Quote Originally Posted by SlabKing
That story makes me want to setup a toll stop on my street :D. That just might make it affordable to live were I'm at :p.

That lake must be full of bass with all that bait for them to eat. We used to go down to Lake Union at night when I was a kid to catch crawdads. We'd use a size 10 hook ran through a chunk of perch and use a flash light to find the crawdads on the brken rock banks found on the westside of the lake. We'd drop the bait right in front of them and wait for them to clamp on. Then we would slowly pull them out of the water and place a bucket under 'em and they drop right in. Man that used to be fun. My dad would boil those suckers up and you talk about fine eating! They still commerical fish for them on Lk Washington. One of the regular old guys that traps them out there says they get up to about 10" long in the deeper water.
That brought back some fond memories of growing up in the "Boot" (La.). We used liver, some twine and a old limb from a tree. The trick is, as Slab said, is to be sure to have something under them before they find out that they're out of the water. Anyway, Slab we were thinking about going to Prineville Or. If that's cool with you, then we'll leave about 12:30 1 am tonight. It takes about 5 hours to get there, so we should be there around 6am. We'll come back Saturday night or Sunday (we usually let the fish dictate). Give me a jingle and we can tweek this plan as needed.........