Toledo Bend stumps
 

Be careful in San Miguel boat lane, the main one. I was headed back to the camp and passed up the boat lane intersection of San Miguel and the boat lane from North Toledo St Park to 1215 launch. Idled down, turned around, watched the depth drop seeing i was in the channel, mashed the hotfoot and WHAM/BEEEEEPPPPP. I was maybe one buoy past this intersection. Also, at this intersection is a big ole stump a couple feet down in the southwest quadrant if you are headed to North Toledo state park. Also bumped a stump coming off plane in the main lake 1215 area just north of San Miguel.
Guess after i get this fixed, i might be idling everywhere.
BE careful out there,
Ronnie

they cut some stumps back when it got real low around 10yrs ago but there are some bad ones left, we use to hit some in the boat lanes before they cut them when water was close to high level if it was ruff so keep that in mind also

Thanks for the info guys.

Weedeater, you might be onto something. It was very rough that night, though not as bad in the cove as the main lake.

Ronnie

Just got my boat out the fiberglass repair shop after idling over a stump in Esto cove. It must of had a pipe or something in the stump because it left a pretty good gash. Be careful out there, doesn't look like the waters coming up anytime soon.

they show it to be up a few inches and holdin for a few days. I heard they got some rain but I know we need alot more.

Man, that sucks. Esto cove, is that where Big Bass and Buckeye are located or is that more toward Arnolds Bay?
I guess I need to get my 15'Alweld w/25 tohatsu running. I prefer the comfort of the big boat, but repair cost is uncomfortable too!!
Yes indeed, be careful out there.

Ronnie

I have not been up there in about a month to fish hows the wind been I am gona try maybe a a week or so to go catch a few but last trip I made was pretty ruff

I was up there for a week, two sunday's ago until last sunday. It was hit and miss. Some days it was choppy and some it was flat calm. I gave my friend a joy ride from San Miguel to Cypress Bend on a hot day with SE winds. Other days, i took a few waves over the bow and my boat is usually very dry. We'd tie up to stumps and fan cast drop offs making it a lot easier to concentrate on fishing!!

Ronnie

dont sound to bad of a trip, what yall catchin on and any numbers?

There's some big stumps and sand bars all in the alternate boat lanes around Pendleton! :shaking:

Rebar driven into the stumps for trot lines and markers, I am sure someone thought this was a good idea 30 yrs ago, but its tough on boat
bottoms...:shaking: I have heard the screech of gelcoat popping off my hull at trolling motor speeds, not fun...

I had a childhood friend with me who was inexperienced at bass fishing. I had her fishing with carolina rigged watermelon seed flukes for the most part. She caught a few on crankbaits too.
I caught on jigs(though not as well as my last trip), carolina rigged flukes, crankbaits, and swimbaits. One calm evening at dusk, it was just about every cast. I'd throw out a weightless fluke and make it dance on the surface and wham, i'd give her the rod, then i'd throw a swimbait and usually hook up too. Also a few on redeye shads. Early morning topwater wasn't good for us. I'm blaming the full moon!!!;)
The numbers weren't there nor was size. The biggest may have been 3.5.

Ronnie

still not a bad trip, I enjoy fishin plastics so I think thats what I will try when I go

There wasn't much schooling in the areas i fished. My neighbor was saying the same thing, he hasn't seen much schooling either.

Esto is in the same cove as Big Bass and Buckeye, towards the back of the cove by the bridge.

I feel ya. Made me sick to my stomach. Insurance covered it, made me feel a little better.

Be careful
 

Watch for stumps every where in TB. I just got my boat back from the factory, been without it for a little over a month. Its good to finally have it back.

Owch! Lucky you made it back to the dock with that one!

Man, that pic gives me the heebie jeebies. The night of fighting big waves with cloud cover and darkness, i was so worried about coming down on a stump top.
That must have made you sick.

Ronnie

Got a buddy that works at Toledo Fiberglass. They stay busy anyways but the low water has made them real busy. Also are selling a lot of gorilla hulls (preventitve I guess)

I noticed the lot was full last week on my way to get a margarita at the drive thru!!

Ronnie

The gorilla coating is the bomb! Would love to get the bottom of my whaler coated one day.

Busted the first hull and cracked the second, Thank god ProGator is a double hull boat, i had about four miles back to the launch when i noticed water in the bottom of my boat. I thought i had just cracked it, I would have never guessed i had a hole that big in the bottom LOL

Doesnt ProGator have a lifetime hull warranty ??? Seems like I remember Moon quoting that on their ads...

Hopefully nobody was hurt...

Hydro

May I ask please what this is?

it is a "coating" they put on the bottom of the boat to strengthen the bottom. Adds about 200lbs to the hull and works very well from what I hear.

Cool,thanks! I'm having a new inboard jet boat built for bowfishing our shallow,rocky rivers here in E.Texas and will be looking into some type of a hull protective coating.

I'll check into it...:)

According to the website it only adds 30-50 pounds. http://www.toledofiberglass.com/NEWP...rillahull.html

My brother in law had his triton done there, it added 300 plus pounds to the boat but made it on avg. 3-5mph faster. He said that it has something to do with changing the hull design towards the pad area..he also had busted his on a stump when the water was low one year..

Well that pic looks familiar:smokin::smokin: