Anyone watching the MLF?

Slow week at work and been addicted to it like crack! He was on some nice fish the past couple days

Trying to figure out why he hasn't rigged that drop shot on a bait caster w/ 12lb. I wouldn't think the water is that clear, but those are some highly pressured fish. Seems like a rod with little back bone would keep those fish out of the grass. If it was a clean bottom I could understand, but he's fishing on the big stage and I am at the office.

Link?

Read Milf at first

I watched it all week while working from home.

Love it

I made it to Rayburn last night. My 2 brothers have been here a few days and absolutely hammered big fish yesterday evening drop shotting. Funny thing is if I would’ve have been with them yesterday evening they would’ve never tried drop shot because they usually follow my lead and fish similar to whatever I’m fishing. I just never had a ton of confidence drop shot.

My morning did not get off to a good start. I’ve never not been able to catch fish and good fish at Rayburn or Toledo on a swim jig especially this time of the year. My brothers caught good fish most of the morning. I didn’t catch a fish until 9:50am but when I started, we didn’t stop catching until 2pm.

We found some great grass edges mid- morning and I put a Fluke on and we hammered them. Good fish too. I was throwing that Fluke on top of the grass and sliding it off to let it fall.

Too many damn people fishing here right now though. These fish have had Chatterbaits, swim jigs and just about every other bait burned in front of them the last 3 weeks.

Leaving here Monday and going to fish Toledo a few days before going home. Anyone fish Toledo this week? Water level still low and is anyone finding any grass.

We are getting ready to head back out to fish to dark or maybe a little later.

ETA: I see where a poster above stated they are fishing 10# braid w/ 10# fluro leader. I spent a little while this morning stripping 20-40# braid on most of my reels off so I could I could restring w/ lighter line. My brothers told me last night to respool but I was too tired. It made a difference though

Ott Defoe is the goat.

I was actually surprised none of the MLF guys weren’t throwing a fluke. I went to a public pond this afternoon and caught a bunch on a fluke.

watched Rayburn last week...

will be checking in on this weeks...

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like Houdini with a chartreuse dipped tail.

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Younger brother loves em. I do as well.

Man, I’ve been fortunate over the years. I’ve always had great luck hunting and fishing. I had 2 bouts with cancer over the last 20 years and things were never easy but I’ve been blessed.

I was able to buy that property over 6 years ago to have to mostly hunt on short weekends when it’s hard to get to NELA to hunt. The deer aren’t as big as what we kill in Tensas but it’s great place.

That pit is just getting right. We had to take several hundreds of pounds of smaller bass out the first 3 years and we put a good dent in the sacalait each year where they don’t get out of control. 3 years ago, after culling the shite out of the fish, my 2 brothers chipped in and we stocked it with some F1 bass to go along with the good bass that were already in there. We also stocked with a shitload of bullhead minnows.

The pit had been there almost 20 years by the time I bought it and already had big bass in there. The first 2 years we caught several fish 6-8#. The third and fourth year I owned it we caught a couple 9s and this last year we caught our first double digit bass out there. My older brother caught an 11.14 and I caught a 10.7. Had a biologist say I may get some up to 15# but I doubt I’ll get one that big in there. That 11-13# range in a pit my size is about as big as a couple might get and that’s fine with me. I can’t remember how big the F1s are supposed to get but I know they grow pretty fast the first 3-5 years, usually spawn good and are aggressive. They’re a Florida and norther bass strain. I’m not 100% sure what strain the bigger females we caught out there are. I’m guessing just a regular SE strain large mouth.