h2fishing,

I am only about 25 miles from Malone, but never fish it...LOL

I sold my bass boat in '98, an 18' Stratos with 150, and I fished a lot down there then, but had little luck. I bought the boat specifically to fish that lake, but found I was there mostly just to get away from stress. Since I did not catch many bass, I bought a larger boat in 2002 when I got my Triton, a TR21. It has a 225 hp, so I am not allowed on that lake. It does seem the fishing is getting better down there based upon what I have heard.

The biggest tip I can give you is that the fishing style that works the best is use small crawfish immitating baits, and fished extremely slowly through the submerged brush piles.

Good luck with the Tuesday nighters.

If I should ever get my boat back on the road, you will be welcome to join me on a fishing trip at any time. I'm having trailer trouble, very serious trailer problems. The center post that holds the roller and winch assembly is almost torn loose. The metal below the weld is what tore. The weld held, but the metal did not. This has been going on for 4 weeks, and EZ Loader, the manufacturer of the trailer, really seems to not care to deal with consumers, or dealers for that matter.

Good luck.....

Danny