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Just wanted to touch base with the forum today. Can’t tell you how much I miss and respect you all. Fished the upper White River with a technique that a few buddies told me they have success on in Wisky, Michigan and Minnesota. I will however add a caveat, every fish I caught was on LiveScope. I had 47 bass and 7 walleye. On a jig and minnow bouncing it slowly. 22’ to 30’ was the number. Kept one walleye all were keepers. Basically no traffic in Missouri, but above Beavertown in Ark. wall to wall boats. Went within site of the bridge. Saw a guy catch 3 small male whites. Visited a bit and he said the walleye are just getting there. I caught mine further downstream on 3 different humps. Have heard zero on the Kings it was frozen at the 86 bridge last week. Surface temp at the Eagle Rock ramp this am was 43 at 6:30. Pulled out at 4pm same location 49 degree. Those Eye’s are going to move FAST. Good Luck.

Got on the water around 10. WT 55. Slightly muddy to murky. Bummer. Ran about 6 miles and fished back to the ramp. Clouds, wind driven riffles and recent high water made it tough to see where to go since the river changes. I dinged around a bit heading up. Jig and crank did the damage. Couldn’t fish anything else with the wind. And I mean WIND!!!!! I left at 2 and had a really good day. A bunch up to 15”, couple 16’s and 17’s and an 18”. Lost a really big one because I didn’t get off spot lock. By the time I realized how big it was it was too late. 🤷‍♂️. The first heavy black line is 15” second one is 20”. Pics for @Johnsfolly😁

Marty asked what I wanted to do for my birthday. Told him I wanted to go back to Spring River white bass fishing. It was slower than last week but still good. Very windy. The ride back to the launch just about jarred our teeth!!!! Caught on pink/white clouser...Marty used chartreuse/orange and gray/yellow/white. Had one big crappie and some white bass , VID_20250317_141206.mp4 We gave our fish away to some bank fishermen that weren't doing very well. Then Marty took me to the casino for lunch....had a great burger and fries! Day two (Tuesday) we went to Roaring River and met a friend. Caught some trout. Fun time....good visit. Very windy 😞. Left and went to Monett...had Brahm's Cappuccino chocolate chunk ice cream. Good couple of days....just what I wanted!!! 😄

Like @basska it was time to hit the local favorite pond. Last Monday secured permission for another year on a pond. Windy and some stain in the water from the last run off. Fly rods in hand we started walking the bank. Pat scored first with a two pound thirteen ounce bass. VID_20250310_114602867.mp4 Then a couple little ones more for her. I caught a couple smaller ones myself. I went a little farther to a wind blown bank. Tough punching a fly into the wind with a 6 wt. Casts didn't go far but the bass were right next to the bank in the crashing waves. My Big fish for that trip was a three pound fifteen ounce fatty. Some nice bluegill too for both of us. What was next? Fried fish of course. Nothing wrong with bass out of cold waters.

Watching the river gauges for height and cfs plus a report from @curtisce and his dog Foster from yesterday it was time to head to Oklahoma for a try. Launching was a breeze we were on the water heading upstream. From the current water flow and maybe Grand lake maybe a tad high the lower shoal was deeper than normal. Up a bit further found some flow but with the water being still on the cool side it was shallow, too shallow for right now. Backed down a bit from there and tried. A boat of three had a spot and caught several spin fishing with white twister tails. I strung up the long rod and tied on a pink over white Clouser. Worked that long mud and log cut bank without a bite. Sink tip line I was really feeling the gravel bottom. Pulled the trolling motor up and moved down around a curve to work slower water below a long steep bluff bank that goes from 0 to 8 foot depth fairly quick. I finally picked up a white at about 4 foot. This fired up Pat and she built her rod. I tossed her a reel with a sink tip and she tossed it back at me, I'm going to throw my floating line my Clouser will go deep enough then she tied on a chartreuse over white. Pat proceeds to catch a couple nice shows back to back. I cut my pink over white Clouser off and put on a chartreuse over white and never looked back but I changed to a not so heavy sink tip. We then worked that bank keeping 16 fish. Pat's biggest was over two pounds mine two on the nose. Lots of nice ones. Had to weed through many smaller ones during the trip. PB and J sammiches and sunshine nourishing our bodies it felt good. About one ish took fish out of the live well put on a stringer and cut to bleed them and into the ice filled cooler for the trip home. Back at the ramp I dropped Pat off to back in the trailer. I waited and waited for her to back down the ramp. Nothing so I beached the boat and walked up to her blocked in by three trucks and trailers with previous loaded boats. Her with the truck running with lights on. I asked the guys to move up or back a bit, why they asked? I said you see that lady in that truck with the lights on? She needs out to back down the ramp to pick me up. Oh we didn't see her. I said I can see her and hear that truck. We will move and they did. We loaded and got out of the way to batten things down for the ride home. Pat said watch your steps huh? Look here. Something you hate to see at a boat ramp at least it was capped, Back home the fish were filleted, VID_20250313_160520983.mp4 For those that don't like white bass for heavens sake trim off every bit of red. Fish fry tomorrow 😁.

