Don Allenbaugh

Got this the other day right behind my house. Waiting for my wife to get in the boat and made a blind cast and the fish gods were with me.

flood insurance will pay for "any" water damage. Baxter county will not participate in the National Flood Program because they would have to do something to help prevent flooding and they do not want to spend the money. I lived in a flood zone in Florida and had flood insurance, it was required to get a mortgage. The problem is that the rates have gone up in FL so high that a lot of people have to move. You pay according to the flood zone your insured building is located in. I had to have earthquake insurance here in Gassville when I had a mortgage, go figure.

Clay, the guy you talked to is Sid Phillippi from Rogers who has a place on our street. A real nice guy. My place is the cedar house with the cement access beside it. Phil, haven't heard anything about holding the water.

Two things> 1-they are supposed to generate 6-8 around the clock until the 18th of March. This is according to info I got yesterday from the AGFC who had talked to the corps as they have a job in progress at Norfork. 2-Clay, the brown you are holding is one of several that are in that hole. The hole is in my back yard. I live in the cedar house that is right beside my ramp, and right where you took your picture. I had a 10 lb brown that lived in that hole for about 2 years along with 2 5 lb largemouths (unbelievable) but they left this past winter.

After you have eaten there you can say "I had my meat smoked at the Blue Pig". Ate at the Blue Pig today for the first time. Excellent ribs, sausage, chicken, potato salad and baked beans. Some of the best BBQ I have had in quite some time. Prices are reasonable (2 meat plate for $11.00), decor is clean and neat, staff very friendly and helpful and everything we had was extra good to excellent. Highly recommend when you are in the Mountain Home area. Go east on 62 from the Wally world plaze for about 3 1/2 miles. Blue Pig is on the left (North side of the road) right before you get to Fred's Fish House. KTs is closed so I figured I would try them out (they have been open for about 6 mos or so). Good decision. Not NC, SC, Memphis, KC BBQ, a little like Tx but really all Arkansas.

No I had no damage to speak of. I was actually standing at the ramp on my property when I saw wall cloud. I ran up to the house and on the proch and watched it go north of me by 3/4 mile. Here are some pictures of KTs.

Here is what is left of Lettys. Will get a picture of KTs and send it later. I live at the end of the road that Lettys was on.

For the three gentlemen I met at Rim Shoals on Sunday afternoon. It was a good day. I caught 3 fish on my first 5 casts at the downed tree as you walk in and continued to do almost as well until I left. I was back in my vehicle at 4:20 and on my way home with 42 to hand and probably another 12 or so LDRs. I never changed a fly, they were all caught on the same fly I showed you. Hope you did as well at the park. Keep in touch. Perhaps the next time you come down I can show you a few secret holes (of course they will be John Berry's secret holes not mine). That OK John? Buddy missed Ellie today.

See: http://ago.mo.gov/Concealed-Weapons/Concea...ty-Missouri.htm Also see: http://www.asp.state.ar.us/divisions/rs/rs_chl_law.html My read of these two sites is that yes they do.

Forrest Wood was President of the Arkansas Cattlemen's Accoc at the time of the lobbying and was also president of the AGFC board at the time. He was interviewed by a local writer in the local sucker wrapper (Baxter Bulletin) and in the article proposed minimum flow as a plus for the fish. I called the writer and gave him five questions to ask Wood concerning pollution, DO content, loss of places for bank fisherman, so called benefits and his being associated with river boats but Wood refused to comment on any of them to the writer. I then emailed Wood for comment and he did not reply. I guess he didn't like any of my questions.

Does anyone know of any study or report that has been done anywhere after minimum flow has been established on a tailwater? I have not been able to find one. As far as to who it will benefit it does seem a little odd that 3 million dollars was spent by Tyson Chicken lobbying for minimum flow. The Arkansas Cattlemen's association also spent 1 and 1/2 million lobbying for minimun flow. These figures were supplied by a rather knowledgeable local guide and boat builder. In addition Forrest Wood was the biggest individual proponet of minimum flow on local tailwaters. Could it be dilute the pollution and ride over it in a boat?

A merry Christmas to all the ozark anglers. Take a moment and set back and enjoy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGrhzCgy_bg

Saw this and had to post it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

I think it is a good idea. I have updated mine. If anyone sees me on the river or anywhere else, stop me and say "a good ozark angler day to you".

Have the Shawnee "commissary" 48 inch boat. Stable and I love it. Have a 20 hp jet and can go anywhere on the river with no generation. Yes you do get grass etc but just knock it out. Reverse works like the reversers on a jet passenger plane. Hard to manuever in reverse but you get used to it.

I put rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and spray away. Always works for me.

Danionark, I believe you meant to keep the second paragraph off. The area from the dam to the state park is CLOSED FROM NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBURARY 1 TO ALL FISHING. NO FISHING. Sorry Danionark I reread the article and you are correct. You can fish in the state park area but it will be catch and release. Brain f_ _ _!

