re: Toledo Bend 10 day trip coming up.

Tell him to turn it loose I'm going Wednesday.

He did.

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I fully agree. Can't get enough of it.

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I am strongly pondering the possibility of retiring over there in a couple of years.

We will be in a red Ranger. 3 of us and usually a lot of cussing.

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I fished braid 2 seasons and consistantly caught less fish.

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Very fair assessment. That's what I would do. Make up my own mind about methods, materials, baits, etc. Sounds like you have done that.

It was just a suggestion to be sure you have that "tool" in your arsenal. Braid works sometimes. Does not work other times. Sounds like you are doing super good.

Thanks for your posts. I really enjoy them.

With so much warm weather lately, IMO fish pre-spawn or spawning bass in 1-5 feet grass or no grass shoreline. However you want. Wherever you suspect holds lunkers.

Good Fishing...

They are having trouble finding grass with the low water this year. My buddy is starting to panic but I reminded him the year Toledo was at a record low level we smashed the fish unlike any year before. Many people wouldn't even launch because of the stumps. We used my Xpress a ton and had success almost every trip.

I will be taking off a few days around the first of May and heading over. I usually stay on Launan Bay.

Do you have an Xpress bass boat. If so, which model? Would you recommend it? I fish a 21' Ranger but would like to buy a smaller bass boat for backwater and low water conditions. Thanks!

Thanks brother.

Heard they had a tourney there this weekend and the best 5 went 35 lbs. My boss was fishing 6 mile and said they had a large amount of boats sight fishing the grass beds.