Sorry for the anticlimactic finish. We had fun. Our advice to others here is to grow a pair and get out and fish. No money swapped hands. And no one was thrown into the lake. No [censored] talking. We just shook hands and went fishing.

Okie is a really nice guy. And a hell of an angler.

He even followed my "five cylinder" jeep all the way back to Dallas. I think it broke a rocker arm or collapsed a lifter. It is a known issue on almost every 2012 3.6 liter in Chrysler jeep dodge vehicles. I've already had the cylinder head replaced once by the dealer. I think this time I'll get it fixed and trade it in on a new Tundra 4x4.

moral of the story is you BOTH SUCK at fishing...

Haha. You got that right.

Flipping is the wrong way to fish that lake. You'll get ate up with small ones. You gotta break out the DD22 and find some of the ridges by the intake and discharge. Bigger fish are usually on that side of the lake.

Not all the time

No not all the time, but right now for sure.

I guess if you say so.

I doesn't read through the more than a dozen pages of respones, but I'm sure some one has mentioned using "used" braid. It works awesome.

Awesome ending

Oh, no. We ain't finished just yet. I want someone to show me how to catch the biggens out there, my first time on the lake. This is now on my bucket list. I can't remember yesterday how many times I said "another dam dink!" I know........fire away you computer commandos, "Go find the fish yourself". If I have to I will. But I always try and work smarter, not harder.

Anyways, I had a great time meeting and fishing against Steez. He's a stand up guy. Don't judge him by his posts. We all can get macho behind the screen. But, if you can back up what you post on this forum, it puts you at a whole nutha' level. And that is exactly what he did. He's a respectful, polite individual that could hold his own on probably any lake. His true testament for that is coming this next year as he fishes in two bassmaster open divisions. I admire his confidence and tenacity, and I hope he does very well.

Now, for those of you that didn't actually get to blow a load on the finish of this thread, tough shenoski's. I did. I met a dude and established a new friendship. Someone as passionate at this game as I am, or maybe even more. I hope that everyone enjoyed reading this thread as much as we enjoyed typing on it.

We can be done, now. Thanks!

Okie


PS..........Oh, yea........use cheap mono for backing on reel and save money. Moral of the story......

I for one am kinda glad it came out this way. I know both of you love the sport, nobody was financially burdened, and I'm sure you guys will fish together in the future.

Two class acts here for sure. Thanks for the entertainment.

Sounds like a good way to end a story and start a friendship. Glad all worked out.

If you really wanna figure that lake out it won't take long, I guarantee. It fishes VERY small. When the fish are on a certain pattern it's lakewide. When it IS flipping, the lake spreads out a LITTLE more but not much. When they're on the hardwoods, you'll be fighting over stumps with people. I avoid the discharge as much as possible because everyone seems to think that's the honey hole on that lake. It isn't. It intake is a much better spot.