Thursday, July 26, 2007

Added 3 new Tips and Tricks

I added 3 new Tips and Tricks to the web site and to the Forums:
Checking Rod Eyes For Damage
Boat Storage Compartments Holding Water?
Pros and Cons of Fluorocarbon Fishing Line

On August 1st, I will be sending out the August Newsletter. If you haven't already signed up to get the newsletter, sign up today so you start receiving the Oklahoma Bass Fishing's Newsletters.

Be sure and send in your fishing photos, I will put 2 photos that I receive each month on the front page of Oklahoma Bass Fishing the 1st of the next month. All the photos that I receive will be put in the Oklahoma Bass Fishing's Photo Gallery.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Working with DeerChannel.com now...

We are working with DeerChannel.com now. We are the advertiser for TheBassFishingChannel.com.

DeerChannel.com has a web cam set up in their 9 acre pond that is viewable 7am - 6pm Central time from Monday - Friday. You can view this web cam at BassCamChannel.com

DeerChannel.com is setting themselves up to become the world's leading Internet portal for hunting, fishing and outdoor enthusiasts.

Visit DeerChannel.com and bookmark their site. They have a good idea and they are following through with it.

I have set the Blog up so that anyone can leave a comment.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Changed the comment from only registered users...

I changed the Blog from only registered Blogger users can comment to anyone can comment on the Blog entries.

Let me know if there are any other changes you would like to see on the Oklahoma Bass Fishing web site. PM me from the Forums or email me at: Info@OklahomaBassFishing.com

I was asked how long that OklahomaBassFishing.com has been around. I started the web site on January 23, 2001. So, the web site has been online for over 6 years. Be sure and check the Archives link that is on the left hand side under the articles listed. There are a lot of articles listed on the Archives page.

Fishing on Saturday...

I went fishing Saturday morning and got home around 5pm. The bass were still chasing shad in the middle of the lake, so I caught several bass while throwing a fluke. I caught several bass on a Gene Larew Hoo Daddy Jr. fished texas rigged style. I did catch 2 bass on the Strike King Red Eye Shad lipless crankbait. This bait has a realistic wiggle to it. When I dropped it beside the boat to watch it, it wiggled back and forth as it fell, unlike other lipless crankbaits that fall on it's side one way or the other. The ½ ounce Red Eye Shad is a new bait that I have put in my arsenal.

I saw several small bass, about 8" to 10" long that were in the weed beds near the shoreline. Most of the bass that I caught that were not schooling bass were in 8' to 12' of water on a point dropping into 20' to 25' of water. One of these spots was a point that had a creek channel that swung in close to the point. The bass were sitting right on the rim of the creek channel.

The surface temp in the afternoon was 92 degrees on the West side of the lake with very little wind blowing. When there was a slight breeze it was out of the South or East. The water clarity was about 3'. It was mostly cloudy with the sun coming out at times. I would guess it was 65% cloudy and 35% sunny today while I was fishing.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Got to go fishing on Wednesday...

I did get to go fishing on Wednesday. The water still had a clarity of about 3' and the wind was blowing out of the East at about 15 miles per hour. It was partly cloudy with more sun than clouds. The surface water temp was 82 degrees. The thermocline was still at 25'. I anchored out in 3 different places and was able to catch 4 Bass in these areas. Then I saw several schools of 2 pound bass chasing shad in different areas of the lake. I threw a weightless fluke into these schools and was able to catch over 10 of these schooling Bass. It was a great day with good action. I had a blast catching the schooling Bass.

I came in about 2pm and got a lot of sun. I forgot my sunscreen and my forearms and part of my face was red when I got home.

It was wet when I got up on Thursday and there is an 80% chance of rain for Friday. They are saying that there is a 20% chance of rain on Saturday and Monday with a 30% chance of rain on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week. Maybe we can get in a week without any rain to dry up some of the land around here. A week without rain would help clear up some of the lakes and help to get the lakes pool levels back down to normal.

Monday, July 9, 2007

Made the new Forum registrations "user" activated

I think I have all the kinks worked out of the new Forums now. I have changed the validation from administration to user activated. You will register and then should get an email immediately with a link to click to activate your Forum account.

