Ville Today

Was able to get out and fish with my dad this afternoon for a bit which was nice because we hadnt been able to get out and fish together for a while now. We caught some dandy fish and had 4 at the 12" or over mark and a couple more over 11.5", but again didnt find any stacked up at any given place. Some here, some there. We fished 1ft-13ft and caught em all between. HookItBait jigs and jigheads were again the baits fo choice with Red/chartruese and White/chartruese being our best. Im just beginning to think it's a down year for the ol ville. Hopefully im wrong though! All in all, great afternoon to be out with the ol man.

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Its gonna be a long fall and GOOD bite hasnt even started yet I think. It needs to be frosty cold or almost a glaze of ice in early mornings. Then it gets real good. enjoy it, hopefully we can fish all winter.

Nice catch and thanks for the report Birdman. I've had outboard troubles for a couple of months, hopefully got it fixed today and I'm gonna give it a try tomorrow.

I walked the banks from fox harbor, wilborn and coalshaft and didn't have any luck at all. Can't wait for them to lower the lake if they are going to.

Uh, edit on my last post, just checked the weather and says 20-30 mph winds. I'm gonna wuss out and go some other time. Dang.

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Its gonna be a long fall and GOOD bite hasnt even started yet I think. It needs to be frosty cold or almost a glaze of ice in early mornings. Then it gets real good. enjoy it, hopefully we can fish all winter.

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I'm with you just waiting for the water to cool a little more .
Tyler Nice mess. Tell your Dad hi for me .
See ya Kevin ><)))*>

Good mess Birdy are you & Dad going too Mississippi this year?

Im not sure if he is going or not yet slabdaddy...but ill be headed that way in about 2-3 weeks.

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Im not sure if he is going or not yet slabdaddy...but ill be headed that way in about 2-3 weeks.

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Which lake Birdie? I like Grenada best and Enid second

Wilbur- Iv never fish butla or enid so I would need someone to show me around them lakes. Ill be fishin nader and sardis!

Fish are scattered on the 'ville right now but that will soon change. It will be hard to top the last 12 months on s'ville, but when the water temps drop another 5 degrees it will help alot.

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Wilbur- Iv never fish butla or enid so I would need someone to show me around them lakes. Ill be fishin nader and sardis!

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No info on Nader, but just got back from Sardis and the fish were heavy east of Clear Creek along south shore pt. 6 thru pt.8 13-18 FOW 10-12 down. Some pics:

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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...p/100_3614.jpgTomTom with a couple nice ones.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...p/100_3610.jpgday 1 catch

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...p/100_3619.jpg catch from complimentary trip w/ Feelay and Jigflinger

Hey Birdman, I'm thinking about going down to Grenada or Enid late December what time frame are you going,and where are some good places to stay?

yankee- that right there is why I love sippi!! They are tearing them up at nader too! Nicely done!

Bowbender- We usually go down during the first gun season here in illinois in november and then in december again. We stay right there in Grenada at the like super 8 its called I think. 45 bucks a night tax included.

Sure does make me want to go and catch some of those slabs.

Hay birdy did you go in Dec last year if so how was the bite then thinking about 1st Dec.

Nice,I got to go out with my Dad sun.Don't do much good had 4.But dads 1st. fish was 14in.er I must b back in miss. but no S.IL. cut off river big wa.

slabdaddy- We actually did pretty well in december. Tore em up on sardis, and grenada we had a couple windless days and upper 60's and caught the sh*t outta them 6inches to 3 foot deep over 30-45ft

Tyler --when you go south do you Spider rig or pull cranks or do you use single line? Nice meeting you the other day.

Joe- Great to finally meet you as well! When we go south we have always spider rigged. However I do know that if you want single jiggin can be done but quantitiy of fish goes way down. In the spring there though, single pole jig fishin for some slabs is done a lot!

I just started spider rigging in March at Reelfoot and done pretty good.Attachment 105117Went to Grenada the first week of April and tried to single pole in three foot of water wadeing and the fish weren't there so I moved out to eight feet of water and started spider rigging at five feet deep.Attachment 105118Went to Sardis in October and spider rigged, I love it.Attachment 105119My Bigs fish this year is 16in.Nice meeting u?Must the times i Single line in IL.