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I see where the Spgfld National Weather Service office has backed way off on the rainfall potential from previous forecasts they issued. They were saying anywhere from 2 to 4 inches previously but have now cut it back to 1/10" to just 1/4" each day. They were originally talking about possible flooding concerns from heavy, continuous rainfall but that small amount of rain won't even produce any run-off. This storm system is very changeable and unpredictable and their computer programs do not have a good handle on it at all.

Taking a few walks on the exposed Lake bank in our sudden warmth the last few days. Quickly became obvious ALL the MDC brush piles I saw will become boating hazards when and if the Lake rises from our predicted 4 days of rainfall. The rope they used years ago to tie-down the brush and trees to the concrete-filled blocks with the steel cables embedded in them used as weights has rotted away and the brush and trees are no longer secured to the concrete blocks. The wood has most-likely dried enough to re-float it when and if the Lake rises and any Winter Anglers should keep a sharp eye out for low-floating debris.

Yes, I still have all four. However, if you mean the weekend of the 10th/11th, I will still be out of town returning on the 13th.

Understand. I'm not in Springfield either. I'm in Lampe, MO about mid-lake on Table Rock but traveling on business until 12/13. I could ship one I guess but the cost would probably double the price to you. If you fish Table Rock, check back with me and we can meet somewhere near where you launch. Thanks for your interest.

Know why you never see a juvenile Pigeon ? Because they're a cross between a Rat and an escaped Parakeet !

What you will quickly discover at that site is that due to some ridiculous agreement with the EPA, you cannot find/buy Ethanol-free gas within about a 100 mile radius of St. Louis.

I tried to post pictures but there was the same error message that was non-specific and always repeated. You can see them at : http://springfield.craigslist.org/bpo/5878990347.html

Four (4) Transom Savers all attached to trailer by fitting over rear roller. Two are basic Swivel-Eze with flat sided, rubber-coated "V" for the Outboard end....$20.00 ea. One is a "Tourney Pro" model with moveable, adjustable contact rubber pads in the Outboard "V" end....$30.00 and one is a "Tourney Elite" with shock absorbing shaft....$35.00 Cash only please. Message me if interested please.

Regarding your oh-so-true comment "those bomber crews had bad statistics" I was recently shocked to learn the Eighth Air Force suffered slightly more casualties in the European theater than the hard-fighting Marines did in all of the Pacific campaign. 8th AF casualty rate was 2.6 % while the casualty rate for the Marines was 3.6%

Not trying to hi-jack the thread but those danged Coyotes are, in my book, 90% responsible for the serious decline in Turkey population around Table Rock. Awesome deer, you can sure tell they aren't from "hill country". They grow 'em big where they have good access to row crops. Thought I was looking at an Elk when I first glanced at the picture. Thanks for posting !

I started just using the rope on Motor Guide to just release the latching mechanism then actually lifting the motor back into the boat by grabbing the heavy duty cables and wiring assembly going into the head to actually lift the motor out of the water. One cord in 18 years and it seems doing a minor thing like visually inspecting not only the cord but where it's routed thru the motor brackets for any sharp edges helps avoid on-water surprises. I hope the M-K motors are OK because I'm waiting on a National back-order to put an Ulterra on the new/used boat. Eventually hope to hook it up with a Helix10 with all the bells and expensive whistles required to connect the two....the Humminbird is costly enough but all the additional junk required to connect the two is going to require a tax refund first

You gotta' get within three feet with the Bug-a-Salt and then you have to clean up the Fly carcasses AND the Salt, but it's sure fun The good thing about Bug-a-Salt is it doesn't "splatter" the pests.

If you were lucky enough to see a Spitfire still flying...congratulations. They are easily identified by the elliptical shape of their wingtips and extremely rare. Makes me wonder if some Company has started making expensive reproductions of that famous British design.

Speaking of larger and larger boats and docks and more and more of them, don't ignore the fact that our good old MDC is a culprit in encouraging them by spending our Sales Tax and Permit/License dollars on rewarding a TR Commercial Marina owner with $100,000.00 for installing larger boat dock slips and the pump-out facilities to service the unnecessary huge boats.

Wouldn't it be interesting to discover how many "requests" MDC has for their trapping services vs. how many "teams" of trappers with cages they have and how long it's taking for the response to requests ? After MDC "gave" $100,000.00 of our Sales Tax and Permit dollars to a Table Rock Commercial Marina operator as a "reward" for installing larger dock slips and pump-out facilities to encourage more "battleship in a bathtub" large boats on Table Rock, I am not viewing MDC policies very favorably.

Agreed. Write or email your State Rep. and Senator. MDC wasting our money like this must be stopped....Pronto !

