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 Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/05/18 08:27 PM
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LittleGazoo
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Ken Smith's videos mentioned 20 large trees between Cassels Boykin & bridge. Said it had danger. He had GPS coordinates for one of them. Anyone have & will share any of the others or a safe running track?
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/05/18 08:53 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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They are floaters so they change location often year to year
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 02:21 AM
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manhunter
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Ive been fishing Rayburn for 30 years and Im worried about stumps every trip. Get the chip, itll say you headaches.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 03:08 AM
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Flooringit
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I asked about. A chip once while at a tourney guy said oh thered no boat lanes here looked at
Me like I was crazy. I had a chip in it but could t figure out how to down load it
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 03:15 AM
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dk2429
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I've only been on Rayburn a few times, recent one being a few weeks ago.. I've never hit a stump/shallow water anywhere. Last week we fished all over the place, mostly down toward twin dikes. I decided to do some exploring and ran about halfway up the lake to the north and basically just stayed in the middle wheres the 50ft+ of water and never hit anything or saw anything to hit.. Also trailered to Jackson Hill and ran down to the 147 bridge. There were a lot of stumps up on the end, but I just used some common sense and made sure I stayed in deep water away from the visible stump fields. No issues.
I think the closest I got to screwing up was going from Cassle Boykin to 147.. I wasn't paying attention to my chart, and apparently there's a big shallow point that comes off the bank a good ways. I went from like 20ft to 8ft pretty quick but dropped back down. Now one of the first times to Rayburn a buddy and I stayed up at Hanks Creek.. We fished all that area and up to even farther north real well, and never had any issues.. We just used common sense and stayed deep and watched for stumps.
This doesn't mean don't be cautious on where you are going.. I guess I'm just a lucky person, because I've never had issues hitting anything on that lake. Take advice from the guys that fish this lake daily.. This is just my experience
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 12:13 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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Ya alot of those "deep" areas are also covered in stumps. Let the lake fall another foot or two and you won't be running those areas...
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 02:38 PM
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Flippin-Out
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He'll find out soon enough if he keeps thinking and running like he has been. There were plenty of trees 50+ feet tall before the lake was inundated, and some of them still are!
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: dk2429]
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01/08/18 03:06 PM
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kellisag
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I've only been on Rayburn a few times, recent one being a few weeks ago.. I've never hit a stump/shallow water anywhere. Last week we fished all over the place, mostly down toward twin dikes. I decided to do some exploring and ran about halfway up the lake to the north and basically just stayed in the middle wheres the 50ft+ of water and never hit anything or saw anything to hit.. Also trailered to Jackson Hill and ran down to the 147 bridge. There were a lot of stumps up on the end, but I just used some common sense and made sure I stayed in deep water away from the visible stump fields. No issues.
I think the closest I got to screwing up was going from Cassle Boykin to 147.. I wasn't paying attention to my chart, and apparently there's a big shallow point that comes off the bank a good ways. I went from like 20ft to 8ft pretty quick but dropped back down. Now one of the first times to Rayburn a buddy and I stayed up at Hanks Creek.. We fished all that area and up to even farther north real well, and never had any issues.. We just used common sense and stayed deep and watched for stumps.
This doesn't mean don't be cautious on where you are going.. I guess I'm just a lucky person, because I've never had issues hitting anything on that lake. Take advice from the guys that fish this lake daily.. This is just my experience Maybe you just have a horseshoe up your [censored]. I hope nobody follows your advice! Running up the middle of the lake in the "deep water" is the exact wrong way if you are anywhere north of Caney. Between JH and the 147 there are also some ridges/humps out in the middle that will show up if the lake gets low again like 2011. North of Hanks I guess you can run the river but there are some big ones right in the middle of the "lane" that will eat your lunch as well.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 03:51 PM
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Phoenix_Ed
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I was running up towards Veach Friday and just about plowed one south of there, I will pull the location off of my depth finder and post it. Sumbitch is about 18" around and same distance out of the water.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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01/08/18 04:06 PM
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RYAN R
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Best advice I have from growing up fishing Rayburn the past 25 years is don't run based on navionics....there are zero marked boat lanes. If you are unsure of an area don't run it. This. I try using boat lanes mapped by Navionics but they are worthless!
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: Phoenix_Ed]
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01/08/18 06:49 PM
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ToledoBassin
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I was running up towards Veach Friday and just about plowed one south of there, I will pull the location off of my depth finder and post it. Sumbitch is about 18" around and same distance out of the water.
Sounds like the one that's about 4-5 hundred yards out from the mouth of Coleman.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 08:16 PM
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the skipper
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Straight out from Coleman there a a big group of trees with some big ones mixed in. There's a few jugs out there but they don't mark them all.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: the skipper]
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01/08/18 08:19 PM
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ToledoBassin
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Straight out from Coleman there a a big group of trees with some big ones mixed in. There's a few jugs out there but they don't mark them all. Yes, as of last week the trees with jugs were still not showing, but one large one was out the water.
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: FXfromTx]
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01/08/18 08:46 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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And a group between five fingers and Westwood boat ramp. I don't think they are an issue yet but they are definitely there
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Re: Sam Rayburn Stumps?
[Re: kellisag]
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01/09/18 12:33 AM
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dk2429
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I've only been on Rayburn a few times, recent one being a few weeks ago.. I've never hit a stump/shallow water anywhere. Last week we fished all over the place, mostly down toward twin dikes. I decided to do some exploring and ran about halfway up the lake to the north and basically just stayed in the middle wheres the 50ft+ of water and never hit anything or saw anything to hit.. Also trailered to Jackson Hill and ran down to the 147 bridge. There were a lot of stumps up on the end, but I just used some common sense and made sure I stayed in deep water away from the visible stump fields. No issues.
I think the closest I got to screwing up was going from Cassle Boykin to 147.. I wasn't paying attention to my chart, and apparently there's a big shallow point that comes off the bank a good ways. I went from like 20ft to 8ft pretty quick but dropped back down. Now one of the first times to Rayburn a buddy and I stayed up at Hanks Creek.. We fished all that area and up to even farther north real well, and never had any issues.. We just used common sense and stayed deep and watched for stumps.
This doesn't mean don't be cautious on where you are going.. I guess I'm just a lucky person, because I've never had issues hitting anything on that lake. Take advice from the guys that fish this lake daily.. This is just my experience Maybe you just have a horseshoe up your [censored]. I hope nobody follows your advice! Running up the middle of the lake in the "deep water" is the exact wrong way if you are anywhere north of Caney. Between JH and the 147 there are also some ridges/humps out in the middle that will show up if the lake gets low again like 2011. North of Hanks I guess you can run the river but there are some big ones right in the middle of the "lane" that will eat your lunch as well. Ha! That's why I said specifically "Take advice from the guys that fish their a lot." Here's the deal though, I don't exactly know where "Caney" is, so I couldn't tell you if I went that far up or not. I didn't go up too far because I am aware of the forest. Again, just my apparently LUCKY experience with the lake.. Now, Toledo Bend is a different story. I idled the whole time I was there and still managed to knock a few out.
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