at their web sites to order the size hooks you need

Steve Bonuchi - Lenexa, KS

...It rained and cooled off. I got 0.8 inches in NE Kansas. I know there's another round of high heat next week. At least I can see the end of it. It's been too hot to fish. Looking forward to the...

Hit the crappie from the bank, about 10 feet out, near brush. We stayed about 3 hours until the fish bite just stopped. Caught about 15 fish. 6 keepers. 2 eleven inch fish and a 12 inch fish. Crappie...

Its been so windy I haven't even put the boat in the water yet. Now the Crappie are beginning to come into the banks.

Similar to huntnfishnguy, I go small when the water is this cold. I use titanium heads to get more weight when compared to lead. I tie feathered jigs. I can fish straight down and not move the jig....

Looks like in NE Kansas we might have an early spring. Look forward to fishing in March

Steve Bonuchi - Lenexa KS

I use hand tied jigs early in the year in cold water, (below 60 F). Just holding the rod provides enough movement of the feathers to attract crappie

Assuming you have the crappie pegged for this time of year. I would start by locating the channel where the crappie would normally be. I would then move toward the current waters edge until I hit 6 -...

So, they haven't spawned yet. This roller coaster spring weather has made the spawn difficult to cover this year

Thank-you, thank-you for the post. KSOutdoors has not updated their fishing report, for the NE Region, since mid-April. I went to Douglas Co Friday and caught 4, from the bank, right away. Then...