Thread: Yo Yo's

Originally Posted by Turtlebait

I'm in the hoxie,walnut ridge,portia,black rock area....

That's a beautiful area of state,we pass through there on our way to Mississippi and have often wondered how the fishin is in that area,we drove down to the landing just off the highway and thought it looked awful fishy......i understand what you're saying about trying to help folks some are just too dang bullheaded to accept it.

I use the floating yo-yo's, so the yo-yo just sits just out of the water. Or I put a big swivel on a 6ft line to tie to a limb if I'm running regular yo-yo's. That way it is just off the water and if I need to exchange it out, I can real fast. I also use a knot like tying a shoe when hanging from a limb. Makes for quick take up.

Yeah I don't haveta drive far to find a place to fish around here,alot of oxbows,rivers and a few lakes.I retired two years ago,spent alot of time fishing here and there and one day I decided to tackle learning how to really fish without many high tec stuff.Rods/reels,plastic,scents and a good TM is all I need.I've spent one year fishing only one slough as to learn it and I have learned it will as to when I say no problem catching a mess.I can go to black river or spring river and catch a mess of KY bass with no problem.Strawberry river for smallies,eleven point and current river for marble eyes.I don't fish for trout b/c they are to easy to catch b/c AG&F keeps it stocked by the 1000's.I'm going to pick a oxbow this year to fish it all year long to learn where,when and what the fish want there.I'm not a knowitall b/c I learn something new it sames everytime I throw a cast.I've order a boat load of new and different plactic as to have not a favorite as if I didn't have enough alreally.I do alot of catch and release to the point I've had other fisherman want to put their cooler in my boat for my throw backs.I want do it b/c I know it will become a had'it but will give anybody a cooler of fish at the end of the day.When I fish I want to fish alday and I'm picky as to what fish goes into the cooler.I'm not a church goer but I think the LORD everyday and even warn him at times if he doesn't start catching his fair share I'll put someone else in the back seat.

Slipcork I knew they had to be others that know how to yoyo,altho I haven't seen every many around here that do.Seeing a yoyo tied off surface 5 or 6 foot high scares me as to what can happen.I tried to set the spring lose or tighten to where it would hold the head of the fish barely out of the water and not hanging 3ft. out,flop off.

Originally Posted by Turtlebait

I'm in the hoxie,walnut ridge,portia,black rock area....

Cool! I used to haul a lot of rock out of Black Rock.

Good read turtle maybe you should get board more often

turtle, remember if you fish horseshoe down on rainey break at lynn that rattle snakes swim. don't know if i can fish that place again. and they climb trees too.

I see alot of snakes in them trees,even seen a sqirrel throw one out of a tree,most are BIG and LONG old chicken snakes.So for I've been lucky one hasn't droppped out on me or in the boat b/c I no longer look up like I used to.Been fishing shoe and hill for years and still haven't seen a rattler,thank GOD,seen 100's of copperheads and cotton mouths.Every spring they start climbing the tree for bird,duck eggs and young sqirrels.Them old snakes are pretting smart by knowing what trees to climb for bird eggs.I've seen them swim along slowing watching birds fly in and out of a tree and make a bee line to the ones having eggs or young birds.last year one was swimming along and a wood duck flew out of a tree and he was like super snake comong across the water to the tree.I trolled over when he was about 3 feet up the tree and beat them off with a boat paddle.Didn't do no good b/c the next day they were 2 in the nest.Its the reason for my screen name"Turtlebait" when I die I hope I'm fishing and more likely fall out of the boat and turtles will eat me,maybe a bowfin will take a bite or two.

With the long tie string on the yoyo's I used a 5 gallon bucket and put the yoyo inside with the hook hanging on the rim.

turtle, when you see one there will be no doubt in your mind what it is. this one was about 4 ft long and 20 ft from the boat when i first saw it. and they do climb trees so watch about grabbing on to a limb.