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Help. Should I expect that the formatting menu options be available to me when I write?? Can't seem to get them to respond. Tried everything. Thx in advance. Steady...

I don't think that OnStar satellite is providing regular cell service??? GM is linked to Verizon for cell phone service. OnStar would be for air bag deployment notification, possibly Concierge service for high end spenders. My VZ service has always been excellent, but no knowledge the trout areas.

http://baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...001/1002/NEWS01 Update: All Norfork floodgates to open The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will open all the Norfork Dam floodgates 1 foot each at 6 a.m. today, said Corps lake manager Jon Hiser. The floodgates first opened at 4 a.m., the Corps reported. The floodgates will release water at 13,000 cubic feet per second, Hiser said. With the generators running, the amount of water released will be equivalent to nine to 10 generators, he said. At 1 a.m., Norfork Lake was at 579.81 feet and Bull Shoals Lake was at 688.25 feet, according to Corps information.

I read the online Baxter Bulletin. Saw Cathy Grace of Cranfield on the cover. Some photos there but difficult to really see anything. I can't imagine what the lake really looks like at these levels. I was wondering if anyone had any pics of these hundred year levels, esp around the dam area? I don't want to be insensitive to people's misery as a result of all this water. But I really just CANNOT imagine what the lake looks like at almost + 30 feet. Wife and I made a run south to Ouachita [ 501 miles!!! ] last week. Mostly struck out there as well. Few largemouths on spinners in the brush. That lake is like Beaver in that it can only get so high. But it was terribly muddy on our end near the headwaters at Mountain Harbor. Previous week forcast called for nice weather, but that's not what we got. Thurs nite we were greeted with torrential rains all nite long, lighting displays, wind, everything. Had to catch the Marina hospitality launch to get to the dock where our slip was. When we drove out we saw some trees near the hiway that were uprooted that nite. White river was way out of its banks going down, coming back. All creeks over the top. Arkansas river had halted barge traffic I believe. Water very close to coming over the road on Hwy US 55 near mile 55-60 late Sun. Lots of MoDot trying to eliminate water somehow. What's a fella to do? Steady...

Day1 Weigh in. Also has the morning takeoff. Nice pics. http://baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ga...7003&Ref=PH

I meant to include the url pointing to the first article. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...1&langId=-1

High Water Bass http://www.woodaves.com/article_hooks_used.htm High water has been the beckoning call for bass fisherman this spring and there seems to be no end in sight. I think this is going to make for one of the best fishing years in a long time. We have been in a drought for the past two years and a lot of lakes, especially in the south and southeast have been way down below normal levels. This has allowed grass and bushes and other good cover to develop in shallow water. Once the water came up and flooded these areas it put a lot of nutrients in the water and gave the bait fish something to forage on giving the bass a good ambush point and plenty to eat. This is definitely spinnerbait time. My first option would be to put my Motorguide 109 down and try to cover as much water as possible. Start in the back of creeks or in major spawning flats and throw a willowleaf Edgebuster, chartreuse/white with one nickel and one brass blade size #4 or #5. Use 20 lb Stren Extra Tough and don't be afraid to throw into the thickest cover. One thing to look for in the flats there should be grass under the water and this is a prime place to catch a big bass. If this isn't working my next option is to find buck brush, willows or lay downs and flip a Zoom Brush hog, green pumpkin with the tail dipped in chartreuse Spike-it. Again heavy line and a 3/8 oz.weight and try to get the Hog in the thickest part of the cover. Be sure to use plenty of Jack's Juice in crawfish and I have found a lot of times it's best to make at least three flips to each cover you fish. If this doesn't work, my next option is to stay outside the cover and throw a shad colored medium running Suddeth crankbait. This pattern can be good especially in the back portion of coves that have a channel running into them. For some reason in the spring the bait fish like to follow these channels and scatter into the cover. If you have high water remember there will be cover that you can't see out from the visible cover. Last I would go to a Carolina-rigged Zoom lizard. In the spring I would use a 36 inch leader with a 2/0 Mustad J-bend style hook and a Lindy No Snagg rattlin' weight. Fishing in water two to ten feet. Secondary points in the creeks seem to be a prime place to start. Big bass hate lizards in the pre-spawn. One other tip for you. Try the new power handles from Gator Grip. They give you so much more cranking power when playing big fish and are very comfortable to use. For more information contact Joe Landwerlen at Gator Grip-317-398-6281 Good luck on your next outing, and try a pair of Woo Shoes, you won't regret it. May God bless you and take a kid fishing! • The Right Equipment to Match Your Techniques • Woo's Worm Techniques • Recognizing Patterns • Time to Start Wacking the Bass • The Speed Month - May • Topwater, Crankin' & Carolina Rigs • Springtime Crankin' • Wormin' with my zoom baits • Post Spawn Tactics • Good Fall Techniques • September Fishin' • Takin' care of business! • Topwater Strikes • Fishin' Tube Baits • Bagley's Wiggler Series • The Woo Tube weight • Fishing High Water • More Springtime Tips • Tips for novice fishermen • Springtime tips for big bass • The Old Rut • Drop Shot and Carolina Rig • Drop Shotting • Soft Plastic stickbaits and minnow type baits • Springtime fishing • New Tricks to Try • Importance of Life Vests • Some thoughts on the New Millennium • Good Lessons Learned • Fishing Hot - July and August • Finding the Pattern • Bass on Beds • Confidence in Fishing • What kind of hooks to use • Bass on Beds • Confidence in Fishing • What kind of hooks to use