If you have any problems, please post them in the "Problems with the new Forums or Web Site" forum. If you are not able to post in the forums, please feel free to email me at Info@OklahomaBassFishing.com .

The weather has actually be great the last couple of days. We haven't had any rain in a few days. They are predicting a 60% chance of rain on Tuesday. But then the chances of rain are supposed to go down again after Tuesday. Hopefully, the lakes, rivers and ponds will start to clear up a bit.

There has been just enough wind to cause ripples in the water making fishing pretty good. Today was a great day to fish with the sun behind clouds most of the morning and a slight breeze blowing here around Tulsa.

Gas has gotten up around the $3 per gallon range again. Makes going to a lake a 100 miles away a pretty good expense. I have had to settle on fishing lakes close to home.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

New Forums for Oklahoma Bass Fishing...

The old Forum boards were just that, old and out dated. The last update for that board was in 2001. It was time to get a new updated board with better security.

Everyone will have to reregister in these new forums. There was no way that I could import the members over into these new Forums. Because of the Spam Bots, the Sex Bots, the Pharmaceutical Bots that want to join the Forums, I will be approving all the registrations. I will try my best to approve the registrations in a maximum of 12 hours. Hopefully, I will be able to approve most registrations within an hour.

I think that I have all the kinks worked out of these Forums. If you run into a problem, please post it in the "Problems with the Forums or the Web Site" forum in the Administration Section of the Forums. If you are having problems so that you can't post in the Forums, then email me at Info@OklahomaBassFishing.com

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Got to go fishing...

I was able to get out and go fishing on Tuesday.

The water was not near as muddy as I thought it would be. Usually, the clarity is 5' to 6' or a little more. On Tuesday, it was about 3'. There was a slight breeze blowing, just enough to produce small waves to break up the surface. The surface water temp was 80 degrees, with a thermocline at 25' in the main body of the lake. This year there is vegetation around most of the lake shoreline out to about 6' deep. I found several bait balls just under the surface in several places on the lake. Since the lake is only 100 acres, I was able to cover most of the lake to see where the fish were located. I found a lot of fish in 20' of water.

I may try to go to Dripping Springs within the next couple of weeks. I am not a fan of fishing on holidays or holiday weekends.

I read where that the Coffeyville Resourses refinery spilled 42,000 gallons of crude oil into the Verdigris River. They are saying that this oil could get into Oklahoma drinking water sources and recreation areas.

"The oil was floating downriver toward Oklahoma and that state's Oologah Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Tulsa, said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the Kansas state adjutant. Oklahoma officials were optimistic the spill would dissipate before it reached the lake, which provides flood control, drinking water and recreation.
'There are nine public water supplies along the Verdigris and the Oologah Lake, and none of them are currently affected,' said Skylar McElhaney, a spokeswoman for Oklahoma's Department of Environmental Quality. Tulsa is among the cities that get water from Oologah."

Oologah also supplies water to Claremore Lake. There is a huge water pipe that dumps water into Claremore Lake in the 2nd West cove just North of the boat ramps.

Let's hope that the oil does not get affect our drinking water or recreational waters.

Monday, July 2, 2007

Sent out the July newsletter...

I sent out the July newsletter this afternoon. There were several people that joined after I sent the newsletter out. If you didn't get the July newsletter, email me and I will send it to you in an email.

I changed the photos on the front page, this month we are featuring photos of Joe Sheppherd and Steve Glenn, congratulations on your fish.

I will be adding 6 Tips and Tricks this month as I was not able to do the 3 for June because I was having computer problems.

I also posted an article from Roger "The Bass Coach" Brown on Where's the Bass?

I have made it so that people that have a Blogger account can post comments in the Oklahoma Bass Fishing blog. You can go to www.Blogger.com and sign up for a Blogger account. The blog is located at http://OklahomaBassFishingcom.blogspot.com

The weather forecasters are saying that this weekend should be dry. Hopefully, the lakes will start to clear up some so that fishing will get back to normal.