Devan S.

Whats the record for a carp from a non-private lake?

I don't disagree with this most of the time but a large number of guys that think their doing someone a favor coming off plane aren't at all. They come off plane too late, push bigger waves by not really slowing to idle, then back to full bore before they really get by you pushing even more water. They end up causing 3 or 4 times the headache then if they would have gone by at 20-30 mph on plane and give you a decent berth. I can only think of a handful of locations from the state line down on the Kings that I can't pass someone at a reasonable distance on plane at a 20-30 mph speed unless your sitting dead center of the lake on a bend(think akin back) or the narrow channel just down from the 86 bridge or if the water is really low. Most of the spots I fish are above the bridge and in some cases the river is less than 150' across meaning legally just about every boat going by me should come down off plane and idle by. Since most of those guys run up to 50' of where I'm sitting, cut the throttle from 100% to 10%, power idle through, and get back on plane when their boat is even with mine, I would much rather them buzz me on plane at a lower speed and give me a friendly wave as they go by. Plus if they see me catch a fish 90% drop anchor right there and fish right on top of you. Don't get me wrong the best method is certain giving plenty of distance, getting to a true idle, and passing the people fishing before hammering down, but in practice very few actually go to that level in which case I wish they would just slow to a reasonable speed, stay on plane, and wave.

Man.....someone must be smuggling those thumpers up from Mississippi. Awesome.

I've got some S-wavers and some spro bbz-1. I throw them here and there but success has been limited. Like others some good looks but nothing earth shattering. I always try and target ambush points. Think large shallow boulders, shallow bluff edges, areas where I might throw a topwater over open water or timber, docks, ect. You get a heck of a splat with a bbz-1 or 168 or 200 swaver when the lure hits so I try to make mile long casts well past anything I'm targeting.

Pretty cool. I do have to give these guys credit....it appears through their pictures they generally do a heck of a job with fish care.

The only thing I use for Crappie is Bobby Garland Baby shads on a 1/16 jig head. Bluegrass is the color I use the most but I have 6 or 7 other colors.

I believe they did. However even with release boats they usually just motor out a couple hundred yards and dump them out in the middle.

This is the exact pattern we ran all weekend assuming that would be the ticket. Let me tell you 5-6 fish a day and 2 keepers over 3 days is rough when your slinging the arig......If I was smart I would have bailed Saturday and started chasing crappie or whites.

I bet Long creek will look like O'Hare next weekend. Solid stream of boats in and out.

Awesome fish

Nope not me....I had my brown carhart on all day and jeans.

Put the boat in at Hickory Hollow right about 7am already 6 trucks in their little lot. Blew the horn for all you OA one basser's as I went over the ER bridge. I had secretly planned to stop by on my way back through but the fish had other plans. Went straight to where I wacked the Walleye last week. Probably 5th cast had a 21"..........then the barrage of boats. One after another and if anyone sees you catch a fish they stop and drop in front or behind you and start fishing. Had it happen about 5-6 times today. Problem is this isn't fast and furious; its slow and a lots of nothing so they don't stick around long. I have yet to see someone drop in on me like that and catch these fish. Frankly if you aren't willing to park on them and beat them to death you may only catch one. Did have a gentlemen show up right after us that knew what he was after and using minnow. I'm not sure how many short Walleyes he caught but it was a bunch. Finished with 3 keepers between 18-21" and probably 7 or so short eyes. Also had 2 smallies. Decided to start working back down toward hickory hollow and wanted to work another channel drop with jerk baits and got into the whites. Switch rods and started flinging a rooster tail with the browning air stream rod and ended up with 18 whites. Its certainly not a flyrod but there fun on light tackle. One guy pulled up near by anchored up and pulled out the flyrod and he caught and caught and caught some more. Seemed like every cast from where we were at......I wanna get into a good flyrod bite like that one time. WT was in the 52-54 degree range just about everywhere I looked and there were boats out everywhere. This post has been promoted to an article

Go to Tim's fly shop at the top of the hill. He will tell you when, where, and how.

No joke, I feel good about being able to catch 7lbers but hes slaying them......Bill we were working our jerk baits exactly how you have explained over the years on here so thank you for sharing that knowledge....one of these days I'll give it up and book a trip with Buster and explore something besides whats in my backyard.

I have got to figure out the summer, fall, late spring fishing better. I have a short milk run I have confidence in but it doesn't usually lead to big fish. Might have a keeper here or there. The spring spawn run is where its at for me from January to about now. I have confidence and knowing they are higher densities in a small area that I just have to commit too until they bite.

I've got a goal of a double digit so I try and time it every year just to increase the odds. They were all in one single spot and it would come in a flurry with the Smallies mixed in. Almost like if you could make one mad enough to bite it would turn them all on for a 10 or 15 minute period and then we would go an hour or so without a bite.

My science is flawed yet you pull a graph without a numerical basis on the Y axis just "hotter and colder". Of which the scaling is marginal at best which is why 2 peaks of +5F line up on the first grid line but the +9F is over the second grid line. By the way.....here is a line from your own source. Though we should do whatever we can to eliminate polution and take care of our environment, the chart shows that Global warming and cooling will go on with or without mankind's involvement What you don't know is if the highs will be higher or the lows will be lower or what sustained level we are causing vs. what was available before. Also by the way......this chart is right above the one you posted on your stellar source. You know what that shows tons of CO2 dumped into the atmosphere has a causation with increase in global temperatures. Which is exactly were talking about reducing. Once again no numerical axis. Also here is the other chart below the one you posted which should align with the other I posted since they overlap time periods but once again no numerical axis to correlate the data between the graphs. That at best is a reason to question the data.