"High water often means increased current, and bass react to the heavy flow by moving extremely tight to current-breaking objects," Dance explaines. Score Monster Bass in High Water written by Don Wirth You'll view high water as a golden opportunity rather than a disaster once you put the following advice from bass fishing legends Bill Dance, Ron Shuffield and Jim Rivers into practice. It's 9:30 the night before your first bass fishing trip of the spring. You've got your rods rigged, your tackle organized and your boat spit-shined. As you head from the garage to the kitchen to make a baloney sandwich for the outing, it starts raining. You turn on the Weather Channel and learn the bad news: a major storm is moving into your area. By midnight, over two inches of rain has fallen; 3-1/2 inches by the time your alarm goes off at 5 a.m. You arrive at the lake at 6, just as the rain stops, only to find the water has already risen into the launch ramp parking lot. Another spring bass trip ruined by high water? Most bassers would turn around and head back home, but once you put the following advice from bass fishing legends Bill Dance, Ron Shuffield and Jim Rivers into practice, you'll view high water as a golden opportunity rather than a disaster. TIP # 1: FISH FLOODED TERRITORY "When a lake rises dramatically, it inundates acres and acres of cover that's absolutely brimming with feeding potential for bass," says veteran Bismark, Ark. bass pro Ron Shuffield. "All sorts of vegetation, including grass and bushes, becomes covered with water. Bluegills pack into the newly-flooded shallows to feast on worms and insects, and bass are right behind them." Shuffield recalls a regional tournament he fished at Millwood Lake, Ark. one March weekend. "It rained for eight days straight prior to the tournament and by the time I arrived, the lake had risen past the marina parking lot. Two hundred fishermen had registered for the two-day event; 80 of them dropped out when they got there and saw how high the water was." But Shuffield hung tough and ended up coming in second with 20 bass weighing 71 pounds. "I caught all my fish from flooded fields," he said. "I used my trolling motor to maneuver as far back into the newly-inundated fields as I could, then ran spinnerbaits with big Colorado blades around flooded fences, logs, any wood cover I could locate. There was a bass on nearly every piece of wood. I remember hooking a 4-pounder that wrapped my line around some cover; when I went to free the line from the obstruction, I discovered it was a submerged fence post with a 'No Trespassing' sign nailed to it, totally underwater. The guy who won the event had over 80 pounds; all his fish came from flooded fields, too." Since newly-risen water is often murky to downright muddy, Shuffield opts for big lures that create plenty of vibration. "The hard-throbbing Colorado-blade spinnerbait worked great in this scenario because bass hanging tight to cover didn't have to see it, they could feel it," he explained. TIP # 2: BUMP COVER Bass fishing superstar Bill Dance taught me about the sensational fishing potential in rivers during high water. I hooked up with the TV fishing host below Pickwick Dam, Tenn., one April morning, only to find the Tennessee River a raging torrent. "Back the boat in," Dance requested. He was obviously eager to get fishing. "You gotta be kidding!" I laughed. "This fishing trip is toast. The river's in the trees and the current's at least 15 mph. You can't catch bass under these conditions!" Wrong! As it turned out, we had a spectacular day of bass fishing, boating over 40 bass between us including a 7 pound largemouth and a 6 pound smallmouth. And we did it all by bumping cover. "High water often means increased current, and bass react to the heavy flow by moving extremely tight to current-breaking objects," Dance explained. "Large rocks, stumps and logs provide especially good shelter from current. Bass hold close to the downstream side of this cover. Smallmouths may rush out into the fast water to grab passing prey; largemouths are more likely to hunker down tight to the object and avoid fast water entirely." An hour into our fishing trip, the score was Dance 9 bass, Wirth 0. I started paying closer attention to what the master was doing: he would maneuver his boat very close to shore and pitch his lure, a black and chartreuse jig dressed with a pork chunk, right against the bank. Every one of his bites came immediately as the lure sank out of sight. "The fish are holding real tight to rocks and stumps that have been covered by the high water; if you don't actually bump the lure into the cover, you won't get bit," he instructed. "You've got to literally drop the lure on their heads. These fish aren't moving an inch to strike." I followed suit; my first bass was a 5 pound largemouth. On my next pitch, my jig was snatched by a monster smallie that ran under the boat and popped 15-pound mono. As Dance proved, short, accurate