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 Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/03/15 06:56 PM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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be careful going out of CB to the main lake. There are few "random" HUGE trees right out in the middle of the lake headed towards the bridge. If you go to the right back into Pophers, no issues, you can see the trees. Do you happen to have the GPS coordinates on the stumps coming out of CB toward the bridge? Don't run to the north east side of the bridge from cassell boykin and you will be ok. If you stay 100 yards off of the South west bank you should be fine. Then once you get to the bridge you can turn and run the length of the bridge. Petty solid advice. Also when U come around island north of mud creek there is a giant tree 6inches-1ft out of water at angle like 70 yards off bank watch for it.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 04:05 AM
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pinesjunkie
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ALL I can say my boat is in the repair shop after last weekend on that lake lol
Brad Smith
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 05:30 AM
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John Anderson
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ALL I can say my boat is in the repair shop after last weekend on that lake lol Pines can you elaborate? What happened and what area of the lake? Thanks for any info...
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 12:10 PM
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Nutman
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The others can chime in if they want, but here is the deal:
if you are not fishing a tournament and have to leave from a certain ramp, then trailer to a ramp near where you want to fish. Do not RUN this lake if you do not have to. From just a plain ol fisherman this is a very dangerous lake to run around on,,,, unless you have been on it forever or grew up on it and know it like the back of your hand. I fished it for 8 weekends straight in November and December and my butt still hurts from how hard I had it squeezed when I ran that lake. My Navionics map chip has more XXXs and trees marked on it than it does fish. I was very lucky and got some great help from some TFFrs on safe routes to take. My advice is if you are going to "run the lake",,,, get on U-tube and look up the Ken Smith series on Rayburn waypoints and watch them all, write down the GPS co-ordinates and put them in your machine. Also get the Lance Vick boat lane chip and install it. Finally like YHRF said, pay your insurance premium up and just let er rip.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 01:07 PM
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John Anderson
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I will say I have seen plenty of boats running through the Amber Forest and Black Forest since the water is up and if they did not hit anything they have been LUCKY. Also the stump field out in front of Veach Island boats just cutting through that.
Unless I have a trail that I have put together when the lake is low I keep to the safe areas.
Also there is stumps at this current lake level that are new / or have popped up that have not been visible in the past.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 01:22 PM
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the skipper
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Man just go up there and fish. Don't try to go north from cassels or into any marked forest. Being new I would run around the point to the main lake. There's a big ledge there and the canyons are to the right. That's a big flat that holds good schools of decent fish. If you get bored there's always some kentuckys out there too. Use your graph on the edges of stuff and you will find a few fish.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
[Re: Gman72]
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02/04/15 01:22 PM
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pinesjunkie
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Thinking the black forest got me or one in harvey we really never felt a big impact but feel lucky to get it back on the trailer, the fishing was great friday as lots of fish move up we where throwing jerk baits and had 15 pounds friday in 8 foot of water sat came and we where a little handicap with a hole in the boat lol
Brad Smith
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 02:13 PM
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YankHardReelFast
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Man just go up there and fish. Don't try to go north from cassels or into any marked forest. Being new I would run around the point to the main lake. There's a big ledge there and the canyons are to the right. That's a big flat that holds good schools of decent fish. If you get bored there's always some kentuckys out there too. Use your graph on the edges of stuff and you will find a few fish. You sure of your left and right here?
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 07:08 PM
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Thinking the black forest got me or one in harvey we really never felt a big impact but feel lucky to get it back on the trailer, the fishing was great friday as lots of fish move up we where throwing jerk baits and had 15 pounds friday in 8 foot of water sat came and we where a little handicap with a hole in the boat lol Similar to our day, didn't hit anything but lower unit went out, wouldn't shift into gear. We were also on fish Friday but that all changed Saturday. Floated around for 3 1/2 hours before we got a tow, that took over an hour. Still waiting for the diagnosis on my motor, it's only 3 1/2 years old.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
[Re: Gman72]
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02/04/15 08:45 PM
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pinesjunkie
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My boat is in the shop I am getting everything buff out and check out, my zx225 is not meant for the big waves I have had it in the last 4 months so going with a different boat and will be selling this one.
Brad Smith
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 09:02 PM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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Man just go up there and fish. Don't try to go north from cassels or into any marked forest. Being new I would run around the point to the main lake. There's a big ledge there and the canyons are to the right. That's a big flat that holds good schools of decent fish. If you get bored there's always some kentuckys out there too. Use your graph on the edges of stuff and you will find a few fish. You sure of your left and right here? Was wondering same thing canyons would be on left headed out of that ramp. North of bridge
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/04/15 10:00 PM
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lamoon78
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The others can chime in if they want, but here is the deal:
if you are not fishing a tournament and have to leave from a certain ramp, then trailer to a ramp near where you want to fish. Do not RUN this lake if you do not have to. From just a plain ol fisherman this is a very dangerous lake to run around on,,,, unless you have been on it forever or grew up on it and know it like the back of your hand. I fished it for 8 weekends straight in November and December and my butt still hurts from how hard I had it squeezed when I ran that lake. My Navionics map chip has more XXXs and trees marked on it than it does fish. I was very lucky and got some great help from some TFFrs on safe routes to take. My advice is if you are going to "run the lake",,,, get on U-tube and look up the Ken Smith series on Rayburn waypoints and watch them all, write down the GPS co-ordinates and put them in your machine. Also get the Lance Vick boat lane chip and install it. Finally like YHRF said, pay your insurance premium up and just let er rip. Its not that bad to run the southend is wide open from Five Fingers around to Powell is easy north of Five Fingers there is some areas you don't run unless you know it but still fairly easy above 147 well you need to know were you are running. The other side once you get up past Needmore and Powell especially off in the creeks you need to know were you are going as well. But there is plenty of easy water to run on Rayburn. You thought Rayburn is bad go on over to Toledo Bend.
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
[Re: YankHardReelFast]
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02/05/15 01:34 PM
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the skipper
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Man just go up there and fish. Don't try to go north from cassels or into any marked forest. Being new I would run around the point to the main lake. There's a big ledge there and the canyons are to the right. That's a big flat that holds good schools of decent fish. If you get bored there's always some kentuckys out there too. Use your graph on the edges of stuff and you will find a few fish. You sure of your left and right here? yea my bad, I was picturing it the way I usually come, which is south. They are on the left
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
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02/09/15 01:01 AM
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Ending up making it out there today. Thanks for the help. There was a tourney going on but still plenty of parking. Ended up catching 11 shallow. Water temp was 52
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Re: Last minute Rayburn advice
[Re: Gman72]
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02/09/15 02:20 AM
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John Anderson
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Thanks for the water temp update Gman72
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