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And again, wherever the information came from about the BAXTER ramp being open is dead wrong. Don't bother, it's as deep under water as the other thread's pictures of the Eagle rock ramp shows.

I don't know who the person was you spoke with at ACOE but it's a total load of Bull that Baxter ramp is "open". "Open" to the fishies maybe. As early as late Saturday afternoon before the Sunday Monsoon hit, it was deep under water and the road you turn down off of "H" had maybe 20' of roadway that wasn't covered and that's before the Lake came up further.

After seeing good, close pictures of the incredible erosion of the West end 86 bridge over Little Indian Creek abutment on the underside of the bridge there is no way I would advise anyone to use that bridge but we have to assume they know what they're doing. Maybe. http://www.hometowndailynews.com/2017/05/01/hwy-86-reopens-at-dogwood-canyon-other-roads-reopen/

http://www.ky3.com/content/news/TRAFFIC-ALERT-Why-it-may-be-days-before-I-44-reopens-near-Lebanon-420914213.html

I recall the same thing and also drove across when that was occurring and this present closure seems foolish, unneeded and premature. That high quality Drone video that is going around that showed MoDOT personnel on the South end of the bridge didn't even show any wet pavement on the causeway from wind driven water like in previous years. Apparently and hopefully it crested at 934.53 and is showing a slight drop but I wonder how accurate the measurements can be with these 5 foot rollers the unceasing wind is creating.

An incredible 7.30" measured in the April 29th 24 hour period per my Davis Instruments rain gauge here at the Baxter area of TR. I've never seen this pond come up so fast since 1974 and can only guess what is going to happen since it is still raining heavily in waves of T-storms moving thru. At least the pauses between waves of rain seems to have gotten longer. This is no "Chicken Little" event. All previous high water records are going to be smashed and I'll be amazed if the Hwy 13 Kimberling City bridge isn't shut down during the upcoming week since that was a close call in 2015. Hwy 86 West of 13 at the Little Indian Creek bridge is shut down due to a "Trolley" getting flushed out of Dogwood Canyon and hitting the 86 bridge and possibly damaging it.

Correct, and despite this incredible pressure, the bigwigs aren't satisfied and are seeking and planning more. Here's an excerpt from State Rep. Don Phillip's most recent newsletter about more to come : Strategic Meeting On Friday afternoon, I attended a meeting in Springfield that included stakeholders from our bass fishing industry as well as Table Rock Chamber of Commerce C.E.O., Sheila Thomas and Aaron Jeffries, the Deputy Director of the MO Dept. of Conservation. We discussed plans for expansion of lake access on Table Rock Lake to attract large fishing tournaments and to make the lake access more accessible to the public. The MO Dept. of Conservation has done an excellent job with our wildlife and fisheries management and their partnership with the Conservation Federation of Missouri is an asset for managing our state’s natural resources.

Bear in mind during your search and research on MOAD (Mother of all Depthfinders) that Lowrance has this very nasty policy of declaring your/their units "OBSOLETE" at some point and refusing to repair them. Since I'm an older fart, I have been thru this twice with them over the years since the 70's and will never, ever patronize them again irregardless of whatever bells and whistles they decide to build in and use as a marketing tool.

Great comparisons and valuable info. I'm in the process of going with the Ulterra hooked up with/to the I-Pilot Link and discovered early-on that Johnson Outdoors, for some goofy reason, did not incorporate a "groove" in their bracketry that mounts the Ulterra to the deck so a guy could route his Transducer cable up the shaft of the Ulterra and have it stay clear of all the hoisting and lowering mechanisms. Yep, I know M-K builds-in a transducer on the heads of a lot of their motors but it's not a side-finder type. A dealer put me onto a pricey but well-machined bracket that claims to fix that problem and after I get thru engineering the thing along with mounting the (new to me) Humminbird I'll post more if anyone's interested. Hate to admit it but had to sell the beloved ZX210C Skeeter after 18 years and get a ( Arrrgh ) Tritoon set up for fishing due to post-chemo issues. Nope, not bitching about the chemo, it sure beats the alternative !!! What I'd be interested in hearing more about is opinions on how the motors on the M-K's and M-G's are comparing regarding noise of operation when you hit the "go-pedal". Time on this pond has taught me (IMHO) that a noisy trolling motor spooks fish as it is cycled on and off. Thanks.

Been hearing the same rumor and the same person's name mentioned. The new larger dock has large signs on both ends " Table Rock Pontoon Rentals" and the dock is in really good shape. Offices or storage structures on both ends. Rumors in these parts come from the Bars and Beauty (Miracle) shops. Both highly reliable sources....LMAO !

With the arrival of a very large new dock at Baxter Marina comes the news that the Pollard family, owners and operators since 1986, have sold the Marina. Curt will continue with the Marine repair and service shop as info. for those who use his service. Also, anyone planning on getting rooms at Little Indian Resort at Baxter needs to find a new place to stay. The two-story building and the two large attached cabins behind it have been torn down and the Resort is closed pending possible re-development by the new owner.