pitches to current breaks were mandatory -- a miss was as good as a mile. Long casts resulted in the line being swept downstream, pulling the lure off its mark. TIP # 3: FISH RAPID WARMUPS Jim Rivers is a living legend among smallmouth anglers. The Ringgold, Ga. basser has had his name in both the IGFA and Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame record books numerous times over the years for his catches of giant smallmouths from Pickwick Lake, Ala. He'll tell you that day or night, the first high water of spring is prime time for mega-bronzebacks. "Usually by late winter, the water at Pickwick is around 40 degrees, and the fish are very inactive," Rivers said. "But when the first warm rain hammers the area, normally in late February or early March, the lake level rises dramatically and the water temp can jump up 10 degrees overnight. If it rains hard enough for them to open the flood gates at the Wilson Dam upstream, a torrent of warmer water washes downstream, and you get a tremendous movement of baitfish and bass into the headwaters of the reservoir." In high, fast water, Rivers uses a method that at first sounds unlikely, but upon reflection makes a great deal of sense. "I spool a stiff spinning outfit with 4 pound mono and fish a sparsely-tied 3/8-ounce hair jig dressed with a small grub or pork eel. The biggest smallies will be holding tight to rockpiles at the base of bluffs. My goal is to make every cast as accurate as possible; you've only got one shot at a piece of structure when you're drifting in 20 mph current. Heavy line and big, bulky lures create way too much drag. The line gets a big bow in it so you can't feel light strikes, and the lure is washed yards off its mark. Light line and compact baits, that's the ticket in high, fast water." TIP # 4: RATTLES RULE "In high water, you gotta make some noise if you wanna catch some bass," Bill Dance says. He proved his point one March morning when we fished a muddy oxbow lake off the Mississippi River near Tunica, Miss. Several days of torrential rain had risen the lake level by two feet. Dance showed up at the ramp with his aluminum bass boat and announced, "Get set for a day of stump bumpin'!" The picturesque lake was a maze of flooded cypress trees, so many of them that a trolling motor was almost useless. Grabbing cypress knobs, Dance and I pushed and pulled our way into the newly-flooded perimeter of the lake, and began casting rattling crankbaits into water only inches deep. We caught a bunch of good bass that day, fat prespawn largemouths up to 6 pounds. Dance put the two biggest fish in the livewell; when the light was perfect for some grip-n-grin photos, he opened the lid and exclaimed, "Look what these girls have been eating!" I peered inside to see four big crayfish which the bass had spit up. No wonder rattling lures worked so well! The rising water had apparently sent crayfish on a scavenger hunt in the shallow margin of the lake; bass, sensing a feeding opportunity, moved in for an easy meal. "Crayfish make a clicking sound as they crawl across the bottom," Bill pointed out. "Rooting those crankbaits with rattle inserts against the bottom was a convincing craw imitation." Dance doesn't just opt for rattling crankbaits in rising water. He'll use jigs with rattles inside the head or attached to the hook shank, and has been known to cement a glass worm rattle to the wire arm of a spinnerbait, too. TIP # 5: FISH THE TWILIGHT ZONE "Clear lakes can be a bear to fish in spring," Ron Shuffield said. "They're the last lakes in your region to warm up, and bass in them can be real sluggish. You can catch 'em on a suspending jerkbait, but you have to fish these lures super-slow. In tournaments, I opt for a faster approach." Once seasonal gully-washers have caused the lake to rise into the trees, Shuffield puts his bass rig into warp drive and heads for the back-ends of feeder creeks where he looks for the "twilight one" where clear and muddy water meet. "I run up the creek as far as I can go, looking for a dramatic variation in the water color. If the rain occurred the night before the tournament, I usually find muddy water pouring in. If it rained two or three days previously, the mouth of the creek may be muddy, but the inflowing water at the back may be clear. I don't care what color the water flowing in is, as long as it's different from the main body of the tributary. Bass will stack up where the water colors mix." Shuffield fishes a crankbait, jig or spinnerbait where dark and clear water meet. "This is a tremendous predatorial edge for bass. They'll usually sit in the murky water, sometimes in places only a foot deep, where they can prey on crawfish and shad passing by in the clearer zone." Crawfish colors are Shuffield's favorites for this pattern: brown or green jigs, red crankbaits, etc. He also likes a spinnerbait with two small Colorado blades, "just big enough to create a little flash in that discolored water."