Put the boat in a day break both days at Hickory Hollow. Lots of boats out both days and did see some white/crappie caught although we never stumbled into any. Generally got off the water between 12-2pm. WT was in the 47-49 range. Spent most of the time pulling crawlers looking for a double digit walleye. Could not get a sniff on the harness so switched over to jerkbaits and found a bunch stacked on a channel roll off. Had 13 eyes on Saturday with a 7lb big one and half a dozen smallies maybe 1 keeper in the bunch. Went back to the same area Sunday and stuck to the jerkbait didn't catch as many or the same quality but still managed about 6 and a handful of smallies. Probably my best day targeting and catching walleye although we more or less stumbled onto them.

up 100 ppm over half a decade....problem is its not a linear rise we gain steam every decade and not doing anything is only going to exacerbate the problem(assuming of course you think its a problem). Still yet you view it as an absolute number yet it doesn't take a million PPM to be dangerous and you know that but it doesn't fit your narrative. Fossil fuel burning doesn't create just CO2 but other by products that in the 400ppm become deadly. The fact of the matter science has proven that these increase global atmospheric temperatures, it was laid out to you scientifically a dozen pages ago but you continue to stick your head in the sand and say but, but, but I've been through dozens of apocalypses before and nothing happened so humans can't be the cause of this. Scientifically we also know CFC's contributed to depletion of the ozone. Again its fact based in chemistry. Sure its a small localized spot and under certain conditions but it was still enough to change something. The fact that you continue to use other countries still pollute as rational is mind boggling. Many country's don't let women vote, still enslave minorities, crap in the streets, burn tires, and dump chemicals into water ways. I guess we should follow suit too right? Some of us also went to university and got degrees in science and engineering and work in relevant fields and get to see things first hand. We can see facts and data and discuss them without random political tangents. You harp about lowering your carbon footprint but there is tons of work going on all throughout the world by scientist and engineers to increase efficiency in cars, trains, planes, ships, household appliances, HVAC, powered electronics, and small engines all the while reducing harmful emissions. This isn't all about going out and buying an electric cars, going off grid, zero emissions, wind farms, or solar panels. Those are the flashy things being done sure but a lot of this work is about progressive improvements of 2, 3, 4% spread out over millions/billions of units worldwide to make marked measurable difference. You honestly take part in it almost daily.

The windmill is just driving a generator....identical to how hydroelectric, coal, natural gas, nuclear derive their power. The only difference is the medium used to derive the potential energy difference. Hydroelectric uses pressure differential of water, fossil fuels use BTU, nuclear uses heat from fission reaction. Most of these heat water, generate steam which is pressurized to turn turbines to turn the generator. Based on this logic alone if windmill life sucks to the point that it doesn't pay for itself but has zero input costs. Then wouldn't fossil fuels and nuclear power all have the same issues with life expectancy but also have a high input costs(they also have a significantly more support structure to maintain as well) MY guess is sub-par components(magnet wire, bearings), incorrect design of blades or gearing to get the speed needed to generate power, terrible maintenance, and/or bad journalism to push an agenda. Most of this isn't rocket science by any stretch of the imagination.

Bone stock sure. The motor windings in the Tesla are designed for maximum efficiency at a cruising speed of roughly 45 mph to increase overall battery life. As you drive those to faster speeds of 90 to 100 mph you begin saturating the rotor/stator iron to the point that bumping frequency or current does nothing for you. Change the windings/rotor/number of poles so your not trying to optimize for 45-55 mph and closer to that 80-90 mph and it will still absolutely destroy those cars off the line and at the higher speed. The Tesla wasn't designed to be a street legal race car. Its quick off the line as a simple matter of physics and using electric motors. To compare it against cars that may be bone stock but were clearly designed to be high output street cars is foolish but that fact of the matter is you line it up and it holds its own. The only reason combustion engines achieve the speed they do is due to a multi-speed transmission that acts to transmit power from a very narrow band. The electric motor doesn't need that. Its effective torque can be had at zero RPM all the way to the point that you saturate the rotor/stator. Couple the electric motor to a multi-speed transmission and once again it wouldn't be close (although you would probably be shelling transmissions left and right).

No multi-speed transmission to blow either.....put it to the floor and zoom zoom.

Your seriously not dense enough to think the hole in the ozone was a joke right? I mean that's only why we changed refrigerants and largely outlawed the use of CFC's right? Its a hoax though because we did something about it to stop it from getting worse. I used to drive to SA all the time for work. SWMO to SA is easily a 10 hr drive if you don't stop to pee at every intersection and don't get caught in major traffic in Austin, Dallas, NWA, Waco. Best part is is Tx 130 wide open low traffic and high speeds best part is I can go just as fast in a Nissan Altima and I don't have to blow all the extra money on a hemi so that I can puff out my chest every chance I get. Ultimately I fly now it takes less than 4 hrs to get there....I don't have the 20 hours in the car time....gotta get home to my fuggly wife and kid and get back to doing productive things.

Agreed. I probably wouldn't take a cross country with a Tesla, electric car, or gas car for that matter...but the majority of driving (outside commercial vehicles) isn't cross country. It's people commuting 20-30 miles to work, dropping off the kids at school, and getting groceries. Items that a 200-300 mile range would easily accomplish. For a buzz around town...I would absolutely take the Tesla....all that torque available @ zero RPM is nothing but fun.