Phil Lilley

Good report- thanks.

John- you can buy a stamp and it's good till March 08. Have fun!

That's what I was afraid of... wind.

ok Firefox is acting up for me for some reason. The forum is working about half way. Some images aren't loading. Might have to reinstall.

Sleet here. None sticking to trees though. I wonder how Springfield is making out?

Next time down there take a pic of the signs and post them... it'd be interesting to see if it's posted or not. If not, I'd say you'd have a good chance before a judge to argue your case. It was nice that he let you off though.

Good weights... and some not. Some left early to beat the weather back to St Louis. But in the end, the winners we repeaters. Eric and Troy Willis of Branson caught one good trout- a 8.08 lb brown trolling a "salt water plug" in the downtown Branson area. They only weighed in 4 trout total for a 9.44 total. Second was a couple of guys who toughed out the day fishing above Fall Creek, landing 2 legal browns, 21 and 22 inch, 3.06, 3.28 and 6 other trout weighing at 8.90. Third was Slagle and Slagle, 6.30 and rounding out the money was John Hittler and Frank Dielt with 5.74 lb.

http://ozarkanglers.com/troutcam.php While the water is running, we'll watch people cleaning trout.

Anglers in the Springfield area may soon enjoy a unique opportunity to learn more in one day about catching walleyes than they could discover on their own in the next 10 years! Mid-South Walleyes is proud to bring walleye fishing legends and long-time In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Tour pros STEVE FELLEGY and JIM RANDASH into town for a full day of talkin' walleye. Both men are past PWT Champions, and offer a vast store of tips, tactics and techniques to help anyone catch more and bigger walleyes than they ever thought possible! Fellegy and Randash are versatile anglers, skilled in all of the techniques currently in use within the pro ranks, and are widely regarded as “the best in the business” when it comes to live bait rigging and reading electronics. Their lively, in-depth discussion will cover all aspects of walleye fishing, especially as it relates to fishing local lakes such as Bull Shoals and Stockton. The style is fun and highly interactive; questions are encouraged, and a great time is assured for all. “When Jim and I speak about how and where to catch walleyes, there’s no fluffy product promotion or the like,” said Fellegy. “We talk from the REAL world of walleyes. Our goal is to be sure that after spending the day listening to us and having us answer any and all questions that Mid-South Anglers throw our way, everyone can already taste the walleyes this seminar will net them!” This unique walleye-intensive seminar is open to the public and runs 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on January 27th, 2007 in the White River Room at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, MO. Cost is $45 per person, with a $5 discount to MSW members. Mid-South Walleyes, LLC, chartered in Springfield, is dedicated to advancing the sport of walleye fishing within the four-state area through education, environmental stewardship and conducting high-profile live-release tournaments. Meetings are held at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield on the second Thursday of each month. For more information on MSW and “A Day With the Legends,” please contact Bill Ackermann at 417-859-4539 or visit http://mid-southwalleyes.com. Drawings for numerous door prizes and a Bass Pro Shops 15% off coupon for the first 75 attendees!

Anglers in the Springfield area may soon enjoy a unique opportunity to learn more in one day about catching walleyes than they could discover on their own in the next 10 years! Mid-South Walleyes is proud to bring walleye fishing legends and long-time In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Tour pros STEVE FELLEGY and JIM RANDASH into town for a full day of talkin' walleye. Both men are past PWT Champions, and offer a vast store of tips, tactics and techniques to help anyone catch more and bigger walleyes than they ever thought possible! Fellegy and Randash are versatile anglers, skilled in all of the techniques currently in use within the pro ranks, and are widely regarded as “the best in the business” when it comes to live bait rigging and reading electronics. Their lively, in-depth discussion will cover all aspects of walleye fishing, especially as it relates to fishing local lakes such as Bull Shoals and Stockton. The style is fun and highly interactive; questions are encouraged, and a great time is assured for all. “When Jim and I speak about how and where to catch walleyes, there’s no fluffy product promotion or the like,” said Fellegy. “We talk from the REAL world of walleyes. Our goal is to be sure that after spending the day listening to us and having us answer any and all questions that Mid-South Anglers throw our way, everyone can already taste the walleyes this seminar will net them!” This unique walleye-intensive seminar is open to the public and runs 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on January 27th, 2007 in the White River Room at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Springfield, MO. Cost is $45 per person, with a $5 discount to MSW members. Mid-South Walleyes, LLC, chartered in Springfield, is dedicated to advancing the sport of walleye fishing within the four-state area through education, environmental stewardship and conducting high-profile live-release tournaments. Meetings are held at Bass Pro Shops in Springfield on the second Thursday of each month. For more information on MSW and “A Day With the Legends,” please contact Bill Ackermann at 417-859-4539 or visit www.mid-southwalleyes.com. Drawings for numerous door prizes and a Bass Pro Shops 15% off coupon for the first 75 attendees!

