derekburleson

Late post, but got out last Sunday and ran into this gal near Point 12. Of course I didn't have scales, but I'm guessing at least five pounds. Successfully released to fight another day.

We ran around from Indian Creek to point 5 early Saturday and didn't see any topwater action either. Looked like the striper guides we're having a slow go as well. Caught a few LM on a spook off one tree but otherwise pretty slow.

Funny you say that...I was a B.A.S.S. marshall at Grand a few years back and of the three pros I rode with, only one spoke negatively about another angler...we idled into a creek Avena was fishing and you would have thought we pulled up on the devil himself.

I'm headed down to Conroe, TX, with Tyson Foods Thursday to serve meals for anyone who needs one. We've spent the last several days trying to find a good spot to set up that can handle 5-6 big rigs and 4 cook teams and with much of the city still underwater, Conroe is the closest we can get. But I promise you we'll set up a distribution network to get plenty of meals into the city to those affected. So glad to work for a company that is dedicating so many resources to helping these folks. Unfortunately, I'll be leaving my boat in NWA!

Flood gates opened 1 ft. at 7pm tonight, according to Alan Bland with the Corp.

Stayed a few hours and went home with this mixed bag. Pulling crankbaits around Houseman.

Nice fish!

Awesome report and very similar to mine today. My buddy caught by far the biggest fish of his life and I couldn't be more happy. The whole thing about different stages of being a fisherman...I get a bigger thrill watching others catch fish these days. I didn't even put a rod in my hand today and still can't wipe the smile off my face.

A chrome rogue with black back and orange belly has done well for me.

Didn't get on the water, but was at Monte Ne today and it's still chocolate milk.

Alligator skin bass boat seats.

This guy has some pretty good video and stills of the Beaver town bridge. https://www.facebook.com/smith.treuer

From the Corps of Engineers Facebook page: Spillway releases through Beaver and Table Rock dams. We will begin a spillway release at six p.m. today from Beaver Dam because of heavy rains today. The seven spillway gates will be opened two-foot releasing 15,000 cubic feet per second in addition to the 7,500 c.f.s. being released through the turbine generators. The total release is 22,500 c.f.s. The lake will crest at 1,131.5 feet above sea level. Future rainfall may cause the Corps to increase releases at Beaver Lake. This depends on how much additional rain falls and how quickly it falls. Releases from Table Rock Lake are expected to begin Monday, Dec. 28. Releases will range from 20,000 c.f.s. to 40,000 c.f.s. because of the current heavy rainfall in the Beaver Table Rock drainage basin. Daily lake information can be obtained at www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil or the Corps’ mobile App which can be found in mobile App stores by searching for USACE Little Rock.

Beaver town bridge. Photo from Robert Roman Norman.

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