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Bring It ! I can catch em on Bull at 680. It starts to make it tough to launch the Bass Cat at some point though.

Screw 918! I want like 922.

I understand how you feel Dave, BUT Strike King and Luck E Strike have poached a LOT of lure designs as well. It doesn't make it ok that Zoom is doing it though. Other companies are also developing that raised edge desigh to force more flutter. Keitech has one. I really try to stick with the company that brings the better mousetrap to the market. I have a bunch of the original Sluggos, BUT Mister Twister really did improve things by having a 5 inch bait that throws better and had the slot in the back which made it easier to get a hookset and easier to rig. I still prefer the Senkos to the other baits of that design. I had to break down and get Barlows 3 inch rat tails because the 3 inch Senkos are just too fragile. I can easily fish thru a 20 bait bag in a couple of hours and catch maybe 20 fish on them instead of catching 5 fish or more per bait on the Barlows.

Seriously, I've been fishing jig worms for > 30 years. And soft plastics on lead heals for > 40 years. You'd think I'd be better at it by now.

I fish a wide variety of soft plastics on a wide variety of lead heads. They each have their charms or I wouldn't keep fishing them. Everyone is free to define a Ned rig anyway they want, but I have a more narrow definition of a Ned rig than some apparently.

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Too bad you can't get a close up with that thing.

They had the control room repaired very quickly and were back to normal operations in almost no time at all. They will be able to run whatever water they decide to run.

How many species have you caught thus far this year John? I'm stuck at 15, but I hope to change that tomorrow

Don't worry about it Super Dave, I'll hate enough for both of us. I CAN NOT understand why fishery management can't be part of the decision making process. The years that spawns are made less successful by the unnecessarily rapid reduction of the water level drive me crazy. It also aggravates the fool out of me that a system to allow fish to work around the lock and dams is not a consideration at all. They ruined a great striper fishery on the Red River with the lock and dams.

I know some would tell you to use a treble hook with lead molded onto it during season of course, I would say drift night crawlers or corn to them amd see what happens.

Lol, I doubt KVD quit throwing SB's when SK started making squarebills. Lot's of ways to skin a cat. Not all the fish are doing the same thing at any given time. I try to find a way to catch em that gives me a chance to catch a bunch AND is a way I enjoy fishing. Throwing an A rig is NOT a way I enjoy fishing, but I have done so and will do so again.

I've enjoyed a lot of fishing success since moving up here. One of the main reasons for my success is that I learned an important lesson at a young age from one of my Dad's best fishing buddies, Dallas Cooper. Dallas really believed in fishing where they were biting rather than going to a place where the bite was off and banging your head against a wall. I have expanded this theorum to be fish for whats biting and where they are biting. I like to fish for everything and I like to fish everywhere. I dont struggle to catch bass early on the lakes because I would rather spend my time catching the fool out of Rainbow trout on the White River. I don't struggle on the lakes in the heat of summer because I own kayaks and a canoe. I don't struggle on the creeks when the water gets cold in late fall because I go back to the lake and bass fish. I never get to fish as much as I want to, but I always have a good bite that needs to be exploited. Stay flexible.

Table Rock is just about as good as it gets when the water is up on the picnic tables and in the trees in springtime. All the kraken that see 1000 baits a day get stupid and eat big ole spinnerbaits. Its a special deal. I hate on the COE as much as anybody, but the lakes are managed for flood control first and everything else a very distant second. I love high water in springtime, but I understand why they err on the side of caution.

Caddis season is the best time for dry flys on the White, well that and hopper season. Hoppers hardly count though. Throwing hoppers is like throwing down double cheeseburgers in front of really hungry people. Presentation doesn't matter all that much.

Floored me too, but it likely isn't likely the End of the BassCat world. The same management team is going to stay in place and the plant stays in town. Guys will retire in due course of time. It has been a family affair for a long, long time. There may be personal reasons that they wanted to cash out to spend some time smelling the roses while their health allows for it.

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, They sell a lot of shad darts and stuff like that for the shad runs on the East Coast. I'd love to go fish those shad runs some day.

I've fished the rg that shall be un-named on the Current river in high flow areas with great success. I fish it the way I would fish any other jig in current. Down and across.

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Lol, We'll have to ask that guy the compensation he got for the Gizzard Shad record.

It would be GREAT if there was a way to get that recognition without the fish having to die for it. Yes, its just a fish, but I wouldn't kill a big ole fish just to get a state record. That's just me though.

I've got a pair of REALLY beat up Chota's that have all things considered have really held up well. They have nearly doubled in price since I last bought a pair, but they are still on the inexpensive side of things. They are felp so keep that in mind if you are planning on fishing MO.

It's not the 79 lbs per se, but the weight out there on the ends of the lever that makes it tough. My 65 lb Tarpon120 is a lot worse than the 49 lb Tarpon 100. I'm looking forward to picking up the Coosa, but I wont be getting the Coosa HD.

Hey John, How flexible is your employment suituation? You will want to re-locate to Mountain Home after you fish the White River. And the White is just the tip of the iceberg. Lakes, creeks, and rivers. More fishing with in a 2 hour drive than any man can ever hope to fish.

Shame, Shame, Shame. I'm just kidding, just keep fishing whatever it takes. I have no experienxce with solo canoes and double bladed paddles, but lots of people do ; You'll get your answer from them.