Bass Cat fishing tournament The annual Bass Cat Owner's Invitational Tournament is on schedule to start Thursday morning. Rick Pierce, Bass Cat partner and plant manager, said high water around the traditional tournament headquarters at Norfork Marina and Henderson sent tournament organizers looking for alternative places to run the tournament. The stage area for weigh-in will be at the Panther Bay campground thanks to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, administrators of the public access area around Norfork Lake, said Pierce. Teams will launch at Robinson's Point recreation area. Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes are expected to crest from last week's heavy rains at an undetermined time Thursday. The Bass Cat event draws 600 to 800 fishing teams and thousands of spectators to the Mountain Home area each year. Norfork Lake continued a slow rise Monday that is expected to stop around 572 feet. Thirty-five of the state's 75 counties were declared disaster areas following last week's rains. The White River was still rising Monday in Des Arc in central Arkansas, according to an Associated Press report.

Misspelled the utility. Should be Picasa, one "s".

I'm trying to correct some nice shots of debris field caused by flood. I don't yet understand the peculiars of this board and how best to upload things. Google offers numerous utilities, including a great picture organizer and picture fixer. Lots of times my camera either over or under compensates the lighting. This results in a pic that's usually too dark. You can brighen that dark pic [improve it greatly] by using this utility. Get it by using google.com then look at their menu showing the utilities. I'm trying to upload a brightened rework of the above debris field. Hope it helps. steady...

http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/Repo...ily/lakfcst.txt Follow this link. It reads better that the import does.

Corp Table format doesn't import quite as nice as actual site. I think the 681 is estimated to be the crest level which is way out there, April 11th. I'd imagine it just keeps filling up till it hits that level. Nice to see that TRock crests today. Might be able to fish it late next week ???? Comments pls.

