My apologies!! I get names confused all the time...much less screen names LOL. We had a good time and your boy was rockin it!!!

Looking forward to next month.

There's One in Allen But guy's Have too bring a weed eater to help claer tall grass on bank line before Tournament Happens.

Chili - If you are referring Shadow Lakes, most of these guys already know where it is and have fished there before. Most of them liked it too.

What are chances we can have one of these events are Southlake in Farmersville? I haven't had a chance to fish it but have heard nothing but good things about that small lake. Thinking it would also take my inflatable boat out there and get it in the water after the event.

Southlake is an option along with many others. It all depends on the attendance. I'm trying to keep everybody happy but it's never going to happen lol. I know I can't please everyone. I too have not fished there. I've been there and seen the place and it does look great. I've also been wanting to take my raft out there but haven't got around to it yet. It might be a place that we hit in the spring. We may be able to get there sooner but when the winter temps kick in, I'll need places that I know we can still catch bass at. I'm always open to suggestions and I have thought about this place. I'm not sure how bank accessible it is. The only other drawback... location. It's pretty far from even me being in Allen and some of the guys live more towards Dallas. They may get turned off by the distance they will need to drive. The floor is always open here though, voice your opinions and concerns.

duck creek
well known spot in richardson that holds thropy size bass.
richland highschool pond.
breckinridge park ponds.
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give some garland bois a shout out too

Duck Creek does NOT hold Trophy bass...it barely holds keeper size bass....unless you know of a place that I don't....I live in Duck Creek....

We're looking at Breckinridge for the next event possibly.....depends on the vote outcome

Unless there's a bunch more votes that come in, Breckenridge is in the lead. There's still a long time between now and the next event, so I imagine more will come in in about 2-3 weeks. I expect the sign up to go through the roof and as well as the voting.

I understand that Farmersville can be a drive for some of the people that live in Collin County. I just want to fish so where ever we end up voting on will be fine with me. If you decide you want to take the rafts out to Farmersville before the spring just let me know and I can meet you out there.

Duck Creek - We fished it briefly a few months ago because a guy we met while fishing the Huffhines Park ponds told us that there were some big bass in there. I had one fish swirl up at a top water frog at the Belt Line / Jupiter bridge, but that was all. I lived on the edge of that creek up until the 4th grade and have many good memories of getting dirty and facing my mother's wrath when I got home. It looks very different now, though.

Duck creek is hard to fish but there are big bass in there. On my best day I caught 5 to 3.5lbs.
I have caught several over 4 lbs.
One of the big boys (My shoe is 13")

Ive fished duck creek for 5 years...this is the best bass ive caught there. Its been washed out so many times that there isnt anything really left in there. Maybe in the past but not often do i see much in the way of anything 12"+

Not to mention all the people ive seen fishing to eat out of there.

I'll put Southlake on my list. As far as Duck Creek is concerned... I'd have to see recent reports and proof that bass are being caught regularly there. I'm not going to have 10-15 people show up and fish for 3 hours and catch nothing. I understand that this can happen at any event, but by choosing places that are harder to catch, will make it that much harder to get people to come out. It's one of the reasons Twin Lakes is not on the list. I've personally have caught more 3+ bass out of those 2 ponds than any other... but I would go several days without catching a single fish.

I like the way you think...and I like to share things I have read & experiences in life!

I have over 50 Ponds in North Texas I have studied in my lifetime, 25 or so in the past 5 years.

After being with TPWD, I started my own creel surveys.
My Nephew majored in Fisheries Biology, we learned pressure does shut fish off.
There are two places specifically that I can go to today and catch 150 bass.
Tomorrow=nothing. Next day=Nothing. Wait a few weeks and it's back on but with a different lure.

Perhaps making the Pond off limits to us 7 days prior will also help.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing...r-being-caught/

http://www.umpquavalleybassmasters.com/bassbook.htm

"George W. Bennett of the Illinois Natural History Survey concludes that the largemouth is the most "intelligent" of game fishes. They are extremely curious and this results in a good many getting hooked early in life. But they soon become wary (maybe "educated" is a better word) and often this leads anglers to believe a lake is "fished out" or does not contain many bass. A largemouth bass soon learns that lures, especially those it sees most often, can get it into trouble." LOL

It is all about fun and it is exciting to be part of this group of Bassin Buddies!

I am extremely busy with several Projects and don't have time to read everything but DO I UNDERSTAND THE NEXT TOURNAMENT DATE IS DECEMBER 7TH?

Thank you for the info TopGun... I'll read through that as time permits.

You are correct... The next tournament is on December 7th. The location is TBD at the moment.