TheRustyHook

You'll be surprised at what you will catch and where. I have caught bream and bass out at lobo. Of course always on accident and never in numbers

Website looks like they jacked their prices up a little

Alright folks I have a question. I am looking for a boat that I can take my Dad out on consistently and have him feel safe and comfortable. Now here is the situation, I can do jumping jacks on a 14 foot flat bottom of any width and I'm okay, in fact the less stable the vessel the more of the challenge to fish and stay dry the better ;). That's a bit sarcastic I suppose. Alas, my father is a bigger dude than me at 6'10" around 400 pounds, and is 63 this year so accessibility is becoming a huge issue for us. Add to that my 250 pounds and a couple of grand-kids and we topple most recommended weight limits. We rent a long fiberglass shawnee on the White, from time to time and he does ok, but he can't stand up or move around on these boats anymore, which ends up being rather taxing on his bones. SO ...Whats a good boat that can handle the added weight and still efficiently and comfortably fish our water systems. I would like something that can fish both the tail waters and the lakes but I know that vessel likely doesn't exist. Anyone out there had any modifications done to vessel or know any models that can accommodate this?

you will have difficulty finding wadable water with current flow conditions. Areas will be more accessible at night when energy demand is less and generation will be reduced or halted.

simple drift rig, 1/8 ounce bullet weight in most flows hung above a simple small swivel connected to a 12"-18" leader tied to an in-line spinner attached to a size 6 or 8 hook baited with a nightcrawler, shrimp, or meal worm and 2 powerbaits to slightly float it off the bottom. I find the bullet weight rolls well across the bottom. You will probably lose a few in-line spinners, but they are usually pretty cheap green 4 pound trilene is my favorite line.

Great way to beat the crowds and the heat!

saugeye tend to be much darker and have a different eye angle. Your right it would totally be a huge saugeye.

Looking at the picture, a big stud fish like this could have had 3-5 years more in the river. But who's to say. Seeing fish like this gets people excited! Hell im heading to quarry dam tonight because of this picture that I saw last week. Great catch, great story, and another will grow in its place.

I did the same thing last week, was there anyone else wisining up out there with you ?... I really am surprised in the summertime that we don't see hundreds of anglers lining the shore with spotlights. The night bite is always a good time! Is that a walleye or a saugeye?

Excellent... just plain outstanding

Spent friday night at JFK...Lots of good gin clear water pumping out. If you can get out in a boat any natural colored streamer was getting pretty good midday takes. I didn't do well from the bank throwing jigs, but I waited to till flows quit around 1:00 a.m. caught a couple around 3:00 a.m. The generation began full bore at about 8:30 a.m. If you time it right you can start at jfk and fish until the horn blows then drive over to swinging bridge and fish till about 10:30.

Where's the best place to camp at the Norfolk and be able to fish at night?

There is a new resort called red river adventures right on swinging bridge. Went in to the bait shop, they were nice. Thats all i know. It looked like they had hookups.

Rivers and alluvial formations are very much organic ever-changing systems. Big river systems like the Arkansas and Mississippi have drastically different riparian zones from year to year. Over the course of thousands of years, rivers ebb and flow in different areas naturally. I really feel our attempts to severely impede natural erosion (like that from continual reduced precipitation) is an act of futility. We want the river to flow in the direction we are used to seeing it. We want the same banks and the same holes to fish out of, but the truth is after every large flood, theres usually some new spot or formation, a random change providing additional habitat. Its give and take always, but we could save a lot of big money by letting the rivers navigate themselves. Now that doesn't mean we don't need to reduce the unnatural erosion. Bank erosion from land clearing or human bank traffic, boat wakes, wading disturbances...of course, we can reduce and learn to responsibly limit our interference. We honestly don't know what the ozark looked like 500 years ago, and how the climate may have changed them from 500 years before that!

This is the same guy that gets pissed when their is a foursome on his butt at the golf course. Calm down dude! You will enjoy fishing a lot more when you relax. Talk to the guide, they make their living off of being incredibly personal. I'm sure that if you communicated your feelings in a more effective manner they would probably resolve any problem they have with you. and P.S. don't be a douche, fish the spawn responsibly.

Green trilene 4 pound test changed my trout fishing experience!! For beginner I found that fluorocarbon tended to be more difficult to tie and is usually close to double -sometimes triple the price of mono. The real answer, is DONT QUIT!! Every time you go out you will learn a little more and discover something just a little different, pretty soon you will have your own favorite method, but you'll never figure it out if you aren't on the water!

we don't get the aerial acrobatics out of the browns, but they dive deep and pull hard!

Even closer to Texas is the lake greeson tailrace. Usually referred to as The little Missouri river it is a really fun site. I haven't gotten to fish it since the Albert Pike campground flooded out a handful of years ago. Its in the vicinity of Murfreesboro and in a really pretty part of the Oauchita mountains.

I have to say st croix does a fine job around $100... How do folks feel about Loomis rods post shimano buy out?

Keep an eye on the generation schedules. This is the time of year when the weekends tend to kick up generation. I just got back from an awesome day of wading they opened up on unit about 12:00 p.m. I was able to fish up to cow schoals till around 2:30 p.m. with a hot san jun worm bite. The rain is what really kills me! tough to fish on muddy water!

Horrible stuff... definitely wash all of your equipment. it propagates really easily from stream to stream.

Thats why I would never want to to attempt a multi day trip without knowing some safe campgrounds or areas to be able to pull up to. Im even wary of the buffalo if there is a slight chance of rainy weather.

Ive been caught lolly gagging before and not checking a rock or a bag that i put on the edge of the water and in 45 minutes I've seen it come up as much as 6 feet

thanks for the information btw!

Is it even possible to take the norfolk into the white? safely that is?