Those crappie are impressive! Have caught some that size, but not with the consistency you have. Congratulations and thanks for the pictures.

Those birds are incredible! Thanks for posting!

Your 10 thoughts to think about are excellent! It’s sad to know many people in this world only have a few of these on your list.

Thought this was hilarious!

Hello runandgun! Interesting observations you made about the size of LMB in your local lakes, and your commitment to improve the situation!

I moved from Oregon to Oklahoma three years ago, and was so looking forward to catching some big bass when I got here. I fish on Grand Lake in North Eastern Oklahoma and it too has many large bass tournaments throughout the year, in addition to a lot of local tournaments. What I discovered, was that bigger bass are probably caught more often in Oregon and Northern California.

On Grand Lake you can catch a lot of LMB most of the time, but all of them seem to be in the one to five pound range. I am still looking for my first 6+ pounder. The Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife changed the rules for Grand Lake this year, allowing anglers that keep bass to take smaller bass and more of them in their quest to try to get the overall population of LMB larger. Not sure if that is the answer, as most of the anglers I know are catch and release. I have seen some photos and mounts of bass that were taken 20+ years ago, and they were truly impressive. Don’t know if the lake can get back to those days in my lifetime, but I remain optimistic for my grandkids.

Hi Gordon! Yes, things are going well and hope they are for you as well! Read the forum everyday, but have to admit that I am not the best at responding to posts. I need to work at getting better at that!

I try to get out a couple times a week from early spring until it gets too hot in the summer. I also fish through the fall weather, and do not fish at all in the winter. I like to fish for LMB, but also like to have a crappie fry once in awhile. My wife doesn't fish, but she loves going out on the boat and seeing the wildlife and she is with me 99% of the time when I fish.

Have always gone with a real tree. I think it smells great.

Thanks for the laughs!

Those are great!

I fished for LMB a couple days earlier this week and after 12:30pm, I tapped out because of the heat. Could see fish on the scope but they were not interested in anything I was offering. So in my case, too hot for the fisherman, and the fish were chilling in the 82° water.

Very nice RJW! Fishing at this time of the summer on Grand Lake is tough.

That's the first thing I thought! Kool-Aid pitcher man!

Thanks, those are hilarious!