The White was mean to me yesterday so I continued my walleye quest on the Kings. Dumped the tub in at the SK bridge at 7:30 to a surface temp of 42 degree. Blasted up the river and checked every bend and runout flat, NADA. Surface temps remained in the low to mid 40’s range till I got to Hickory Hollow. Saw very few boats till I got there. Then from HH up to the 86 bridge there was quite a bit of participation. Dozen to 15 boats. I think I visited with all of them. Two guys were trolling, both said that they had 10 small male whites. One guy said when I said small I meant small, about 1/2 pound each. Also spoke to 2 dudes in a jet. They said they had gone up to just below the Romp Hole. and had not seen any walleye. Said some of the deeper locations were not clear enough to see the bottom but last year at this time they were hammering them and you could see them. Surface temps at H. Hollow was 50 degree and at the 86 bridge 52 degree. Crazy cause it had a skim of ice on it last week. Most everyone I spoke with couldn’t believe it. but everyone’s electronic were saying 50 plus No one had a walleye but there were a couple of guys throwing A-rigs and said the bass were eating it really good. Nothing big but lots of bites. With my failed walleye experiment over I picked up the jerker and caught 11 bass. I had 12 yesterday with 2 squeaker keeps. Today I had 5 keeps Just broke out the new Spro’s deep diver McStick. 1/2 the price of a megabass and I really like it. Bass seamed to also. Good Luck.

Paul Crews and I put in at Twin Bridges yesterday about 9:30 am and headed up Spring River. Water temp 46 most places. Water was stained - good color. Some wind later in the day but moderate. We started close to the old bridge piers and looked for crappie on trees. Didn't make any difference where - mid river, sides. They were everywhere. Slight current. 17-20 foot of water. We (Paul) picked up 7-8 keepers before moving on up to look for whites. Headed up to the docks and started above them. Whites everywhere! Every cast for a while. They were liking white... small rubber baits. 14 foot of water. Lots of 2+ pound fish, up to 2 3/4 pounds. One hybrid about 3 and this one at 8.15 pounds. We headed down looking for crappie again but couldn't keep the whites off the hook. Finally went back down where we started and added more keeper crappie to the limit. We ended up with 20 crappie and kept a few whites for the grill back at Paul's house. It was amazing to see all the whites on the live scope. We did go as far up as the highway 10 bridge and they were up there too.

Fished this morning and found fish shallow (8-12ft) and deep (25-50ft). The shallow fish where around spawning banks and the deep fish were in 25-50ft around trees in spawning areas. Shad can be seen anywhere in the water column and I mainly focus on bait hanging around 1-15ft below the surface regardless of overall depth. I fished 3 locations and would start my search out deep then move shallow. I did not catch a Kentucky up shallow but did catch LM and SM in the 8-12ft range. Had 12 keepers and 8 where LM. Used a 2.8 Keitech on 5/16 and 3/8oz heads. When deep fish are high in the water they seem skittish when the boat gets within 60ft. So the heavy jig heads allow for long cast even in windy conditions. WT 48-49

