fishinwrench

Unlike other "carp" they certainly aren't opposed to holding in current, that's for sure. Below Bagnell I have seen them just relaxing in current that my trolling motor couldn't hold the boat in.

Well done. Would like to see the report when you're done. Good luck.

There have been a couple (at least) caught on trotlines in LO but I don't know of anyone that has seen or heard of any more than that. The bowfishers haven't mentioned seeing any above Bagnell to my knowledge. Of course the Osage below Bagnell is ate up with them to the point that they probably outnumber gamefish there.

I do a lot of evening flyfishing for white bass here on the lake, the Bat Hatch is a common occurrence. Haven't caught one (probably because I'm using hooks too big for them to eat) but I have had them bite my leader many times during a cast. If you don't check your leader/tippet after it happens you are likely to break off on the next hookset. Sometimes they will chase your fly right into the water and drown themselves. Purple martins will do it also.

There is a difference between skipping a bait with spinning gear, and shooting a bait with a heavier pitchin rod, which is also different from "shooting" crappie jigs. There are 3 completely different methods. The type of "shooting" I was referring to is done with casting gear using a pitching style cast, using heavier line and baits.

It can be learned in a day, and perfected in a single season. When you take a break from it however, like I do when I put down the gear and pick up the flyrod for months at a time, it can take a day or two to get yourself tuned in again back to the point you were before you set it down. It will also set you back a few clicks when you switch rods, swap reels, or even refresh the line on your reel. Not to mention switching baits. I can shoot a heavy jig, light jig, T-rigged tube, or a big 10" worm equally well.....but switching between either of those requires from 30 minutes to as much as 2 hours to get myself "tuned" again. Dion and others that make a living at it do it darn near every day and they stay tuned 24/7/365. He doesn't have to worry about wasting time idling 100 yards back to a certain dock and then "blowing it" with a bad shot that PINGS off a hoist arm or smacks the edge of a float, spooking every bass for 30 yards in all directions because he's tuned in before he ever even steps up on the deck. He doesn't have to start 4 docks away just to make sure he has it right before he gets to the money shot. One misconception that a lot of guys have starting out is that they need to use the lightest bait they can get away with, and that's not at all true. Heavier baits give you more control and allow you to use the above water edges of a dock/cable/hoist as a fulcrum of sorts to control the trajectory of the bait as the momentum carries it to the target. So it truly isn't as mysterious and complicated as it looks, but don't expect to be able to throw crankbaits or spooks, buzzbaits, ect. For 2-3 hours....and then expect to immediately pick up your pitchin rod and shoot a jig into a 4" crack 10-15' back under the dock confidently without making a bunch of racket and blowin' the first 10-20 shots. Ya gotta get yourself and your gear dialed in on a dock that doesn't mean anything to you BEFORE taking shots on the dock where you think a good fish should be. Another thing to remember is that it seldom takes an amazing shot (as far back under there as you can possibly get it) to get the bite, so as much fun as it is to fire a bait WAAAAY back in there, there are gonna be times when that is not at all necessary. Times when getting it back just a few feet and doing it QUIETLY does the job just fine, or even better. If you are shooting a row of shallow docks and notice that you are spooking turtles and cranes that are 2 docks away then it doesn't matter how far under those docks you can shoot a jig. Just some things for y'all to chew on, hope it helps.

I suppose the mention of a jackhammer and some wheelbarrows would get ignored, so I might as well pass.

I've never had much success with heavily weighted fly's. I prefer to pull it down via weight the leader, but TETO.

Biots maybe.

Yeah I know! I can't say "g/f" anymore or Ronnie will undoubtedly show up to correct me

No doubt in my mind.

Well hurry up before my new wife finds a shoe store !

Yeah a cool snap won't shut them down like it does on a lake. Get in before the leaves start falling like crazy though if you can. A blanket of leaves makes smallie fishing suck for awhile....especially with fly gear.

It probably CAN be done in an hour but I wouldn't bet on it. I'll never forget the crap I had to go thru, and all of the hourS I had to spend on hold just to get a freakin' form sent to me after my business got wiped off the map by a mid-March tornado. I kept getting the "so you are terminating the business and surrendering your FEIN status, correct?" NO! I am not terminating the business. I will be resuming business asap, but all of my 2005 records (soon to be due) are gone. "I see, well just submit an average from the previous 2 years and include a notation". OK, but my records of THOSE are gone also, can you provide me a copy? "No I cannot". So what step do I take now? "Call THIS number....." That scenario played out 4 times I think. And that was Federal. Then came the State.... Who became so put out by the whole thing that they issued me a absolutely REDICULIS "lead acid battery tax" bill that amounted to over 12x what I estimated that I had ever earned from selling batterys since I began dealing in them, apparently as some form of cruel punishment. Taught me a lesson though, as I NOW guard those papers moreso than I guard the tools, books, and inventory that keep me in business. Aaaaaand, I'll never sell another battery as long as I live.

I'd be more inclined to believe they didn't withhold anything and paid cash. Can't imagine that any W-2's were sent out, or expected.

I can't let Ness get away with this. I'm in. I can spare a buck or two for Rick J. as well. I'm a softy for public enemy #1, what can I say.

Gotta pay them taxes! We've got brown people in other countries that we need to bomb....and then clean up the mess afterwards. That $#it takes MONEY ya know!

Very impressive!

Well, a family has to eat and have a place to lay their head too. I have a hard time believing that Circle J generated enough yearly income to support much more than 3-4 humans. It isn't uncommon for folks to get trapped in a poverty level business. Kinda sad to hear the IRS and county law teaming up to end all hope. I can't help but wonder if the seizure motive has to do more with the wireless tower site than with any tax deficit.

The location and topography of that piece of land is less than desirable, but I'm sure one of the land snatchers in the area are prepared to write a check.

An IRS command center?!!! What in the world...? Are they doing a county-wide sweep, or something? Yikes!

Good thing hunters don't walk off and leave their guns like that.

What a big pretty bow!

Pretty sure he has a total of 90 days. Don't let those basturds push good folk around too much. It ain't like they "invested" anything.

Or else.... What ? Loose it? Don't think so. Sounds like an opportunity for a month or two of free rent.