He is a recent UPS retiree and has been wanting some eating fish so I took him before the storms this morning to Bull Shoals.  We got there 30 min before first light and had to get in line to launch.  We were about #20. 

When we motored about 4 miles up the creek we had only passed one boat.  I pulled up and started fishing because the would be rub rail to rub rail on up stream.

We had several good bites and missed and lost a bunch of finiky fish.  We did manage 20 on the old channel bank/swing on the role over.  We had just figured them out when boats started coming back down the creek.  Well the boat magnet thing worked again.  4 boat pulled right in above and below us two of them dropping anchors.  We were done (I was well done. ).

I left the creek and moved out the the main river and started looking for similar channel swings.  I found one that gave up 16 nice fish 4 of which went over 4# each.  We only stayed on the water until 11 because my weather radio said storms with 60-70 mph winds were coming and I don't do those in a boat.

Beck kept 50# of sandies to have a fish fry.  I don't keep pre spawners but did not have the heart to tell him no.

Nice job Jig Man. I'm trying to get a few crappies put into the freezer for a fish fry myself. What few "sandies" we have around here come nowhere close to the size and quantity as what you catch!

Those are some really nice Whites!!!  I hear they are biting good here on Holt Lake, so I may try to catch some Monday.

If you go and if you have some, try a slider 3" bass grub.  I have almost quit using my bucktail jigs because the slider is out producing them.  I have been doing well on the pearl, baby bass, catalpa worm, cotton candy and muscadine colors.