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Was this a living organism? Looks like something I flushed this morning.😁

Whatever............

It was on the boat when I bought it..........

Cool... nice to know. I always went out with the castnet during flounder season and the mud minnows were the "flounder candy". Never knew there were multiple species.

Wow, after reading all this I am amazed at how many minnow species there are in the rivers up here. Back in south Texas we had mullet and mud minnows (killifish) and that was about it... but then maybe there is multiple species of the killifish???

That rainbow hasn't missed many meals.

That was back when I had to work for a living.😜

It was out of warranty period.

The 140 was 1982 model on a 20 foot Mako offshore boat and yes there was hour meter in the console. A connecting rod broke and destroyed the powerhead. The dealer gave me a pretty good deal on the 150. Fortunately the issues with the 150 were covered under warranty.

Well I'll make a challenge on the 4 stoke reliability. I put just over 6 thousand hours on a Suzuki 140 4 stoke and it was still running when I sold it. Back many years ago I had a 140 V4 Evinrude that crapped out at 200 hours. Replaced it with a 150 Evinrude 150 V6 and had nothing but problems... 2 lower units replaced and then powerhead issues. Guess that is why OMC and their savior BRC-Etec are no longer in the outboard motor business.

SWPA has been running all 8 units at Bull Shoals Dam the last few days and I imagine they will continue the big releases for at least a couple more weeks. The lake is around 10 feet into flood pool. This limits the amount of wadeable water but there are still a few places to safely wade. I launched the boat at Wildcat around 11 this morning and ran to an area that has been holding lots of trout. Fishing was good again today with many rainbows, a couple of browns and this fat rainbow. I lost another big one that looked to a big brown. I was using a ruby midge tied on a light wire hook and the brown took a long run taking me into the backing and straightened the hook when he got across the current. It was a fun day as most the fish I caught were sightcasted to. BTW, the rainbow in the pics took an olive mop fly.

I caught the same trout 3 times within an hour. He had a very distinct heron scar on his back.

I launched the boat at Rim Shoals this morning and ran downstream to a gravel bar that is usually good fishing on the 3 unit flow we had today. Caught some nice rainbows, one 16" cutthroat and this nice brown. He put up a good fight on my 4 weight and made two jumps that totally cleared the water. I was using an egg/midge combo under an indicator and he took the egg. The rainbows seemed to prefer the midge today.

I have seen groups of grass carp on the White that were huge. Some of them looked to be in the 20-30lb category. Also see them on the Spring river.

Very nice rainbow.

It's good to see folks getting together after a year of hibernation.

Well ya'll missed a great time at Natural State Fly Shop. Great weather, great gumbo and as advertised, lots of BS and nice folks. Next time you get to Cotter stop in and chat.

Forgot to mention that if any of you guys are around Cotter tomorrow, my friend Bruce and his shop manager (Bob the bobtail cat) at Natural State Fly Shop will be hosting a fly tying, BS story telling session and some other fun things. Also some great gumbo starting at 3:30 tomorrow, just bring your own beer. Always fun and lots of BS. If you want the lowdown on fly fishing around Cotter follow Bruce's Facebook page. As always there will be the "Usual Suspects" in attendance.. 14) Natural State Fly Shop - Posts | Facebook If you have driven thru Cotter, I think you have seen Bob. he thinks he owns the place.

SWPA showed the flows going to minimum at noon today so I headed to the dam C&R area. Got there at 12:30 expecting the water to be low, but nope... they dropped it to about 60mw or 1 1/2 units. I walked up to a shoal that is fishable at that level and caught some nice rainbows on an egg/midge combo under an indicator. Then at 2pm I noticed they shut 1 generator down and in about 15 minutes there was minimum flow. As soon as that happened the caddis started coming up. No swarms but enough to get the trout interested. Had fun the next couple hours with an elk hair caddis dry. Caught or missed about a dozen with a couple of decent ones in the mix. I had a few misses where I set the hook too quickly and pulled the fly out of their mouth. It's hard to remember to let them take it a second or 2 before setting. Always takes me a trip or two to get the timing back. Anyway it was a fun afternoon and perfect weather (except for the wind).

The Supreme L60 is 60" wide per their specs. Supreme Boats L60 | River Boats | Supreme & Shawnee Boats

Apparently many of our local redneck boat builders here on the White river are partial to tunnels these days. Seems most of the newer models have tunnels. I posted a couple of random pics earlier but here is a more concise list and better pics. As I said before, I haven't been in a tunnel jet but there must be a reason these guys are building them. 1. Supreme 207xp 2. Supreme L60 3. Xtream 4. Topwater 5. XX River Jon

Here are the results. He won by 10lbs. tournaments | Bassmaster

My daughter calls it the Squirt Boat.

Earlier you talked about "jet props".. Is it a jet or a prop?? Kind of an oxymoron like "jumbo shrimp"😀 Just kidding.... this thread is fun.

Perhaps the prop engine gives him the maneuverability needed to make those tight turns. I know my jet rig doesn't do tight turns very well. At any rate it was apparently "cute" enough for him to win the tournament and $50k.