http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/Repo...ily/lakfcst.txt CORPS OF ENGINEERS LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT LAKE LEVELS @ 7 AM (CURRENT AND FORECAST) INDICATED FORECAST ELEVATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE *********************** * 21 MAR 2008 / 1158 * *********************** ______________________________________________________________________________ | | SEAS/ | 7 AM | 7 AM POOL FORECASTS ||CREST or EMPTY| | | CONS | POOL |_____________________________||ELEV DATE | | | POOL | FRI 21 | SAT 22 | SUN 23 | MON 24 || % FULL | |_____________|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________||______________| |BEAVER | 1120.4| 1129.39 | 1129.4 | 1129.4 | 1129.3 || 1129.4 22MAR| | | | 93% F.C.| 93% | 93% | 92% || 93% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |TABLE ROCK | 915.0| 928.70 | 928.9 | 928.7 | 928.3 || 928.9 22MAR| | | | 84% F.C.| 86% | 84% | 82% || 86% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |BULL SHOALS | 654.0| 668.71 | 669.8 | 670.7 | 671.6 || 681.5 11APR| | | | 31% F.C.| 33% | 35% | 37% || 62% | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |3-LAKE SYSTEM % FULL | 48% | 50% | 51% | 52% || | |(BEA, TAB, BUL) | | | | || | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |NORFORK | 552.0| 570.36 | 571.3 | 572.0 | 572.3 || 572.6 27MAR| | | | 62% F.C.| 65% | 68% | 69% || 70% | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |4-LAKE SYSTEM % FULL | 50% | 53% | 54% | 55% || | |(BEA, TAB, BUL, NOR) | | | | || | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |GREERS FERRY | 461.4| 474.18 | 474.5 | 474.7 | 474.8 || 474.9 26MAR| | | | 47% F.C.| 48% | 49% | 50% || 50% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |CLEARWATER | 494.0| 547.33 | 547.7 | 547.4 | 546.9 || 547.7 22MAR| | | | 56% F.C.| 57% | 56% | 55% || 57% | |=====================|==========|=========|=========|=========||==============| |BLUE MOUNTAIN| 387.0| 418.94 | 419.2 | 419.3 | 419.3 || 419.2 22MAR| | | | 100% F.C.| 101% | 101% | 101% || 101% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |NIMROD | 343.0| 372.14 | 372.6 | 372.8 | 373.0 || 373.1 24MAR| | | | 95% F.C.| 98% | 99% | 100% || 101% | |=====================|==========|=========|=========|=========||==============| |DEQUEEN | 437.0 | 453.39 | 454.2 | 454.8 | 455.2 || 455.5 26MAR| | | | 35% F.C.| 37% | 38% | 39% || 40% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |GILLHAM | 502.0 | 530.10 | 529.5 | 528.2 | 526.5 || 530.3 21MAR| | | | 28% F.C.| 27% | 26% | 24% || 28% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |DIERKS | 526.0 | 537.37 | 538.0 | 538.3 | 538.3 || 538.4 22MAR| | | | 27% F.C.| 29% | 30% | 30% || 30% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |MILLWOOD | 259.2 | 261.85 | 262.6 | 263.9 | 265.1 || 265.3 24MAR| | | | 5% F.C.| 7% | 10% | 13% || 13% | |==============================================================================| * EXPERIENCED CREST Percent full is based on seasonal pool level, shown to the nearest percent. The 7 am White River Stage at Newport is : 33.5 feet

CORPS OF ENGINEERS LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT LAKE LEVELS @ 7 AM (CURRENT AND FORECAST) INDICATED FORECAST ELEVATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE *********************** * 21 MAR 2008 / 1158 * *********************** ______________________________________________________________________________ | | SEAS/ | 7 AM | 7 AM POOL FORECASTS ||CREST or EMPTY| | | CONS | POOL |_____________________________||ELEV DATE | | | POOL | FRI 21 | SAT 22 | SUN 23 | MON 24 || % FULL | |_____________|_______|__________|_________|_________|_________||______________| |BEAVER | 1120.4| 1129.39 | 1129.4 | 1129.4 | 1129.3 || 1129.4 22MAR| | | | 93% F.C.| 93% | 93% | 92% || 93% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |TABLE ROCK | 915.0| 928.70 | 928.9 | 928.7 | 928.3 || 928.9 22MAR| | | | 84% F.C.| 86% | 84% | 82% || 86% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |BULL SHOALS | 654.0| 668.71 | 669.8 | 670.7 | 671.6 || 681.5 11APR| | | | 31% F.C.| 33% | 35% | 37% || 62% | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |3-LAKE SYSTEM % FULL | 48% | 50% | 51% | 52% || | |(BEA, TAB, BUL) | | | | || | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |NORFORK | 552.0| 570.36 | 571.3 | 572.0 | 572.3 || 572.6 27MAR| | | | 62% F.C.| 65% | 68% | 69% || 70% | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |4-LAKE SYSTEM % FULL | 50% | 53% | 54% | 55% || | |(BEA, TAB, BUL, NOR) | | | | || | |---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |GREERS FERRY | 461.4| 474.18 | 474.5 | 474.7 | 474.8 || 474.9 26MAR| | | | 47% F.C.| 48% | 49% | 50% || 50% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |CLEARWATER | 494.0| 547.33 | 547.7 | 547.4 | 546.9 || 547.7 22MAR| | | | 56% F.C.| 57% | 56% | 55% || 57% | |=====================|==========|=========|=========|=========||==============| |BLUE MOUNTAIN| 387.0| 418.94 | 419.2 | 419.3 | 419.3 || 419.2 22MAR| | | | 100% F.C.| 101% | 101% | 101% || 101% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |NIMROD | 343.0| 372.14 | 372.6 | 372.8 | 373.0 || 373.1 24MAR| | | | 95% F.C.| 98% | 99% | 100% || 101% | |=====================|==========|=========|=========|=========||==============| |DEQUEEN | 437.0 | 453.39 | 454.2 | 454.8 | 455.2 || 455.5 26MAR| | | | 35% F.C.| 37% | 38% | 39% || 40% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |GILLHAM | 502.0 | 530.10 | 529.5 | 528.2 | 526.5 || 530.3 21MAR| | | | 28% F.C.| 27% | 26% | 24% || 28% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |DIERKS | 526.0 | 537.37 | 538.0 | 538.3 | 538.3 || 538.4 22MAR| | | | 27% F.C.| 29% | 30% | 30% || 30% | |-------------|-------|----------|---------|---------|---------||--------------| |MILLWOOD | 259.2 | 261.85 | 262.6 | 263.9 | 265.1 || 265.3 24MAR| | | | 5% F.C.| 7% | 10% | 13% || 13% | |==============================================================================| * EXPERIENCED CREST Percent full is based on seasonal pool level, shown to the nearest percent. The 7 am White River Stage at Newport is : 33.5 feet http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/Repo...ily/lakfcst.txt

