Phil Lilley

Don't believe me??? These guys are quick - http://youtube.com/watch?v=K5C8wwsbrF0

Just saw a male lion walk in front of the camera. Been hearing his carry on for 20 minutes now. I play the sound most of the time- really sounds cool (I have surround sound on the computer). Marsha saw a hyeana yesterday.

They say 4-8 here but you never know. It's still raining and sleeting here. But radar shows alot of whites and blues to the northwest.

I got a black lab as a pup back about 1988- fantastic dog, both in the field, at the resort- wherever she went. January 1990, we went over to Bull Shoals and fished below the dam for browns. With me were Jim & Phyliss Johnson from Baldwin, MI. I took Bo... what a mistake. It was rainey all day. No generation. The lake level was up just a bit. There were browns all over the place and we were hooking them readily. But Bo kept it interesting. I could keep her out of the water- until one of us would hook a fish. Then she thought she needed to retreive it. She'd blow through the run and chase even brown to deep water. It was frustrating at the time but I chuckle everytime I think about that day.

I was alittle stir crazy... after salting all the stairs and walk ways to the dock (can you believe we still have people coming in tonight and tomorrow), I put my waders on and headed to the dam. Roads weren't too bad but still drivers were going slow... oh yea, tourist go slow regardless of the road conditions. 3 guys fishing and all were at outlet #2. I found out why real quick. The lake level was about 18 inches high from the runoff and the only current was coming out of the outlet. I threw a black #12 wooly bugger for a while- had a few short bites and one small rainbow to hand. Worked my way up to the current at the tail of the floom and tied on a scud and started the outlet drift. Actually I had trouble getting the depth/weight/bug combo right and I was running out of daylight. I ended up catching 4 more rainbows between 12 and 14 inches and called it an evening. The roads by now were covered with sleet and ice. Not slick though... too many tourist on the road though! Had to dodge on or two but got home without incident. Lake in front of the resort is stained and high. By morning it should be back down and clearer but it's going to take either generation or a couple of days for the water to clear up. Should be decent fishing though this weekend... if you dare get out on the roads.

I did- 4 pm I was at outlet #2 fishing.

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Yea- and you have fishing forums to jabber on...

Could have made it more exciting for us and attached a pics of your bloody finger... you know- like a CSI episode. Crappie 50 feet deep- everyone's always wondered where those fish go in the winter!! Thanks!

Rich - did you catch walleye? Trout?

I'd say general obedience training... minding your commands. That and time, maturity. It's hard to calm a pup when they get excited!

I didn't know the Current has stripers?!? Glad you killed it... it would eat all the trout! :) :)

Table Rock's level came up over a foot last night from the non-stop rain we got. PTL! Now snow and ice will start shortly. We need more!! and more!!! I think a wet, rainey winter is very healthy for our lakes and streams.

City is supposed to have a public dock for people to dock at during the day. When it will be built, who knows.

Gosh- lots of great advice. A guy along time ago put a small ad in Field and Stream. The ad simply said, "$1 for the greatest fishing tip ever". He got a bunch of dollar bills in the mail- and what did he send back? I note card with the words, "Keep you bait in the water". The fun of it is the practice.

I'd definately try Taney... even with the cold temps, bass fishing should be decent if someone gave it a good try.

They can't post unless they complete the validation. I delete most of the unvalidated request for membership BUT in all cases so far, the spammer does not revisit his membership and never posts a second time.

That's right!

There's plenty of motels in Mtn Home for about $60 and up. There's a motel in Bull Shoals and I think there's one in Midway or Gassville. ?? Someone will have to help me with those. And there's camping- is the state park open in the winter below BS dam? In other words, there's plenty of places to stay around both sites.

I've only had 3 clicks so far today on google ads so the petaphile ad must not be coming up much.

Oh my gosh... I can't even imagine the bandwidth it takes to broadcast this if it's live. And in Africa!!!??? It's tough getting any connection- but in the bush!!?? And sound too? Incredible. Thanks for posting it.

I've never been. I'd think the Steffen brothers would chime in on their place their family would go... Steff and Jean always had great stories about the trips.

Quillback- you missed an episode a few months back where a bunch of OAF guys hit the google ad I think the number was about 125 times in one day- seeing that Peta is charged each time an ad is clicked. It also pays me when the ads are clicked on OA. Well, bottom line is that I wasn't paid anymore than normal- not sure what Peta was charged. I looked thru their site... pretty interesting stuff. Some anglers do prove their point though, mishandling and even killing a fish before releasing it. The hooked dog is pretty gross- drives home their point, excuse the pun.

Sounds good to me. Not sure how I'd pay all my bills. Seriously though... in these winter days, we sit practically empty during the week- that's why we offer the "fishing buddy special" of $29 per night. But if there's someone that can't afford that and really needs to get away for some peaceful tranquility, I'm open to any offer. We offer our place, and it's used by people in the ministry that use our place as a santuary- just spending time with the Lord in the room- on the dock- even out in a jon boat. Send me a PM if anyone is interested.

Leonard ok'ed this before he posted the special. I don't mind promoting each others businesses at all, as long as it's tasteful and appropriate. OAF members know what when right and wrong- if it's wrong, then the poster gets a black eye and sometimes that's ok too... know what I mean. Quote from OAF rules- OAF does mind links posted to other sites as long as they are sites of interest by OAF folks. Of course no inappropriate sites will be tolerated. Posting links is acceptable by "frequent users and contributors' of OAF. Please don't "spam" the board with nothing but links, no matter if the sites are useful to anglers. Hope this explains things. There's always going to be gray areas but again, I'm not going to micro manage this forum.