Spring is springing on the way home today I saw some Forsythia blooming and a few daffodils popping up. Some of the hayfields are getting green. Looks like tomorrow the wind will beat everything back into submission. The ol' March rollercoaster. The fish were a little more alive today, I caught 17 bass with 4 being keepers. The early bite was good, but once the sun got up I had to really work for them. The long rock runout held some in the 10-14 foot range early. And got a few more around cove mouths and steep banks as the day went on. Caught my first five on a little 2.5 inch tube on a 1/4 oz jighead. After I broke that off on a snag, I went back to the old reliable Ned. WT ranged from 51 to 54.

We haven’t had a good old fashioned landowner-conflict-that-was-unnecessarily-escalated-and-bragged-about post in a long time!!

For the better part of a decade I talked about hiring Buster Loving to teach me how to catch walleye on upper bull. Now that he is gone, I really regret talking about it for so long and never actually doing it. Now, when I want to do something, I am just going to do it and not be all talk. I really regret not going with him just once, and I don't know of any other guides who fish that way. Anyway, I finally pulled the trigger and came down. Its the first time I had ever been on bull shoals. My brother and I stayed in Forsyth and fished out of K Dock Saturday and Sunday. The water temp was 38-39 on Saturday, and 38 warming to 42 on Sunday. I could see the bottom in probably 6 FOW. We threw jerkbaits and swimbaits up on the mud flats. Saturday between the 2 of us we caught 5 bass and 1 walleye all on a jerkbait. My brother did better than me throwing his jerkbait on a spinning rod with 6# while I was using casting gear with 10# line. Sunday we did the same thing and didn't get a bite all day long. We never left sight of K dock ramp, but the flats we found dropped off into the channel at about 10-15 FOW, so I think the spinning rod was getting that bait a bit deeper. Buster's seminar said to target 6FOW dropping into 35, but we never found it, so we just made due with what we could find. Saturday there was only other boat out all day, but Sunday there were multiple rigs in the lot. A few guys were out on the drop offs, but most seemed to be way out in the channel fishing for deep stuff. I'm sure they all had way better electronics and know how to locate and catch those fish better. I just found the creek channels with a 5 inch 2D sonar, a paper hot spot map and marker buoys. I put 1 buoy in 10FOW, and the other in 25-35 FOW and casted from one to the other. I'm sure there are way more efficient ways to catch them with better electronics, but unfortunately for us we fish like its 1980. We graphed lots of stuff in the channel, and I tried to drop a spoon on them, but couldn't get any bites. I cant tell the difference between species and such though on the graph, but nothing rose up to even look at my spoon, so maybe they weren't game fish. It was tough fishing for 2 days, but I wasn't expecting much so I kind of feel like the trip was a success. I'm already planning for next winter, and will get better each time I go. We also fished a bit on Taney for trout, @Big Keene posted about what we did there.

Got the boat out for the first time since early December. Mostly just wanted to make sure everything worked okay. went out of Lost bridge North, 9:30 to 1:00. They weren't jumping in the boat for sure, got five total - 4 SM and 1 spot. All on ned . I was mostly fishing secondary points and most came from about 15 ft deep. Water temp 46

Grandson turns 16 this week. Already bought him his Lifetime Conservation Partnership and have him on his way to fly fishing and fly tying. His skills took off this fall and winter tying, so I gave him a good dose of materials and feathers. Dad and I usually did woodworking projects during the winter months on the farm. So, I decided to make a tying table for Grandson this month. It started with cedar harvested on the farm and air dried for several years in a shed. A chainsaw trip this weekend around the place for some unique pieces of wood with the Grandson. And a few stories and some woodworking with him in my new shop that I have created the last few years on the farm since Dad left. Before I took over, it was woodworking in a Grain Silo with finish saws and tools and wood heat. Table saws, planer, and a radial arm saw in the old hog farrowing house converted to tool shed and the wood storage. And mechanical tools in the old chicken house converted to garage for drill press and misc tools. We had plenty of exercise running back and forth to complete a project. Tools were scattered all over. New shop in basement has newer tools, all in one place, and looks out over all of the old stuff. Cedar boards harvested from the farm went into this. Thread spool holder is a cutting off the Sasafras tree that blew down in June and quite aromatic. Stills smells fragrant of Sasafras. A few other parts and pieces, some sanding and Polyurethane and its a done deal. Tool holders, drying rack, magnetic and foam hook holders, bead and hook tray nicely laid out for fly production.

