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Great report as always, makes us feel like we are there with you. Also love the action shot of you tubing!

Great report, thanks for sharing. Looks like one heck of a summer!

That thing is a beast, nice catch!

"there is ALOT of public property (and water) to use freely without making a nuisance of yourself" If they are not using the dock/water area at the time I fish it, please explain to me how I am making a nuisance of myself? Also how big of a bubble would you like us to give around a cottage? What if there is a good drop off just off the dock that holds nice fish and we fish that. Should we be 20 feet away...50 feet...500??? "and being all self-righteous about your right to do it - is exactly the attitude I am ashamed of." You have got to be kidding me posting this after your last post about us ruining cottagers experiences because we "can't afford our own". I am not self-righteously making a nuisance of myself. The same goes for the majority of people fishing docks from reading this thread. Most of us ARE respectful of cottagers privacy and DO do our best to not impact anyone else's experience. If anyone has a self-righteous attitude it is you sir...just because you don't think it right to fish docks doesn't mean it is wrong for anyone else to do it. EVERYONE can enjoy the water if they are mindful of others. It really doesn't matter what laws are in place or not, there will always be idiots that give the particular group they are in a bad name. It's sad but that's just the way it is... AA.

Great report, and glad to hear your thumb is getting better. this emoticon seems kinda fitting

I'm not sure if this is directed at all people fishing any docks or not but if it is give me a break pal. I only fish the docks that people aren't using and are no where near the water...what is the harm in that? I rarely fish a dock for more than a few minutes at a time then move on anyways, there are ways where everyone can enjoy the water. Also I whole-heartedly disagree with this comment: "Just because you cant afford to own a piece of the waterfront doesnt make it ok to ruin it for those who do." I highly doubt anyone in their right mind fishes docks with the intent on ruining your experience because they can't afford a waterfront cottage of their own. Also many of us can easily afford a cottage but don't want to spend nearly every weekend in one spot. Maybe it's just the wording of your post but you come across as the type of person that comes storming out of his cottage to shoo the fishermen away. If you are I will quote you in your own words "Get a life!" AA.

Beauty fish, congrats on your PB!

Johnny, thank you for your posts. There are many of us here that fish docks and do so politely, with the safety of others in mind. To be told that we are rude for doing so seems quite arrogant to me and their holier than thou attitude grows quite tiresome. It is unfortunate that you got slammed so much throughout this thread and I applaud your efforts for trying to talk some sense into people. No matter how futile it may have been. I think from all the posts of people that say they fish docks and the precautions they take to not leave/create any hazards for people speaks for itself. AA.

agreed.

Great looking fish bud, congrats!

was using gulp minnows quite a bit and some senko's texas rigged when going through weedier areas. I will get some of those slammers though, i keep hearing good things about them. Thanks again!

hehe don't mean to be keeping records just remembered it cause i was interested as i have never heard of a night tournament before and seemed pretty cool

amazing read as always, thanks so much for posting.

nice work! i thought you got 2nd in that night tourney you posted about before... either way congrats on the win! I'm hoping to get into some tournaments next year (i'll finally be getting my own boat in the spring ).

cool thanks for the tips. I tried both having lots of weight (1oz dropshot weight) and casting in the direction we were going. I have to admit i don't think when i was casting i was getting the line taught enough sometimes so i guess i could have had bites and been missing them. I'll keep at it. Thanks again, AA.

Hey all, I recently tried dropshotting for bass for the first time. The question I have is how fast (if any speed at all) should we be going when doing this. My friend and i were drifting with the current at about 0.7-0.8mph and we would go slower against it around 0.5mph. we didn't have much luck on the drop shot rig but had a couple takers dragging a tube off the bottom. Should we locate the fish and anchor or just get a drift sock to slow us down more? or is what we were doing fine and we just need to stick with it? any help/tips would be appreciated. Thanks, AA.

Nice report and a great looking 'ski Didn't you get 2nd in another tourney just recently? I'm sensing a trend I would say 3rd times a charm, get out there and take one!

sounds like you had some good fishing. too bad about your phone. anytime i am anywhere near water my iphone goes in a ziplock sandwich bag just incase with the hopes it will at least buy me a bit of time to get it out of the water. whether i am in my canoe, wading or in a real boat i take no chances. And in the bag you can still talk on it just fine and use all the features so you don't have to fumble around getting it out of the bag and risk dunking it then... Maybe it's a false sense of security but i like to think it gives me more of a fighting chance of it staying dry. It hasn't been put to the test as of yet and i'm hoping to keep it that way but you never know

Great report, those fish are HUGE! thanks for sharing!

beauty fish, nice work!

Thanks for the report. Nice finish for having not really ever fished at night.

you didn't try to lip him did ya?

looks great, she shouldn't complain too much, you could've just left it ugly...

looks like a great feed, nice work!

very nice fish, great work!