Hi Larry. This is a link that shows water levels. http://www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil/WCDS/plots/WEB/nor.htm You were right about the 12 feet up. Wonder how many feet per day decline possible with dam operating 24/7 ??? Steady...

I was planning on fishing starting next TUES. Would that work? I'm driving from STL, so I'd prefer not to waste a lot of time waiting for things to clear. But I really NEED to go fishing too. Pls advise. Thanks for the heads up Larry. Steady...

Obviously nice fish. Any idea about the weight. My guess is maybe 8-12 pounds? What's the water temp down there now days? Regards, steady...

I wonder about the date of this photo. I found this in the Earth Blogs-->December 18, 2007 Links: Daily Earth Imagery, Antarctica Photos, Panoramio Searchable, Santa Sleigh * " Daily Earth Imagery - I was contacted by the University of Wisconsin at Madison that they have worked to produce the most recent imagery available of the Earth viewable in Google Earth. They are grabbing some of the photos from NASA's satellites and color-enhancing them. The photos are as recent as 1 hour old. As you zoom in you get more details. The University has a web site which lets you choose which day you would like to view in GE from this page. See for example December 18 imagery [Google Earth File. You must have GE installed.] in Google Earth. NASA's OnEarth site also has a repository of whole earth imagery from the same satellites. They have a mosaic of the entire Earth [Google Earth File. You must have GE installed.] (the imagery in this one is as little as 6 hours old, and much of it is 24 hours or older) - NOTE: Zoom in to load more detail! According to NASA: This layer is the most current, near-global image of the earth available. The 80 GBytes of daily imagery is made available through NASA's OnEarth program. The satellite imagery from all of these come from the NASA MODIS Terra and Aqua satellites and has been processed with natural colors (read more). The University of Wisconsin also have similar data showing just the US available at this page or click on the link for viewing in GE." Anybody guess as to the date of the above photo? Steady...

Walker Hollow on HotSPot map. NE of Henderson Marina. ed...

Thank you for your courteous reply. I couldn't find the Marina data on the internet or elsewhere. Couldn't really see any marinas on Google Earth either. Just discovered that my Proximatron filter eliminated a lot of data. Turned it to bypass, now I can see, I can see. We're coming from St Louis, so would Eureka Springs offer similar lodging possibilities? I do shop for good value-price when I can. This would be my first trip to Beaver Lake. Hoping to catch a break on the weather, then booking an impromptu trip. Spoon & topwater for striper mostly. Any suggestions for stripers and largemouths during the winter months??? That'd be how I select lodging I guess. Need to find a marina slip, and a place to drop my trailer. pointers pls. Thx. Steady...

Wife and I are planning a winter trip to Beaver. 1st time. No idea where to stay, but we're trailering from STL. We are seniors, tho agile. Appreciate any logistical advice re: where to stay, where to rent boat slip, drop trailer, get food. Prefer basic lodging, but mid range is fine too. Thanks, SteadyEddie