Bobby M.

I know the guy that is now in charge of the CATT club out of Blue Eye. He just took it over from some guys who did not run it real well. The new guy in charge is taking it real serious, so next year I expect it to be a little better.

I got out saturday and found a couple of pro way up long creek, past the yokum, long creek split. one was guy eaker. he was flipping a jig and throwing a 1.5 lucky craft crankbait. said he had had some good days but saturday he only had one. he said he lost a monster out of a tree on friday. biffle was even further up eaker. biffle had to make the long run back to Kimberling satuday as he found one the many tree stumps in long creek and busted a hole in his boat. I never got real close to biffle, because he was fishing such small water that I couldn't get close with out interfering. he was way up the creek. kinda different from the rest of the guys.

I have to agree they did a pretty pitiful job of utilizing the lake front, that doesn't seem to deter my wife from running by there a coulple times a week. In my opinion, the best water view is the waterfall inside of the Northwoods candy emporium, of course I did help build it so I am a tad bit biased.

this may be dumb, but table rock is a very infertile lake, except the james arm. I think it may be hard for the zebra mussels to obtain enough food to become a problem in T-Rock. just my two cents, I am sure we will find out sooner or later if they will make it in T rock. anyway, what are they going to do, make the water clearer. haha

I got to pay off a little of the debt I owe my dad for introducing me to the outdoors. This morning on our first ever turkey hunt together, I called in bird that my dad shot at about 15 yards. 20#, 9" beard and 5/8 spurs. it wasn't it a monster but it sure made my season.

I completly agree with you guys about the pro tournaments. I am disappointed that BASS scheduled all these events right at the spawn just so they could have these huge bags weighed in. I can't wait until the later tournaments when the pro's will actually be FISHING. I agree with kenjenmo, a fish released right back into the water, after a quick photo of course, will most likely end up right back on the nest. If you happen to catch a female that still has eggs, the argument about fry is no longer valid. I would suspect that any female that has eggs in her will go right back to what she was doing after she is released. the drive to produce offspring is too strong in wild animals for this to prevent her from laying eggs as normal. thanks for the input. Bobby

sorry, I should have been more clear. I definetly will not be killing any bass. I have been catch and release only every since I have started fishing on my own. besides, with so much sucker meat in my fridge, why would I want any bass. I think most people agree that releasing a bedding female directly back into the water after catching her does no harm to her or her offspring. If anyone has proof otherwise, I think it should be known so we can protect these fish. but currently there is no evidence that shows any harm. well, why we are at it, let's go ahead and discuss the ethical side of the issue if anyone is willing. should we bed fish or not. I think I know what most of the pros would say.

I am not looking for an ethical discussion on this, but I would like to know how some of you guys attack bedding fish and where do you look to find the larger females. I haven't did it very much, but I have usually only seen males on the beds. thanks for any info.

hey bobber, I have been around the Kings river my whole life, I have floated the lower stretches many times but have never floated anything above rockhouse. What is the highest float that a guy can take on the river? thanks for any info. Thanks, bobby

I would personally choose the Rock also. I would like to include phil in this, but if he doesn't want to get involved, and I understand why he might not, liability, extra work ect, we could just post a time and place and see if any one shows up. hopefully some more people show some intrest in this, maybe phil could move this topic to a more popular place on the board to get it some more attention. phil, thanks for any input and I dont mean to put anything on you that you are not up for, just wanted to see if there were any options. Thanks, Bobby

I agree about waiting until at least mid june. I don't think we need to make this into a real formal tournament, we could just all show up, pay, and then fish. keep it real informal and fun. it would be a good way to put a face with some of the guys that are on here. maybe some other people will have some more thoughts on the subject. thanks for the consideration. Bobby

hey phil, what would you think about getting together a bass tournament for all of the guys that post on this site. It would be fun to meet some of the people that post here and to fish against them, well, it may not be too much fun to fish against SKMO or Don House, they seem to do a lot more catching then most people!! anyway, your thoughts on subject would be appreciated. thanks, bobby

Dustin Back won a draw boat, $20,000+ skeeter, at the Childrens Miracle network tournament a couple of weeks ago. he is a freshman here at CofO, his dad works in the paint shop at the college. they are a real tough team to beat in our cofo fishouts, especially up the James river.

I think it is a good idea to let arkansas try it out firs. how many feet a year will be pulled out of the lakes due to this increase, I am sure that someone has figured out the amount. I would hope they wouldn't jeopardize a bunch of native fish to try and help a nonnative fish.

I am not a trout fishermen nor do I fish below any of the dams, so this idea of a minimum flow is somewhat foreign to me. If I understand it correctly, they want to up the minumum flow from below the dams. This means more water leaving lakes, how is this going to affect area lake levels. I would think it could cause trouble in times of drought, like now, what would the lake levels be down to if they were forced to let out more water, couldn't this be harmful to native fish while trying to protect a nonnative fish. I would appreciate it if those of you who are more informed could let me know whats going on. thanks, Bobby