Shortly after ice-out and right before the WIND became an everyday thing I went out to see if I could locate some shallow Crappie on the fly. In case you don't already know this......the first fish to move shallow are always the bigger ones. Only caught 8, but every bite was a nice slab. Tonight was the night to fry those buggers up. Yum ! I wanna get out and catch another mess or two, but this ridiculous wind needs to ease up ! Flyfishing out of a boat IN HEAVY WIND is not my idea of a good time.

Today was kind of a weird day. I found a bunch of fish on one of Randy's old spots, a long, rocky ridge that runs out off a bluff end. I caught 8 bass and 3 walleye off the end of that ridge, fish were in 10-20 FOW. Crazy thing was I missed something like 20 bites, and that's a conservative number. They liked a 2.8" swimbait, I'd get a bite, set the hook, have what felt like a solid hookup and they'd come off. A few I'd move a few feet towards the boat and they'd come off. Hooks are sharp and all that, I'd get good hooksets, but they'd come off. I may have uttered a bad word or two. Once those fish stopped, I fished another couple of hours in several spots and only had one more bite, and of course it got off. Wind was getting feisty so I called it quits around 1230. One of the wallies was a keeper, so I have enough for some fish tacos. WT 42-45.

Fished with my son Sam on Friday and Saturday, launched at Spring Creek and went both up the lake and down the lake. Water is generally clear, with a slight stain the further up the north fork arm you go. Water temps from 47 to 55. Caught some keeper largemouth on wiggle warts and swimbaits, had a few more follows on the swimbait and lost a couple I had hooked up on the wart due to completely forgetting how to fish in the past year lol- the green bass were towards the fronts of creeks and pockets, on chunk rock. Caught some smallmouth in the 12” to 14” range on the Ned on flat gravel in the backs of spawning pockets in the Oakland area, but no keepers. I’m guessing they are the first wave of bucks moving up to spawn. We had a good couple of days knocking off the cobwebs, and Sam is getting pretty solid with a baitcaster. The bite was a little slower than I’d hoped, and it took me a little longer to dial in on them than I’d have liked, but my general impression is that the lake is REAL close to getting really good. tight lines all-

I caught em. a mix of spinning and fly. A good day to be on the water.

Played around with new camera on a trip a couple weeks ago.

Mine was somewhere in the 30's can't remember for sure. But they were drafting down into the low 200's that year. If you got drafted you went to basic, Fort Hood and then Saigon for assignment to the field with a bunch of pukes who did not want to be there with a bunch of lousy officers. So, not wanting to do that or flee to Canada, I enlisted in USMC for the shortest enlistment possible. Two years. It was horrid as first but by the end of my time there I was having a lot of fun. Do not regret it at all. My time in Viet Nam was on deck of USS Mobile or USS Denver. Never got SVN mud on my boots.👍

My buddy and I hit out around 10 and quit at 2. WT had dropped to 50 from 55 on Wednesday. And the fish didn’t like it. I caught 4 any buddy caught 2. Biggest was a 17.5”er. River dropped significantly too. Made running even more sketchy. I think the fish are still in winter mode.

Hey everyone, coming to stay at Lilley's this weekend, wondering how the lake has been fishing? I'll have opportunity to fish off the docks all weekend, any suggestions welcome....ill be trying to put my 8 and 6 year old on some fish as well. Pictures of my fishin buddies

It was great meeting all the guys at Taneyfest last month with my cousin Ryan (aka Milo). Had a fun time fishing and catching a 24-inch brown and of course partaking in all the good food. Plan on making it next year and hopefully I can talk my wife into making her Texas cowboy beans that Ryan craves.

