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It was the right material, or at least it was supposed to be. Buzz and I split the cost for enough for both of ours. His is still on and we applied the same way. That and his yak is made of the same material. I think it was more of a design issue on mine vs. his. Either way, mine just didn't hold up like it should have. Although, the more I think about it, mine was exposed to the sun more than his so I know that couldn't have been great for it. It may have been what actually did it in. In the long run though I would recommend you get it done if you are keeping the boat for some time. Just don't let me apply it!

I think I might put one on there but be careful in what you get if you do. Mine came off on my yak in one season of use. I applied one that just didn't hold up very well.

I saw that the other day. Did they actually get born in OK or did they just migrate there from CO.? One county is in the pan handle not far from CO and the other is in the middle of the state on the KS border. Although Osage County is further in state so maybe it is true that they were born in OK. I guess I am just a doubter on whether or not they were actually born in OK.

So, my wife and I are taking a little get away the first of August and I suggested the White somewhere around Cotter to stay. That way she can go to all the flea markets around there and I can go fishing. Sounds like a win win for me I suppose. There are so many around there I was hoping some of you that have stayed around there before could chime in. I was looking at Rim Shoals, but that was just my first look since it is on the water and close to wading opportunities. We are going to take the dogs as well so there is that to consider too. Any info is appreciated.

Just had a small tornado touch down about a couple miles of our house this morning! I am at work and my wife and dog got into a closet to ride it out. Will have to check out damage when I get home. We didn't get any damage at our house so all is somewhat good here.

Rumor has it, the fishing is on fire!

My wife refuses to watch it. She had to go up there the day it hit and work from Memorial Hall (not in use now) for Mercy Hospital. She normally worked on Sundays, but didn't that day. She said she didn't want to relive all of that again. I am going to watch it sometime when she isn't around. At the time I always joked with her about leaving her car at the hospital that day. She was driving an Aveo, and it would have put that car out of it's misery! lol I just remember the day it hit you could hear sirens racing across the county and I live about 20 miles away. We knew something bad happened, but we didn't know until a little later what had really happened.

I went by there Saturday morning since it was nice and saw more cars and trucks in the parking lot than I did rigs (10C). Lots of people bank fishing, but not a lot getting caught from what I saw. Only saw one stringer, but those guys had been there all morning and said it was tough for those. Looked like a good day for fishing, but not catching. At least from what I saw. Looks like the Billetheads and Curtise did well though! Nice job on those BTW.

Well, that is a bummer for sure. I know last year I don't really remember seeing anyone post about whites on the James. I haven't been to Blunks or McCords in a few years now. I think the last time I was up there was about 4 years ago and I did alright, but nothing special to brag about. Dang it!, I might be forced to buy my OK license this year.

Oh, and he left the bear to rot where it was shot as well. My coworker did say he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

Has anyone been fishing for whites on the James yet? I know they are going strong on Grand Lake now so I figured they must be close on the James. Does anyone even go down to Blunks anymore and fish? I know they do, but do any of you go down there and fish? Thinking I might hit up the James in a couple of weeks if they are running strong up there. TIA

https://www.newstalkkzrg.com/2025/03/26/jasper-county-man-charged-with-illegally-shooting-killing-black-bear/ Heard about this last night on my way home from fishing. Got into work this morning and a guy I work with was asking me if I had ever heard of this guy. I said no, I don't think so, and then he preceded to tell me the guy is his cousin! Always been in trouble as long as he could remember. I have no idea if he will ever spend any time in Jail or not. Prosecutors around here are pretty weak on those things.

Flysmallie gets it! I grew up on all the classics and have seen many a concerts in my day. REO, U2, Scorpions, Starship, Van Halen, and too many others I can't remember! lol All were good, except Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, her concert sucked. First album I ever owned was Lynyrd Skynyrd double live and I wore the crap out of it! Just after so many years I have decided to listen to more newer rock and I like it!

Man, after finally going through a lot of this thread, I have come to the conclusion that a bunch of you guys on here are old! 🤣 I love a lot of the music that I have seen posted on here, but I also love me some new stuff as well. How about Dead Daisies, Pop Evil, Royal Republic, Highly Suspect, Velvet Revolver, Stan Qualen, Ayron Jones, I could go on, but you get the picture. I just get tired of the classics that I have heard since I was a kid. Oh yea, another one, Dirty Honey and the Black Mods.

