DoveTail

I've always wondered, if you want a "vacation", then why not just rent the condo or property you want and walk away. One of the selling points they used on the time share is all the vacations you can take and rent your property out... My thoughts are, why not just be a renter instead of an owner? Any way, they are popular so hope people enjoy what they have.

That's what I heard, I had no plans on buying one but these guys were trying to sell one for $60,000! Then they mark it down to $40,000... They wouldn't answer questions on how to sell one if I wanted to sell. Again, I had no intention of buying one, but there were a lot of unanswered questions but pressure to buy.

It wasn't in Brason, but I listened to a sales pitch for a time share just to hear what they were saying. Kind of funny, or I guess they are just trying to make a buck. The first price is high until this particular presentation realized I may not be buying, so then they reduce the price. This is after all the money I was told I would make on my investment and how I could sell it. The new offer was a "time share" someone else was trying to sell and it was $20,000 less in price than the new share they were trying to sell me! Hmmm? So I ask the question - if I'm going to make so much money, how can you sell a time share to me now for $20,000 less than the first offer from a person that needs to sell their unit? I would think the 2nd hand unit they were trying to sell would be the same price plus some profit??? I wonder what they are selling for now?

Be sure and check with Tim, he'll know the latest.

Nice looking fish!

I haven't looked at their site in quite a while because it never seems to be what they claim. I believe it's a revolving window, I thought they had forward projections. Tuesday's date is correct with March 31. Maybe they haven't updated it? I do remember trying to time certain days into the future with their projections, not sure why they are behind right now? Any way, those plans didn't work! Just be prepared for anything and fish what the opportunities are. It's all good regardless.

Ummm...I have been below the dam before, the horn blast and NOTHING. Here's a link for their projections...it looks like the weekend will be a lower rate than the week. Only projections! http://www.swpa.gov/generationschedules.aspx

Yummy, a little butter and served on a steak!

Welcome to the forum!

Very nice fish! Congrats!!!

You missed posting turtles, another food source. As I mentioned, muskrats are totally different - indicating they are not going to be a huge predator on fish like an otter. But, they do eat fish.

Muskrats are totally different, although they do eat fish also.

I have logged on their website the morning I am going to fish and when I get there, it is NOTHING like they predict. I understand there are various demands for electricity and if there is a power grid problem some other place, that may create immediate demand and mess up all their plans. So from what I have seen, it doesn't matter what the charts have been or what they are predicting - it usually doesn't set a trend.

There are several secret patterns that work well in the C&R section.

I have only seen one before. It was far enough from me, it didn't spook the fish - but the fish know why they are in the river so I am sure it will causes the bite to shut down.

Very nice rainbow! Congrats.

Welcome!

Yes, all the parks are put and take. Just those as you mentioned, those that are harder to get to / more remote get less pressure so you see a lot more fish as the other parks. They all have some big ones swimming around.

Bennett gets hammered so hard with all the fishing pressure, the trout are harder to catch there compared to the other parks. Roaring River does have some very nice sized trout, probably due to less pressure where Bennett has a lot of put and take - more take. There are still some big trout in Bennett, just the other parks seem to have more you can hook up.

That's a pig! Congrats!

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Nice looking pics, thanks for sharing.

On the fish that went belly up on me, it pulled away then rolled over, so I was able to get it back (not that your comment was directed towards my post). I just learned that some reflexes in the fish may seem like it is okay, but they need some running water through their gills and need to make sure it is ready to go. I don't have anything again keeping fish unless the entire water system is catch and release only. Keep in mind, there is a lot of bait fishing just a couple of miles down, how many of those are never allowed to reach potential. I'm sure it's a balance between tourist demand and the economy. There are some great fish in Taneycomo, but if the entire lake had slot size limits that may increase the productivity? Another subject of debate. I have seen some decent trout in Taneycomo but have caught bigger fish in other places. There are a LOT of 15" to 16" fish there, once they get to the 20" range there are not as many.

I caught a big rainbow in another stream and it went belly up. It was a quick release and a very quick photo out of the water. The pool I caught it in and released it back in was calm. I was able to get it off the bottom of the pool and move it to some swift water where it was shallow. Probably held it about 5 minutes? Let go and belly up again! Finally I just stood there with it between my boots, gently holding it. I could see the gills were going, so I thought it would make it. After a couple of times letting go, it maintained right side up. When I let it go, it just sat on the bottom in the swift water - then swam away. So I'm confident it made a recovery.

It looks like those would put up a pretty good fight on light equipment.