So, here's a bit of back story. I've been a long time fan of Ruger rifles. I bought this M77 RL new in .270 Win in 1985. It's taken too many deer to count, and a couple of elk. It's always been a good accurate rifle and it's light enough to carry all day. It's got a Bushnell Elite 3200 3x9 scope on it. Good scope too, holds zero perfectly, it's bright, has their rainguard coating that helps keep the lenses clear even in bad weather - and the crosshairs glow for about 15 minutes after shining a light in the lens. Very nice early and late. This rifle is an old and dependable friend. It is in exceptionally good condition, nice slick bore and the stock (cut checkering, not stamped) is not marked up at all. No rust anywhere. But it's time for me to let it go. Since I hurt my shoulder in a fall on the ice several years ago (complete rotator cuff separation and 90% on bicep) it just seems to be slowly getting worse. To the point the recoil from .270 in a light rifle was affecting my accuracy and enjoyment of the rifle. Thus, this post. The rifle is for sale. They bring $1200 +/- on Gun Broker with no scope. I'll sell this one for $1000. Still have about a box and a half of 130 grain Winchester Supreme that the rifle seems to like and the deer don't. So they go too. Here's the rifle: I'm basically in Ozark and will travel a reasonable distance - say 100 miles - to meet if needed. Face to face deal, I'm not messing around with an FFL to ship. Let me know if there's interest. I'm not giving up centerfire rifles altogether. I've got another Ruger incoming, a .223 Gen II American Ranch Rifle. Just ordered a Leupold 2x7 to put on it, rings and some ammunition. The .223 will do anything I need to do now and with almost insignificant recoil. So looking forward to having it. I've already sold my 1942 Husqvarna M38 Swedish Mauser and gave my .30-06 Remington Pump to a grandson. I now only have Ruger rifles. A 77/22 in .22LR with a 4x Nikon scope and a 77/22 All Weather (boat paddle stock/stainless rifle) in .22 Magnum with Leupold Compact 2x7 on it. So I'm down to one manufacturer with three rifles all in .22 caliber. It's good to be me.

I don't believe that I ever went to the opener for any of the trout parks. I did trout fish here in Maryland on the 1st in a small pond that is stocked two times in the spring (Feb and Apr) and again in Oct. By mid April it will be too thick with vegetation to fish it effectively. I fished a bigger lake further south of this one and then hit it on my way home. Fished it like I would with the urban trout lakes in MO with Gulp eggs suspended about 12 to 14 inches above a large split shot. No finesse but catches fish. I caught five in about an hour (which most of the time was spent retying after breaking off due to bad casts in the overhanging branches).

I fished this morning in post frontal conditions and the swimbait bite was pretty good until 9AM. There was basically no wind so that allowed for moving around checking multiple locations. The large winter time groups of fish have thinned out and you have to cover a lot of water with the trolling motor. I was mainly looking for a scenario of 2-3 fish swimming together high in the water column. There are also a lot of singles roaming around and they are tougher to catch. Most of the fish were steadily moving around trees and there were also some holding in the tree tops. Kept the boat in 30-50 FOW with plenty of trees and the shad were very limited. I used a 2.8 Keitech on four different jig heads from 1/4 to 1/2oz. If a fish is 20-40ft down, I use the 1/2oz head to get the bait down quickly to fish that are constantly moving. Had about 10 keepers.....mainly LM. WT 45 to 46

Shameless plug...I guide for Trout on Taneycomo out of Lilley's Landing, I'm fly only, but if you give them a call they can find someone for conventional gear/Tablerock if required. David Pitt kcflatsco.com