My oh my, the ramps were busy this weekend down there. I was over that way on Saturday, so I decided to stop by and check out the ramps at Devil's Promenade and 10C. Both were extremely busy with rigs putting in and taking out. I will say though, I was disappointed to see guys cleaning fish right by the ramps and throwing the carcass right there on the bank. ☹️ Heck, even saw one guy feeding the black vultures as he was cleaning them from the table he sat up. So much for the idea of taking them out into deeper water or somewhere else. I saw a lot of white bass getting cleaned. Although I talked with a couple of guys who went down the trail to bank fish and they had only caught 3 all morning and it was around noon or so. Same with another guy I talked to as well. I didn't ask where the boats were catching them. I was too busy watching the circus of boats loading and unloading. I saw one guy drop off his wife and told her to drive down with truck to load him up. In the time it took her to get to the truck and get in line, there were four boats in front of her. That guy just stayed out there in the current running the boat waiting for her. I thought that was a little much since he could have just beached the boat and waited for her. He must have spent 20-30 minutes out there idling and waiting for her. I could tell he wasn't a happy camper! lol The time is now for sure.

I hear ya Ham. Wayne was an all around good guy and fun to fish with. Very knowledgeable as well.

Great day it looks like to me! Good way to have a birthday, out fishing. Happy b-day by the way. You must have found some slack wind upstream somewhere. At least the pics look like that. I bet that lake was white capping out in the open and closer to twin!

Well, I guess I have a great son after reading all of this! Heck he took me out for Breakfast yesterday and get this, he paid! lol He is 31 right now and after HS he went to Jr. College on the A+ program so that didn't cost really anything. While doing his 2 years he decided to join the National Guard. Smart kid, because my wife and I made too much to get him a grant and none of us wanted to sign for a loan. After completing basics in GA he came back home and started going to Missouri Southern, in which the guard paid for just about in full. Now he works full-time for the Guard and has moved up in ranks and pay. Now the flip side, his brother (my stepson), doesn't have a job and no real motivation to get one. Go figure.

Very true. I know I had just read where the game and fish were telling people this year not to clean near the ramps and if they did, take them out to deeper water. Deeper water at 10 bridge does mean they can show up after the water goes down!

Nice report. I thought about going but again can't make up mind on the license! lol Did you see any carcasses of bass by the boat ramp? Just curios on that one. I had heard that this year they were going to crack down on that so the vultures wouldn't have a smorgasbord to feed on.

Almost all the MDC access around here have big ruts in the parking lot where people do donuts in their trucks or four wheelers. Some of them I have seen have trash as well. Most are clean of trash, but the ones around here ALL have ruts in the parking lots though from a-holes wanting to do donuts. Just don't understand that one I guess.

Got my lifetime a few weeks back. Now I am set and don't have to worry about that now! Still can't decide whether or not to pull the trigger on the OK one. 30+ dollars more this year and I don't really go often enough so I'm not sure.

See, with me having relatives down there and all I probably would have known him or someone else that we both knew, and it would have been alright. That is just me however. I would like to point out though that there is only 4 bridges that cross that river upstream from Noel and at each one of them there is private property around them. If it was the low water bridge then you should have seen the signs. If under the interstate then I could understand because it isn't mark very well. If you were at the Pineville access then you had every right to be there. Although under that bridge it is iffy at best. The one at the low water bridge is the one the cops love to patrol in the summertime. K bridge I definitely wouldn't park anywhere around there unless I knew someone.

No, they won't make up the difference in the next stocking I'm sure. I was betting on them being dead before hitting the water, but you never know. I'm also sure they didn't want to take them back after they figured out what was going on.

Yeah, I got a couple of pics so I am going to reach out to them today and see what they say. I just heard back from Rick at MDC. There was a malfunction in the oxygen line when they transported them from RR. MDC was aware of it and told me only about a fourth of the stocking down there was like that. Some did survive, but not all. At least they owned up to it and are aware of the issue.