Wayne SW/MO

Cricket according to the VanPatten video it won't be hard for them. It doesn't sound to me like it will do much more than get someone past opening day. I wonder how the coating used to insulate tools would work.

I started fly fishing as a youngster bass bugging farm ponds. I've never had more fun with a flyrod.

I'm sure it depends, it was too wide and fast I think to do that when we we're there. It's not a do or die, you can always walk around the island if you're short. I felt good about the vehicle being on private for the period.

I'm one of the old fashion ones, 50/50 cornmeal and flour, S&P, pinch of garlic and red. I flour dry and straight to 360 oil, 3 min. And over. I only do fillets and generally US cat. If it ain't from here I don't eat it. I filter my oil by putting a coffee filter in a canning funnel that fits a wide mouth mason jar. I then leave the oil in the jars for later use. I've been told to add 1/4 fresh for reuse and I do. I also fry a piece of potato first to rid the oil of any flavors.

I was just thinking that no one targeted them, just not enough of them. The need for dark, high water, huge lures and perseverance allowed them to reach their potential. Why people would think that the black bass needs protection in this state or AR is beyond me. I've fished here for over 60+ years and I don't now where you can't catch them. BS doesn't have the structure to be a great bass lake. No one will run out of bass to catch, they just will have learn where they reside in the lake. Nothing will hurt the bass more than the walleye and they aren't going anywhere. I would like to know why stripers versus hybrids, size of the prey?

At the dam?

You have to paddle upstream about 100yds to get an angle on the other side of the island. He charged us $60 to ride to Rush, leave the vehicle at the resort and take out 3-4 years ago, a bargain. He's also familiar with the Buffalo and a wealth of information.

I suspect that both States feel more comfortable in a plan that gives good economic return on the large walleye investment they've made. Without figures I'm guessing, but I don't think BS gets all that much pressure. The big stripers would indicate that.

Country Mart has some tackle, bait, lures, etc. Not much, but maybe something needed. It's in the front window.

I've always assumed they meant the old watershed boundary under them. If you make a turn south in the dam area and boat over the old Long creek channel you would then be in Long creek.

I doubt that young male cats are exempt from looking for love in all the wrong places.

Putting in at Rush and taking out at Riley's Station is probably the shortest route. Time will always be somewhat dependent on the flow.

Have to ask where? Super duper would certainly be one I would pick also. Yellow crickhopper, the smallest, roostertails, black, yellow and rainbow. Always drifting power bait in the flavor of the day, generally a parfait.

That bridge is spooky, not really suitable for a drifter with a western stern.

It's rare that BS isn't flooded now and often most of the summer. It's also the oldest and has certainly changed it's environment and none of it is black bass friendly. It's hard to make a case against a fish that chases shad schools in open water as competitor against a hide and seek predator. The walleye would be a better suspect if one is needed. I hope they dump a bunch in, the spring run money wouldn't hurt on this end of the lake. Do some research, look at Texoma and Truman, maybe LOZ.

Lets add all the variables. BS never sees the same levels from spring to spring. I can't think of a worse lake in this area to try and use for an example. If the walleye don't change the equation, why would an open water feeder? BS will never be what it was, it's now the stilling basin for the White river lakes.

The water isn't normally deep and it doesn't take much to get down. Pinch your barbs, you won't lose any fish. Sand Springs X2.

Many lakes in this area have stripers, trying to mate an accidental stocking of a few fish to a decline makes no sense when lakes all around the area do fine despite continuous stockings. The fear I've heard expressed is the effect on the White, but that hasn't proved either.

They're c & r also so be kind to the native trout.

I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm just trying to understand how they establish whether or not this a phenomenon. I'm a skeptic first class in the theory of mans contribution to global warming, but not in the change itself. I do fear we're so egotistical that we believe if we're the reason it is happening we can exert some control. How much we contributed to the landslide might be questionable, but we might be better off preparing billions of creatures for the bottom. We don't seem to have much more than a feable attempt to stop the trickle of our involvement.

This has been a fun topic, but the bottom line is that root wads don't offer the type of lie a 'bow prefers. They're lazy feeders and want their food to come to them. A brown is different, but he'll chase.

It's not that hard to understand if you understand that there is no control of the population in the heavily populated western States.

It's simple J.D., without kittens and moms it would be speculation to say anymore. Of course speculation would remain that for about 24 hours before it became a mass invasion of a noninvasive species.

Cleats are a real pain out of the stream. I would suggest either strap ons or boots that have interchangeable soles. Don't forget that the good wading soles by their nature don't last, so there is some sound economics behind replaceable soles.

I was thinking more that they be helpful in vehicles, plastic boats and tile floors. The cleats are for moss.