Well - a bit of a disastrous day. That's ok though! It was my fault becoming too stupid and ambitious... Started off driving to Caplinger - got there around 10, probably fished a little over an hour. Started off using a 1/8 oz rooster tail. Caught one below average Crappie and couldn't find anything else. Switched to a Red Eye Shad and still nothing. It looked a little low, I fished below the dam and explored a little further downstream. Decided I should keep moving and exploring. Made it to Taylor Bridge around noon. It looked low, and I met a couple other people fishing who said no one was having any luck yet. Was told there were reports of action up at Orleans Bridge. The water was clear and beautiful and it really stimulated the bug for Ozark Bass fishing. I fished a Flicker Shad, Roadrunner with a nightcrawler, Rooster Tail again, and Fluke on a jig. Nothing and zero fish spotted. Explored downstream some with a Rebel Wee Craw - nothing. At this point I hit a crossroads in my adventure. Do I start heading home and hit some obscure spots on the way back? Or do I commit to a true Ozark journey? I was thinking of going down to Springfield, looking around Turnback, Finley and the James. I also thought about booking it down to SW MO. Fishing the Elk river basin for the first time... I drove out of Aldrich and at a crossroads I decided stupidly to switch objectives - I was going to catch some March Neosho Bass! I fished the Indian Creek in Anderson with a Nikko Hellgrammite and caught fish... the problem here was that they were suckers - or some sort of fish in that family. I couldn't believe it - cast after cast. Where are the Smallmouth?!?! Moved down to Lanagan City Park. Too low. I get down to Mt. Shira access, and by this point it is at least 4. I give myself one hour to fish around the deep pools with current. Absolutely nothing. So I leave, a little dejected, but still happy I explored all of this land in SW MO. I saw a lot of beautiful country in the Elk River Hills and the Stockton Lake plains. I think to myself, at least I'm coming with some new knowledge and appreciation for these waters. Well, half way back on 71 hwy, my jalopy 2004 Camry stops accelerating... Oh, no. Engine is shot, unidentified coolant leak killed it. My phone has just died. This is a nightmare scenario! Thankfully, some local mechanic off the next exit had a tow truck, and offered to tow me home for 200 bucks. I agreed. Looks like I gotta focus on my money going to a car rather than fishing gear for a little while.... I guess this is an example of being young and dumb and in love with exploration... stupidly in love with fishing. I knew that car was in rough shape - I did it anyway. I knew the streams were a little low - I did it anyway. For a Crappie and a pile of Sucker-like fish, probably not worth it, but hey, that's learning.

USMC does emphasize close order drill. I can still call cadence in my mind. You guys gave me goosebumps with the memories of those days.

I remember those days. Lived in El Cajon at that time. Not too far from San Diego. The "Box Canyon" is what that means. The Santa Ana winds and the fires on the hillsides. Leaves of ash from those burning hillsides would rain down where we lived in the Box Canyon. Moved to Missouri the winter of 1975. So, I was there when you were there @Terrierman. Small world. As a matter of a fact my parents had an embroidery shop. They were commissioned to make Pennants (flags) you probably marched under. I went with Dad many times to the base to deliver them to the base. In the early seventies that was a big deal for me. I was still in Jr. High. Who knows you might have seen some kid gawking at you and your fellow soldiers marching around. All I could see was a bunch of Gomer Pyles. 😁

I chase them every year in March. Rumors of fish being caught here and there. It's early... and going early usually gets you no where. Tempted to go this evening to Swan Creek - heard crappie and whites are staging outside the mouth in the main lake. Some whites at the Pothole. It's early...

Yep, Did reel recovery for the men there, also Reeling and healing for the women. Plus a few years for the women casting for recovery. All of those participants men and women caught some nice fish. There is a catch and release area they fished. It was my pleasure to take some of these men and women fishing.

Not really, I bought this rig and drove it 600 miles home. I'm not selling the truck but if someone needs some help with something that you think this could do let me know. It has a 42 ft reach, max lift capacity of 29k#, 18" auger, 20k# wench on the front and 4x4. If I advertise as a "crane" things get super expensive so I can't do that. I hope you are getting my drift. I am also looking for a man basket and mounting hardware, which will add to it's usefulness. If I run it bouncing of the governor springs it gets about 7 mpg. It lives in Carthage Mo. so keep that in mind.

If you are on a stream and a landowner confronts you, and tells you to leave, your best move is to be as friendly as you can and just LEAVE. You can call the sheriff or MDC and report it when you get back to your truck if you want, and let THEM sort it out, but streamside arguments are NEVER going to benefit you or your family..... regardless of what firearm you're packing.

