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derekburleson

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  1. Late post, but got out last Sunday and ran into this gal near Point 12. Of course I didn't have scales, but I'm guessing at least five pounds. Successfully released to fight another day.
  2. We ran around from Indian Creek to point 5 early Saturday and didn't see any topwater action either. Looked like the striper guides we're having a slow go as well. Caught a few LM on a spook off one tree but otherwise pretty slow.
  3. Funny you say that...I was a B.A.S.S. marshall at Grand a few years back and of the three pros I rode with, only one spoke negatively about another angler...we idled into a creek Avena was fishing and you would have thought we pulled up on the devil himself.
  4. I'm headed down to Conroe, TX, with Tyson Foods Thursday to serve meals for anyone who needs one. We've spent the last several days trying to find a good spot to set up that can handle 5-6 big rigs and 4 cook teams and with much of the city still underwater, Conroe is the closest we can get. But I promise you we'll set up a distribution network to get plenty of meals into the city to those affected. So glad to work for a company that is dedicating so many resources to helping these folks. Unfortunately, I'll be leaving my boat in NWA!
  5. Flood gates opened 1 ft. at 7pm tonight, according to Alan Bland with the Corp.
  6. Stayed a few hours and went home with this mixed bag. Pulling crankbaits around Houseman.
  7. Awesome report and very similar to mine today. My buddy caught by far the biggest fish of his life and I couldn't be more happy. The whole thing about different stages of being a fisherman...I get a bigger thrill watching others catch fish these days. I didn't even put a rod in my hand today and still can't wipe the smile off my face.
  8. A chrome rogue with black back and orange belly has done well for me.
  9. Didn't get on the water, but was at Monte Ne today and it's still chocolate milk.
  10. Alligator skin bass boat seats.
  11. This guy has some pretty good video and stills of the Beaver town bridge. https://www.facebook.com/smith.treuer
  12. From the Corps of Engineers Facebook page: Spillway releases through Beaver and Table Rock dams. We will begin a spillway release at six p.m. today from Beaver Dam because of heavy rains today. The seven spillway gates will be opened two-foot releasing 15,000 cubic feet per second in addition to the 7,500 c.f.s. being released through the turbine generators. The total release is 22,500 c.f.s. The lake will crest at 1,131.5 feet above sea level. Future rainfall may cause the Corps to increase releases at Beaver Lake. This depends on how much additional rain falls and how quickly it falls. Releases from Table Rock Lake are expected to begin Monday, Dec. 28. Releases will range from 20,000 c.f.s. to 40,000 c.f.s. because of the current heavy rainfall in the Beaver Table Rock drainage basin. Daily lake information can be obtained at www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil or the Corps’ mobile App which can be found in mobile App stores by searching for USACE Little Rock.
  13. Beaver town bridge. Photo from Robert Roman Norman.
  14. We hit a similar stretch of the lake Saturday afternoon following the rain. Put in on what was basically a solid pile of debris at the Holiday Island ramp. Hot and humid as heck.Landed one on a frog with a few more missed blowups....Then kept throwing it because I rarely do and when it's an option on TR or Beaver it sure is a bunch of fun...Then a few decent fish on the ned, the biggest fish flipping, and my lady caught a couple nice crappie, 2 short walleye, and some spots on a Flicker Shad. I was looking for willows too but didn't want to run too far and get into boat traffic. Regardless of the quality we caught, I love having TR fairly close even when Beaver is 10 minutes from my house.
  15. Lockhart, TX. You can make 3 stops and have some of the best bbq in the world. Then drive an hour to the Shiner brewery, take the tour and have a few samples. Or vice versa. A good friend lives in Austin and got to know the area because it was his sales territory. He chauffeured us around a couple of years ago. Great time.
  16. That pesky 8-5 interferes entirely too much with my fishing time as well. Great video and thanks for sharing.
  17. I have very few details about this, but I'm assuming the dog fell off a boat between Horseshoe Bend and Monte Ne Sunday, 10/26. If you have any info, call the number on the picture. Thanks!
  18. Excellent. One of those meals I couldn't imagine getting tired of.
  19. Another striper or another victim to the trolling bug? I will say this, I've spent enough time and gas flinging lures at bass on Beaver to not feel guilty at all about a little trolling action. It's all about that tug on the line, right?
  20. Thanks for the recipe J-Doc...had everything in-house but the bbq sauce....tasty!! That makes 3 nights in a row of dinner provided by Beaver....Now to put a deer or two in the freezer..
  21. Trolled A-rig and Rat-L-Traps for a couple hours and came home with a few. Turned back 2 short stripers and lost another white at the boat. The keeper striper and a white came on a double on the rig. And the fish tacos they made were good too. Putting the striper filet on the grill tomorrow night.
  22. Ha! I'm on here enough to know you're talking about your old boat, but I don't think so. His was a little bit more rough than what I remember from the pics of your previous rig.
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