Go over onto the 1Branson.com forum on the subject and listen to the guy from High Ridge that fishes Taney out of his inboard jet boat. He's trying his best to convince all and sundry that this enormous craft won't generate a big wake because "it's flat bottomed (he thinks) and is jet driven". Yeah,...... right !!! Sure it won't !

I'd be real interested in hearing some educated Fisheries Biologist's explanation for the scarcity of Crappie in Table Rock except in the major Creek and River arms. Wonder if MDC ever did any research on this ?

If you're fishing out of Mill Creek why drive further when Jill's Ozark BBQ is located at the top of the hill where the road down to Mill Creek ( RB ) hits Hwy 13 ? Excellent Baby Backs, Riblets, and if you're really hungry, try her combination plate but you'd better have a big appetite ! Plenty of room for boat/trailer parking and usually not all that crowded.

If you knew the conditions Vietnamese catfish or SE Asia Tilapia were raised in you wouldn't touch any of it much less eat it. Remember Agent Orange ? That's another reason to avoid Vietnamese Catfish but not the only one.

Glad you guys got some much needed rain in good quantities. My neck of the woods only got .52 inches. More is Forecast Thurs. thru Sat. and, of course, Sat. is the day I help our Grandson move

Agreed. Stumps and rocks are great but brush is a turn-off for Mr. Bass for some unknown and not-understood reason on pea-gravel.

Phil's initial post on the extremely heavily censored Branson1 forum on this topic somehow got past the outrageous amount of censorship over there. The old obnoxious fuddy-duddy that runs the forum won't allow any conversation or post he deems to be controversial or negative about Branson...even well-meaning discussions about the safety, or obvious lack thereof, of the impact of this huge watercraft on boaters and Anglers on Taneycomo and who or what Government agency is permitting this oversized thing.

Our Son is a Contractor in Springfield and has been in the "museum" very often doing work. He says the aquarium features are incredible but the delays are due to "fine tuning" of the displays to get them just right to suit Johhny who is being very painstaking with every detail down to the smallest feature.

I've had the same thoughts and observations about how introducing structure on pea gravel flats affects Bass and it hasn't been good. Bill, you're the first person I've ever encountered saying the same thing. They seem to give the new structure, whether placed by MDC efforts or downed trees that have washed in during flood events and sunk, a very wide berth and remain far, far away from it for some reason. This is purely a guesstimate on my part but I wonder if it has anything to do with that structure possibly harboring something that preys on Bass that they have experience with from the time they are fingerlings ? Large Flathead maybe ? I've only noticed this on Pea Gravel, not larger rock. Don't know if MDC fisheries biologists are aware of this.

As to the question if this is going to be "Safe"...it might be "safe" for the passengers in the boat but a 50 person capacity boat, probably jet driven if it can do "donuts", is going to be one large boat creating a hellacious wake. Hope you "Trouters" put a fast stop to this disaster and it doesn't force the boat-ride people to re-locate to Table Rock. There are already enough problems for anglers trying to enjoy a day out fishing with the ballast-adding "wake boats" putting their ridiculous wakes over the bow, gunwale and transoms of even the largest fishing vessels.

In my opinion, I think Johnson Outdoors wasted their money in building-in a non-side-scan transducer into the Ulterra and the Ultrex. Probably most guys that spend the money to buy either one of those trollers want the functionality of side-scan...sure, there are exceptions but if your Sonar is a side-finder and you paid the tariff for that function, surely you want to use it ? On the Ulterra, they left out the little space on the mount-bracket where you would normally route a transducer cable to run thru it and down the side of the shaft for some unknown reason but there are several ways around that. Don't know if they left that helpful feature out on the Ultrex too ?

Isn't that what your smart-South-end-of-a-burro-headed-North comment intended to accomplish.. ? It sure didn't do anything else...

Just in case you flunked reading comprehension, the brush isn't floating yet since the rainfall forecast was changed. Sounds like you're one of those with diarrhea of the keyboard who just can't quietly benefit from a well-meaning heads up about observed conditions and just loves to post anything to argue with and criticize others.

Jeremy Rasnick....yeah, in this case, you're wrong...dead wrong ! Try and give guys a little "heads up" based on first hand observations and weather forecasts on here and get nailed with accusations about "ranting" and "slamming mdc". Try being polite, not jumping to conclusions and not slamming others whom you don't know anything about with accusations. Your negative remarks contribute nothing and only cause hard feelings ! And yeah, "I'm serious"....my formerly teen-aged Daughter's most commonly used comment. TrophyFishR....we're so very glad to learn running over floating debris, at speed, just below the surface won't bother whatever you happen to fish out of. Hope you realize you can get off your couch, get away from your Wife that puts up with you, walk the banks and bring your own rope ?