I didn't want tobbemreak my 46 year streak of not going to an opener, so i stayed home.

Seasonal affective disorder. We’ve been through a crappy winter, on top of the normal short days. I went into a funk a couple weeks ago but have rallied back by staying busy. Sposta get snow tonight. Yippee!

Can always be worse.... “Being 70 is the worst!” The 70 year old exclaims. “Every morning at 7, I wake up to pee, but nothing comes out!” “Oh, that’s nothing!” The 80 year old says. “Each morning at 8, I wake up to poop, and I sit on the toilet for what seems like hours, but nothing comes out!” “Oh, that’s nothing” The 90 year old says. “I have it the worst!” “Can you pee?” The first man asks. “Certainly! Every morning at 7, I pee like a champion.” “Can you poop?” The second man asks. “Yes I can! Each morning at 8, I have a regular bowel movement.” “Then I don’t understand what the problem is!” The first man says. “Well, I don’t wake up until 9!”

we had a slight change of plans. we fished off Lilleys dock friday and got 2 trout on worms. went to K dock on Bulls saturday and sunday and threw jerkbaits on the mud flats. sat we ended up with 5 LMB, 3 were keepers, and a keeper walleye. sunday we got skunked doing the same things in the same places. this morning we got a boat at Lilleys and drifted scuds, jigs, worms and powerbait from fall creek to below LL, caught one on a scud, 1 on a worm and 3 on powerbait. went to monkey island but only made one pass with no bites so we went back up to fall creek and drifted back a couple times. got another one on a worm and 4-5 more on powerbait. biggest was just over 17"

its a very nice building - perfect for meetings

All mine and the guys they have chosen have turned out great. One teacher, one stay at home mom, and one getting ready to apply to law school.

Nah, not me. I just love an underdog. Or anybody playing Mizzou

I had a very successful morning. I sold things at very friendly prices. I met sone new people which was very nice. I reduced my clutter and hopefully those items are going to people who get some enjoyment out of them, and I will be able to put some money in the bank.

I fished it Thursday from Lucy Smith Hollow to the confluence with the White. Visibility was 1-1.5' with greenish color. There was some wood debris including some logs so you had to be careful. Water temps 53.5 to 56.2. I scratched out 6 shorts on a Ned. It was really tough but then I suck at fishing this lake. I enjoy it and love the lake, but it regularly humbles me. 😀

There is a rumor that within the next two weeks there may be a central Florida multispecies trip report. If so, I suspect that there are likely to be photos 😉😁!

Rockbridge is an interesting place. I took my two sons there for a two-day trip over thirty years ago when they were just starting to fly fish. The first day we fished the catch-and-keep area and the second day the catch-and-release area. I primarily was the coach on both days. They ended up with a cooler full of fish, the cost of which is long forgotten, but the memories of their excitement remain with me.

My 40 year job anniversary was last Friday. As one of my colleagues said, “He lasted!” 🤪 I really hope you whipper-snappers find something you like to do at a company you can grow with that meets your financial needs. I think hard work, an eagerness to learn and a dose of loyalty will serve you well in the long run. And if start time is 8, try getting there at 7:30. And add ½ hour on the back end too. Working, of course. stay off your #%^* phones!

Look up River Access Coalition (RAC) Finley River. They have already fought and won a case where landowners shut down a access to the Finely River. I don't have the totals but I think they spent quite a bit of money on that and continue to fight appeals to the decision. They are also workimg on other projects now like the new River Gravel mining project on the Finley River.

What? Since when? I was just gonna hit the trout park and pick some from the trees.

Pesto and shrimp pasta last night.

Thought about fishing that spot yesterday Quill but didn’t want to make the run from Eagle Rock. Glad they were on it for you. Randy might have abandoned us, but the Old River Rat left us a durn good legacy on locations to fish. Randy put the time in plus 1 and the gentleman never failed on the how, when, why and where. I learned a ton from him. You just had to listen to what he wrote. Pretty much the same with Dock-It.