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FYI, Representative Long recently purchased a Lake-front home down off of Hwy. "H" West of Lampe. Our problems with ACOE and lake use and abuse now affect him too. The dock issue needs to be addressed as does the duplicity and usual lies of the Tri-Lakes Board of Realtors and their B.S. website that suckered many of us into signing. Here's a suggestion...: 1.) Leave the Vegetative Modification Permit regulations stand as currently stated and quit messing with it. Changing it now screws every property owner that bought based on present conditions and you wouldn't want it happening at your home. 2.) All the unused and unsold empty slips we always see in existing "Community docks" must be filled before any more dock permits will be issued only to have those slips sit empty while the "dock speculators" search/wait for new suckers. There has to be some language in the Shoreline management Plan to forever stop these "Dock Speculators" from acquiring dock permits to place new docks and then re-selling slips in them at incredible prices. 3.) An immediate "length-limit" must be placed by the ACOE on new boats seeking to use Table Rock. If there are some "wake-height" and "Plowing" ( I guess that means deliberately creating massive wakes ? ) restrictions on boats on LOZ they need to be immediately implemented here and much stronger ( more Patrolmen) enforcement enacted. Same goes for engine decibel enforcement...sounds like a flight of WWII four engine Bombers now when these multi-engine monstrosities go zooming by. 4.) Your tax dollars and fishing permit dollars were recently spent awarding a Commercial Dock Owner $100,000 for building facilities for ginormous docking and pump-out of these "Battleships in a Bathtub" we are seeing. All that does is encourage more and more larger boats. No more tax money as awards for providing huge docking spaces....what is/are here now is the end of it. http://maricorpus.com/cmp-big-recipient/

There was an Aunts Creek resident recently on another local Board complaining about the noise and reckless water traffic in front of his place over the Labor Day weekend. Seems there was some nut-job with a very loud, heavily-modified and large outboard on some kind of performance style type of boat running up and down the same piece of Lake until 11 P.M. three nights in a row and the usual Wake-boat inconsiderates blasting their unwanted rap-crap music over their Gigawatt speaker systems until all hours as well as during daylight. I told him the next time that happened to call MSHP in Springfield and ask for the Water Division. He called them to check things out and they told him that they had no Officers on the Lake at the time !!!? I naively thought there was supposed to be a Patrolman available at each major reservoir at all times....not actually in his vessel and on the water but available. Guess I am mistaken. Anyone know ?

Yep, I've seen then several times. Had no idea they were rare. They aren't very large, maybe a inch or two if that but they move just like their salt water cousins.

After reading these thoughtful posts it reminded me of a recent conversation with my Bro-in-law. He's on BS, I'm on TR and the one comment about jumping off the pontoon and then trying to catch up with it in the wind really rang my bell. His thought was that in addition to wearing the auto-inflatable PFD and the regular use of the kill switch, he is strongly thinking about mounting the human hand-held end of one of those 30' retractable dog leashes somewhere in the center of his boat and attaching the Canine end or clip to the PFD. He thinks that will still allow him free movement around the boat and connect him to the boat in case of an unintended man-overboard situation if he's out alone. Neither he nor I are exactly in the Michael Phelps class of fast or strong swimmers and that idea might just allow a guy to catch-up to the boat on a windy day. You guys talking about age related balance problems I can relate to. Add in the three-years-old lingering peripheral neuropathy in hands and feet from Chemo to that and you'll know why my fishing days are now few and far between. At least 80% of my balance is now vision-based and that just ain't good enough on a wake-filled or windy day. Beats the hell out of the alternative though !

There's a new Tackle shop that just opened in Kimberling City behind the recently re-built and expanded Rapid Robert's. It's next door to Gordie's now-closed hardware store on the North end of the shopping mall and I think it's called Cletus tackle shop. They were closed Sunday evening so I couldn't go in an check them out and they are apparently so new there is no signage other than in the front window as yet.

BilletHead, Do you mind sharing your general location with us ? Like tho1mas, who is about 45 miles North of me, we are not seeing the usual numbers of Hummers at our feeders this year. We would normally have four 44oz. feeders ready to go about now and are lucky to see two birds at a time. Kinda' disappointing and wondering what's the deal ? Thanks.

Those "Wake Boats" we anglers love so much with the onboard bladders and tanks that they pump water into in order to throw those huge wakes that come over your bow, gunwales and transoms, are the "Prime Movers" of the Zebra Mussel. Those tanks and bladders never fully dry out and can support the mussel(s) for weeks until the boat is launched again, the ballast tanks and bladders re-filled and then pumped out again taking the hitchhikers into new bodies of water.

Worked with a woman 20+ years ago who would go up to Minnesota every Spring with her Hubby for the early fishing season. She informed me that Minnesota had a catch & release policy during spawning season on Black Bass. If you were caught in illegal possession of a Bass during the closed season you forfeited your boat, the trailer your boat was hauled-on and the tow-vehicle. Maybe Missouri should increase the penalties for Wildlife Code violations to similar levels ?