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Wish I could put a 50 on my boat. Regs say 35 Max. I have one(50HP...84 I think)) that came off an old pontoon I had and have been looking for a 35HP that someone might want to trade straight across. No takers yet but I am sure in due time.

DC I think what you are seeing is sediment trapped in the root system of the coontails. NOT good for those coontail will love it. The mouth of bull is about 2 feet shallower as well. I assume the same situation. Sediment caught by the coontails.

Quickest way to the low water bridge is to take M highway until you get to Equine Valley Rd. Follow it to Two Rivers Rd. The Bridge is on Two Rivers. You can park on the side of the road and walk down.

Since this thread has the attention of Rock Guides, Let me ask you something. Or better yet , confirm what I am thinking. Since the water has been soo high for soo long, I would assume the extra rain should improve the fishing. Would that be an accurate assessment?

I have parked near the low water bridge over the Finley(just above James) and have waded all that area. As long as you stay close to the water the land owners cant say a whole lot. Even if you get an ear full, the law wont run you off so they are just blowing off steam. I have had better luck in the James just below the Finley than actually fishing Finley itself. Good Luck

Im a Dolphin Fan! Quit yer belly aching!

It was a rotting smelly corpse. I didnt bother measuring. But counting the bill, It was well over 3 feet long.

Pretty impressive!

Went out for a bit before the weather set it. Caught 4 Sport Bass and 3 Whites. Threw a Rogue the whole time with the same pattern as yesterday.

Found an interesting floater behind my dock. Is it part of a larger population or did it take the water chute ride while the gates were open?

Went out between showers this afternoon. Caught 4 Rainbows, 3 Whites and 2 Sport Bass. Was throwing rogues and guppys drifting the wind along the shoreline.

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sweet smallie

5-4-3-2-1-Houston we have a problem

oil is 116$ a barrel now

You would think that the scud population would love the Lower Lake. It is all leaves and stick debris.

I forgot to call you Bill. I hope you didnt wait around too long for my call....Hehe

It has been yo-yoing between 3.19 and 3.29 here in Branson.

Phil, The whole Lower is nothing but a bed of knarled sticks and twigs. Now there is a lot of mud mixed in but usually its just wood.

I can sympathize with your dilehma. When dogs get used as pawns in personal attacks it can get ugly in a hurry. Nobody wants to shoot a pet. And I do try to communicate before acting. But I have no qualms about it. And I have only shot dogs for one of 3 reasons. One, to put it down to be humane. Two, If it habitually(more than once) kills other pets or livestock(chickens,rabbits,ect.) and Three, if it is maliciously vicious towards human life. What I do have issues with, is people who get dogs and keep them tied up or caged. I for one will not own a dog if I had to do that. Now you do run a risk of someone being less than pleased with your free running pet, and they can get themselves into trouble, but a dog worth anything will be trainable and can be taught boundaries and restraint. In the past I have had a dog picked up by animal control, Lost one on the highway, and had another came home gut-shot. In hiensight, The one that got picked up was a doofus and had a reputation for doing most anything for tablescraps, The one that got ran over on the highway was 16 years old and was about 80% deaf and blind in one eye so he probably didnt see it coming(literally), and the one that came home with a deer slug in his gut was a deer runner (a bad trait I couldnt get him to shake) and I am sure he rousted some deer under the scope of a hunter in a stand. In wich I would have shot him myself. Anyway, considering those odds, I have had very little trouble. And most dogs are harmless and dont merit the extreme of being eliminated. If you train your pets correctly and express to them love and consideration(and lots of milk bones), they are content to stay on property and hunt at night. Of course, I live in a rural area and my neighbors are limited so it is less likely to ruffle feathers than if I were to live in town.

Not True? I had normal stage levels(At/Less than 4 generators worth) all afternoon yesterday. Granted there is a short delay between Lower and Upper water flow, but 10 miles from either Dam I can predict water flow according to what is reported from the Dam.

Hey Phil, The Flood Sludge(as I will glamorously name) is about an inch thick down here. Maybe a little less. As I have stated in other posts, The lake has filled in about 2 feet under my dock. And I am on the channel side. Havent looked at the depths under Rockaways docks yet, but if I were to guess it is significant. I did find something curious under my dock that I cant say as I have ever seen on Lower Taney. I stirred out about 50 or 60 (What looked like)Gizzard Shad. That in itself isnt the surprise, the fact that not one of them were under 3 pounds surprised me. A couple had to have been 6 pounds easily. Anyway, I can bet they took the water slide ride last weekend.

Lower lake is the same, Just not the same.

Ahhhh.....Come on OneShot! I was just warming up. Let me go on and give all the reasons why a dog needs to be shot. I feed 15 dogs at any givin time. So do my neighbors. We know we let our dogs run and we all take care of each others dogs. For the most part they are like kids running around the hood. We know it and all our dogs come home at night(for the most part), and we chuckle about them doing stupid stuff as well as we tickle about the fact all the girls(including mine) are fixed so we dont have to worry about puppys. We all agree that if the dog is a threat it is DEAD! As far as the law not meaning nothing to me? A law is nothing but a rule. All rules can be negotiated for a certain situtation. I will kill you if you gave me a good reason too. And my Lawyer will make sure to prove my justification since your no longer innocent until proven guilty. Society isnt a set of right and wrong. It is of ethics and of those that dont have any. As much as I repect our judicial system I have no faith in those that advocate it. The LAW and its supporters are either self serving or not sympathetic to human apathy. It is flawed and with that fact evident a man has to operate between rightious and reality. When in Rome works great but you dont have to conform. Just dont get caught and you wont have to be strung up. Disrespect for the Law? I can move between the law and still have respect from those that vow to uphold it.