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In the archives search: shucks darn golly. A later version is on my blog. The final version is at this link, if I can get it to work. http://issuu.com/billcromwell/docs/water_n_woods_january_2011_issuu

The January issue of Water'n Wood is out. I reworked the post on this forum I made a couple of years ago into a short story. The story is in the issue. I am pleased

Heavens it is nice to cause smiles like those. :-)

First, I am sure Bill and others will have better advice nearer your arrival date. Weather can make a huge difference early in the year. I would also ask around the marina. They won't tell you spots , but you maybe can learn depth and a pattern or two. I live way up lake, where it's nearly a river. What I fish would be like the bluff transitions back in Long Creek near Big Cedar. I just looked at the middle Long Creek map posted in the Table Rock forum. It is the one with Big Cedar. The second point on the left as you leave the cove for Devils Pool looks to be a bluff end transition. I would start there and then head across the lake to try those two bluff ends, especially the one near what looks to be Persimmon Creek. BTW, I forgot to mention a bait. If the weather has stayed cold, a jigging spoon would be a good tool to have.

I would/will fish jerk baits, slow rolled twin spins, jigs with trailers, and grubs. If we have several unseasonably warm days in a row, I add warts to the list. Bluff ends and transitions. For more detail, there are several excellent articles in the archives. Good luck.

Actually, not that difficult on the White below BS. I go to a slack water area with rocks in 3 to 4 feet of water. I bait a size 12 hook with a tiny bit of worm and drop it down in cracks between rocks. They will dart out and bite your bait.

the Xcaliber jerk and twitch baits are excellent

Many guides and fishermen I know and respect fish fluorocarbon. They believe the extra clarity of the line is worth the extra cost and the poor knot strength. I respectfully disagree. I have used YoZuri Hybrid (not the newer softer H2O formula) for five or six years. The fluoro exterior and the copolymer interior means it does not sun age like mono, it ties like mono, it stretches only a little,and neither sinks nor floats. On top of all these qualities, it is cheap! BTW, last year I tried a spool of Sunline's Super Natural mono. It was good stuff, but like a lot of Japanese lines, the break point is actually near the advertised strength. That explains why their 10# is only .10 inch diameter. I generally wart and topwater with 10#. I jerk bait with 8#. I have referred to the Tackle Tour tests on fluorocarbon before. Google it and read. Makes you quite a bit less sure about spending so much for fluorocarbon. Just my opinion, and remember I did point out people I respect disagree with me.

Suspending jerk baits. Wall eye and big browns love them.

I hope your CEO remembers when the who gets to take their vacation when argument starts.

Sorry, can't say. My last two trips have been stay close to the marina days. From the lake level I would imagine the buoy opposite the RR is rolling on the ground.

School closed today. These were part of the morning's output.

With the two lane mountain roads here in Eureka Springs, it doesn't take much for my school to cancel. I am home today and probably will be tomorrow, even though we've only gotten 4 inches so far.

Quillback beat me to it. The Kings river regulars swear by the large chubs for the walleye that will be moving within the next 4 or 5 weeks.

Seriously? You have to wonder what circumstances must have happened for any law making group to even consider, much less make, such a rule. I thought I was making up something absurd.

Made one last winter. I only used it a couple months before I turned it into a pool cue by letting a rod box lid slam on it. I loved it. I thought it threw easier and farther, although I could not test this as I did not make an identical regular rod. It fought fish well. I have a micro guide rod on my bench, half finished. BTW, if it is cold enough to freeze the water on your guides, it's time to go home.

If you are serious about walleye in the Ozarks, there is a small but dedicated group that hangs out here and on several other boards. Out of courtesy to Phil, I will not post links here. I have met several of them and they are good sorts. I am sure you will see the posts and hopefully they will help you begin to have walleye success. As for crappie, some are generous with information; others are tight lipped. Phil is one of the ones that does report where and how regularly. Good luck and welcome.

party tent - check; stove - check; wood - check; poker tables - check; dart board - check; did anyone remember the keg tap? did anyone remember the keg tap? darn!

No. Lower unit parts.

CRKT Zilla and Zilla Jr. are NOT good. The parts (driving bits, etc.) rust easily. Leatherman will rust if left damp and unattended, but not easily or right away. However the blade is a slip joint and a bit wobbly (even when well cared for). Does anyone make a lockback besides CRKT?

A rare situation where the book and the movie are among the top all time of each group: To Kill a Mockingbird

1. Contrast the True Grit movies to the book - which is a very good one. John Wayne and his director used it as a vehicle for Wayne to out Wayne himself. The Coen brothers version is truer to the book. 2. Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 1967 Franco Zeffirelli - good 1962 West Side Story - good to very good 199? Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo De Caprio and Claire Danes - very good but quite odd 200? Shakespeare in Love - outstanding reinterpretation with a play within a play set up - something Shakespeare invented

all the way to 11!

While I don't know Flynn, the rest of the authors/series you mention are good reads - though DeMille sometimes seems a bit "made for television"

If you read previous posts on this forum you will discover some use their electronics extensively, including drop shotting to fish they have found. Others are shallow water fisherman who only use them to know how far they can be from the bank and stay shallow. I have had at least one sonar in my boat since the green box flasher days. Currently I have a high end color 2d trolling motor sonar and a sideimage rear unit with gps. However, neither are the 8" screens. If you are going to fish clear water highland lakes buy the best sonar you can afford and have someone show you how to get the most out of it. Good luck.