My friend "Buddy" enjoyed meeting Ellie. I hate to disagree with you but the hot fly was the "D B" (don's bug). I quit right at 50. It was enjoyable having the Rim to ourselves. How did the "grasshopper" do after I left?

KTs is better than it used to be. They now have sausage and it is excellent as all of their meals are.

The Thai resturant across from WalMart is no more. They had a sign up a couple of weeks ago saying they hadn't renewed their license. Called this morning and the phone has been disconnected. Had great Thai food.

Jenkins shoals and the island above Jenkins have been hot and heavy for the last couple of days also. My neighbor and I fished the island yesterday and I took 35 fish out of one hole without moving once. If they continue to give us some wading time the fishing should stay good.

The following is from the Lousiana sportsman: Judge rules much of Mississippi River off-limits to anglers By Andy Crawford August 31, 2006 Print Email to Friend The right of outdoorsmen to fish and hunt on navigable waters was issued a stunning defeat Aug. 29 when a federal judge ruled that the public has no “right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River.” U.S. District Court Judge Robert G. James ignored recommendations from his own magistrate in ruling in a case pitting a group of anglers against East Carroll Parish Sheriff Mark Shumate over the legality of trespassing arrests stemming from their fishing on Mississippi River flood waters in Northeast Louisiana. “This is gigantic,” said Mark Hilzim, president of Restore Our Waterway Access, Inc. “He has opened up Pandora’s box. If I read that (ruling) right, does that mean nobody has the right to fish above the low-water mark? “Every fisherman in the country needs to pay attention to this.” U.S. Magistrate James Kirk had earlier this year recommended that the arrests of the anglers involved in the case be thrown out. James requested the recommendation. “(T)he sheriff did not have probable cause to arrest the plaintiffs because the sheriff should have known that the plaintiffs were legally authorized to be upon the waters,” Kirk wrote in April. “The sheriff was required to know that the Mississippi River is a navigable river and that federal and state law … has long recognized that the public has a right to use those waters to their full extent. “Because the arrests were without probable cause to believe an offense had been committed, the sheriff violated the Fourth Amendment rights of the plaintiffs and is answerable to them for any damages they have sustained.” Kirk admitted in his ruling that federal law (U.S. Code 33, Chapter 1, Section 10) doesn’t explicitly provide for the right to recreationally hunt and fish, but cited Congressional acts in 1811 and 1812 to back up his final recommendation. “A condition of its admission (to the Union) was that the Mississippi River and all navigable rivers and waters leading into it ‘shall be common highways and forever free,’” he wrote. “This court takes judicial notice that the Mississippi River was navigable in 1812 and remains so today.” However, James came to the opposite conclusion, hanging his hat on Kirk’s admission that U.S. Code 33 doesn’t actually mention hunting or fishing. “(T)he court adopts (Kirk’s) recommendation to the extent that 33 U.S.C. (Chapter) 10 and the federal navigational servitude do not provide the plaintiffs with the right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River,” James wrote in his ruling. “However, … the court denies to adopt Magistrate Judge Kirk’s recommendation that the plaintiffs have a federal common-law right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River, up to the high-water mark, when it floods privately owned land.” In seeming contradiction, however, James also ruled that the “Walker Cottonwood Farms’ property (where the arrests were made) is a bank of the Mississippi River and subject to public use to the ordinary high-water mark, as defined by Louisiana law.” But he then reversed course, ruling that the group of anglers did not “have a right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River up to the ordinary high-water mark when it periodically floods Walker Cottonwood Farms’ property.” Hilzim said it appears that James issued a very narrow interpretation of the law. “I’m not a lawyer … but the judge seems to be saying that the public has the right to navigate up to the high-water mark but not to fish,” Hilzim said. “The judge has basically said you can take your fast boat to the high-water mark, but you can’t fish. “You and I can take our speed boat or pontoon boat and drive around all we want, but we can’t fish.” Hilzim said the case is so sweeping that it could prohibit hunting and fishing on navigable waters across the country. “This ruling has the potential to end fishing,” he said. “It can apply to rivers, streams, bayous. Is that what this guy is saying? “This has a potentially profound effect on fishing.” Hilzim had yet to speak with ROWA’s board, but he expected the case to continue. “My gauge of the organization is that we will do whatever it takes to see this litigation to its conclusion, and if that fails, work with any interested parties to get the law changed,” Hilzim said. To donate to ROWA’s efforts, contributions can be mailed to the organization at P.O. 1199, Boutte, LA 70039.

It is bedrock and is very very slippery. So be careful.

Fox always has excellent information about fishing the White and Norfork and is always willing to share his knowledge. I met Fox several years ago on the Norfork and spent about an hour talking with him. I learned more in that hour about the local waters than I had in the previous 6 years. Keep up the good posts Fox.

Have talked with Congressman Barry's office and they are going to have a meeting with the corps office in Mountain Home to see if they can get a scripted message that will give us the information we need. Keep your fingers crossed.