Started without a hitch this morning 8 am. 21 boats of which 3 are fishing "up". Some are weighing in early on account of the weather moving in and the need to get back to St Louis before the snow and ice hit. Water is much slower this morning- 3 units at 707 last time I checked. Our buoys are upright and visible. More later....

I returned your email... I guess you didn't get it. Come mid to late mornings, after our tournament starts. We should have it ready for you.

Sorry for the trouble... server is located in Lebanon, MO and they've had some ice issues too. And it seems the server's time is off a bit.

Water is still running ninety-to-nothing. But I've only had a couple cancellations for the weekend. They're still comin'.

Alltel. Never had anything else to compare it with. But it's works fine for me. Service is good too.

Worked a couple of hours today clearing tree branches at 3 homes in south Springfield. Worked with Tri-County Baptist Relief Workers. There's about 5 teams/trailers working the area. Tomorrow they'll be in the Nixa area. Tip of the tip of the iceberg... incredible damage everywhere. It will take months to clean it up. Here are some pics- They are and the are not picky about who works... they have you fill out a form and say you should have experience but they won't turn away help. They probably won't let you cut anything- they are picky about that. You have to go thru training. Not ice has melted... I saw up to one full inch of ice on branches- solid. It started to get alittle breezy at the end... I move my truck away from a tree and told others not to stand under any trees. Very spooky. Starting Sunday we will have rooms for anyone needing rooms. Spread the word.

I redirected a photo off snoops and I guess they don't like that... ergo the lime ugly face. You'll have to go to snoops and see it for yourself.

Bass Pro is supposed to get a semi truck load today or tomorrow- heard on Springfield radio.

Deposit- just the first night, not the whole thing. Fishing off the dock is good if the water is not running or running alittle... not right now. Fly fishing can be done off the upper end and zebra midges work well if they are midging- or a jig and float. No wading though.

Never heard of this show... thanks for posting it.

OK- I'll have Lisa call our people in the hat business tomorrow and see what we can come up with. Do you like the logo we have now? We can always do another one later. Our hats run about $6.50-7.00 plus setup charges which is ???? I don't know. I think you'll pay about $11-12 with shipping when it's all said and done. If you've seen our hats, they are pretty classy.

Now you'll never know if I did that on purpose to see if you'd catch it or it was a typo...right?!?

Interesting... But you know- this pic still doesn't show everything. If one were to fall from the jump, it appears one could roll off the connecting ledge and fall ??? feet. Illusion or not, it made my stomach tighten. Thanks for the link to snopes though.

I was having SO many problems with netscape I finally took my internet buddy's advice (Jim Turner) and switched to FireFox. He said I could import all my important info from netscape brower like bookmarks and such over easy (I didn't really believe him cause he's such a wizz and all). He also said FireFox has a email program like netscape that I could do the same and import all my addresses and emails over to Thunderbird... I thought that has to be difficult! Bottom line- it was all easy as pie. No more lockups and FireFox is really much friendlier. Even has a spell checker no matter where you are tying... like here on the forum in this text box which is really cool- if you care about your spelling. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ is the link. My stats say that 2% of users use netscape, 25% use Firefox and the rest explorer. If your use IE now and don't have 7.0, you should upgrade.

Steff sent me this and I thought it was interesting enough to post - - This is scary! This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following photographs were taken by photographer Hans van de Vorst at the Grand Canyon, Arizona. The descriptions are his own. The identity of the photographer IN the photos is unknown. I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock IN the Grand Canyon. The canyon's depth is 900 metersAN> here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and safe. Watching this guy on his thong sandals, with a camera and a tripod I asked myself 3 questions: 1. How did he climb that rock? 2. Why not taking that sunset picture on that rock to the right, which is perfectly safe? 3. How will he get back? This is the point of no return. After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon he packed his things (having only one hand available) and prepared himself for the jump. This took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd. After that, he jumped on his thong sandals... The canyon's depth is 900 meters here. Now you can see that the adjacent rock is higher so he tried to land lower, which is quite steep and tried to use his one hand to grab the rock. We've come to the end of this le story. Look carefully at the photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. He lands low on this flip flops both his right hand and right foot slips away... At that moment I take this shot. He pushes his body against the rock. He waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff on the rock, climbs and walks away