Wayne SW/MO

I just can't understand the boat testing. It makes no sense to me to use a riverine lake to test fast boats. One has to assume a certain number of people will be new at driving a faster boat, and to put them on a narrow lake where people drift or anchor is insane.

I suppose it depends Phil. I would think that two factors should possibly guide the information. One is how much pressure can the area absorb and second what is likely to be done with it. I don't know if it was word of mouth or the Internet, but during the peak of the Spring Crappie bite last year, you couldn't get in at the Long Creek ramp. One would think that a major arm on TR could hold the fishermen, but I don't know if people took it as Crappie biting on TR, or fish biting only on Long Creek arm. Taney seems stable, with not too much pressure, except in the tailwater on warm days, reports or not. Taney doesn't seem to be effected by reports because the bite rarely wanes. I think the reports do improve the Taney experience without hurting the fishing, but it is a stocked lake. The rivers, in particular Smallie rivers, can't afford anymore catch and keep fishing. I'm not against sharing some information details on the rivers, but I won't post beyond whether its good or bad.

Larry's at Bennett Spring's East end had them up to a 100 in a package. If you get down that way, or you might call them on Friday, Sat. Sunday to see if they can ship, if they still sell them

What part of Texoma do you fish?

You need to post, attention Powerdive or Table Rock, with that question.

Flat Creek is the creek coming in on the west side of the James river arm, its about in the center. Whether it is of any consequence or not will probably depend on whether we have a normal Spring rainfall, or better. There are runs in Swan Creek and Beaver Creek on BS, but they need the same rainfall.

Great, now we need the MDC to stock Bull Sharks and the conversion will be complete. One would almost think that the Real Estate moguls in Branson aren't fishermen, but thats just a guess. Welcome to Lake X.

Best thing I've seen is Zyban, or the generic Welbutin. The advantage is that they can be used longer and in a way that fits your personality. Your Doctor can prescribe them for you. I hope the Hypnosis works for you, but it didn't for the half dozen I've known who tried.

Except for outlet 1 and sometimes 2, it leaves a lot to be desired. I've never had much luck with the water that high.

Bud grabbing is snagging. Normally its done in clear water, around here Roark, Bull and Swan are popular, maybe others, and most do it in such a way that Suckers are the only target. Occasionally someone doesn't care and they snag other fish. I saw a guy last year on Swan targeting Whites, and he did a number on them. Blind Grabbing is another way to snag a lot of illegal fish to get some legals.

You can fish at the Finley Creek Park in Ozark. Lots of Lily pads, but it can be done. There's also some bank access at Springfield lake. I don't know how good the fishing is, but they might help you at Bass Pro.

Thats were you grab fish and hope they're Suckers. Some do it when the Whites are running, and then throw the Whites back bleeding, to die most likely.

We may be thinking of different "powerline Coves". I'm thinking just north of the Arkansas line on the west side.

Bob's probably got the best assortment of sizes. I don't know what his hours are now, but you can check by phone to see if he's open. 1-417-546-4704

I fished it with jigs for about an hour yesterday, but no luck. It is really low and even a White headed professional fishermen didn't catch anything while I was there. It was nice to watch him though.

I've threatened to poke around it, but haven't, one of these days. The road across from Wal Mart is Forsyth, if I'm on the same page with you. How about Turkey creek, is there anything up it?

When we're searching, and moving, Powerline seems to produce more Largemouths than Crappie for us. never been quite sure why that is, but there have always been better Crappie coves for us.

I have often wondered how effective it would be on TR. I know its said to be very effective on Dale Hollow, which I'm told is similar to TR in structure.

I suspect that with gigging and canoe traffic, the Niangua might be better above Bennett than below. I agree with Bill the population increases as you go North from the spring branch.

If the Forsyth store is closed, you can go straight ahead on 160 a couple of miles to Bob's, on the right toward the top of the hill. He always has a good selection of minnows.

Is there a list of all the public accesses, both free and fee?

Those are very popular in the NW Phil. Another thing you can do with hollow core is put a dropper of heavy mono and then pinch the lead on it. If it snags, it will pull off the dropper line.

I'm not familiar with Buster's choice either. My choice is a medium action, 5'6" pistol grip with a 100b Curado loaded with 15/4 Power Pro. I like the short rod because I work with the tip close to the surface, this with the braid allows me to keep a reasonably short straight line on the pause. A fish will usually take a jerk on the pause, and because of this, and the fact that they often take the lure sideways, I think I get a better look at whats happening with this setup. I don't like mono because its hard to get it to lay straight, especially in the cooler temps that I prefer jerks.

No water at the pothole. As far as Walleye the end of Feb. and early March, K-Dock might not be a good as Beaver, and if there's water, River Run.

I only got about a 1/2 inch. But I didn't get a tornado, and that was a good thing. I wasn't paying attention, so had one touched down, I didn't have much time to prepare.