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Predicting October is tough, it depends on the weather and water temps. The bulk of Beaver stripers spend the summer months within a few miles of the dam. After turnover (typically October), schools will congregate at/near the mouths of the major creek arms* all over the lake, but there's quite a bit of open water roaming while they get there. That pattern will hold till water temps reach the mid-low 50s, when they'll make morning/evening runs to the backs of those same creek arms. Everything Quill mentioned above is good advice. Find the large schools of shad on your graph and you'll be in the zone. If I had to start raw in October, I'd start trolling large circles just outside a creek arm mouth, working toward, and eventually inside the arm. If you find nothing, move to the next creek and do it again. *by major creek arms, I mean any cove/arm that's at least a half-mile long, regardless of whether there's active creek inflow or not.

Watching the Peoria Carp Hunters chase them with swords and DIY armor while water-skiing (on YouTube) is pretty entertaining.

Can't say I ever really clocked it. I'd call the automated generation report when I got to the ramp, if TR was generating, I headed for the nearest timbered outside bend and water was moving.

Used to spend a lot of time tied up/anchored drifting bait under slip floats, mainly mid-upper White. Really effective way to find and extract fish in the timber. If TR dam was pulling any water, I could drift 2-3 rigs out to 100ft in a matter of minutes. Pickup, move down, re-tie and do another stretch. The current carried the slip rigs even in opposing wind. It's subtle, but there way more than most folks realize .

If you are sight casting, or for sure were they are, throw a rattle trap 5-10' upstream, then try to take it away from them.

Run it thru a leaf shredder, stuff it in a pillowcase and call it a MyPillow.

You took one one those art-by-mail courses, didn't you.

Too much meth.

Will they let you out if you fart?

We're all waiting to die. Some are just in a bigger hurry. Me, I want the couch-bound giant that saw thru all the pranks of previous anglers attempts, but finally fell for mine. Anything less is just gettin' there.

I believe that honor actually goes to the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi). While on the endangered species list, and only found in lower-elevation Tasmania, they have been documented up to 13 lbs and can live 60 years. Added; The marron is another very large Australian crayfish, reaching 15" / 5lbs.

Too cool! Took a cruise on that boat on our Senior Trip in '76. At the time you could BYOB and put it in their cooler. I was near a guy burnin' a hootie when the bouncer came by and told him if he didn't pitch it over he'd be walking to Millstone.

Good stuff.

Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd fell on hard times and, after careful planning, broke into the local distillery to rob it. Unsure of what was in all the unmarked barrels, Daffy asked, "Is this whiskey?" "Yeth, but not as whiskey as wobbing a bank", replied Elmer.

Since you'll be answering the phone with it, keep it short and tongue-friendly. Peter Piper's Pickled Peppers could lead to problems ...

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Slip floats with cyalume sticks. Buy the smallest light sticks on Ebay for pennies. Crack 'em and use a tiny zip tie to attach to the upper float stem. Like runnin' jugs from the bank.

They're delicious, can't tell them from 'gills or redear myself. That said, most of the greenies I've caught end up on a 6/0 hook, waiting to be exchanged for a much larger, and every bit as tasty flathead.

'round here we call that fixin' to get ready. 🙂 Happy belated birthday Ham!

I bet that was one happy flathead. They love green sunnies.

It's out. Mavis' vocals are marvelous, and Levon says farewell. Mostly re-releases, some are better than the original, like Dylan's "Serve Somebody". Might be the last recording of Levon doing "The Weight". PDG.

FWIW, anyone using a VPN can present an IP address from anywhere in the world. I had my home PCs set to "random", till I started having difficulty with logins on a couple sites. Funny what programmed reactions you can get if your IP says Leningrad right now. Lincoln, Nebraska doesn't seem to raise any eyebrows though. On the other hand, those could all be legit IPs. What a wonderful time to be alive. I had a spam call yesterday that registered one too many digits... I know the telcos could block that if they wanted to.

Never fished the main lake, but the Quachita tailrace at the upper end can be really good for stripers and walleye this time of year.

I don't know of any instances in modern vehicles where fuel contacts rubber/poly diaphragms or hose. Outboard and small engine mfrs should learn that lesson.

'at's a big dadgum minner.