Bill Babler

From what I know, Bo owned 1/2 the company. The other owner contacted one of Bo’s best buddies last Friday. Said he was going to the storage unit where everything was kept. Owner lives out of state and has no intention of continuing the business, just wants out. Not by the piece but the entire works. Wanted to know if this person just wanted to buy it all at a discount price. I have not heard anything since.

Brandon Coulter has one rigged on his deck. Be interested if he fishes it. Shad kill on Douglas lake in Tennessee with surface temps around 50 degree. Let me At Em🤪🤪🤪🤪

Yep, absolutely no place in the game for it. Bad look for the Hogs. Most on the jump ball forum are pretty tired of the shirt coming off. Muss did park Smith on the bench, and I’d leave him there. He has the talent to be a game changer but he has been a game stopper for them. Terrible on defense and totally selfish on offense. Kid is trying to play for the next level. Without him they share the ball and are a more cohesive unit. Devo is just playing insane. Best player on the floor the last 3 games for the Hogs. They have a great shot at the final 4.

Yep Mizzou laid an egg against the smart kids. I’m on the Hogs from here on out.

Just heard, not going back into production but there may be some quantities for sale. Know more in a day or two.

Couple of buddies out yesterday at the Knob. Not as many numbers as the past 4-5 days, but some really Biggins. Bite changed a bit and that’s maybe why the fish were bigger. LM and K’s could both be caught but were in different parts of the water column. Both teams practicing for the tournament Saturday so that’s all I can do now. Water is falling like a rock, clearing and getting cooler. May not bode well for their bite. Both teams had several LM over 4 and several K’s pushing 3 pounds. Good Luck Guys.

Looks great. I replace the hooks on most all baits so the poor hooks on the Little George have not bothered me. That is however a great looking bait

Great fish. They’re a lot greener than the ones I’m catching in the mud. 🤪

The ones I caught a couple days ago were mean and I’m talking mean. One of those 2.5 pound K’s totally kicked my tail.

Wow, thanks Buddy.

Most will struggle with your water color analogy 😁😁 When I was a kid a neighbor lady that lived in a total hollow out in the woods about a mile from us made it all the time. When I got off the bus I would pick up her mail from the box and walk it down to her. You could smell it 100 yards from her house. She had several goats and 3 maybe 4 hives. She would make me tea with sassafras goat milk and honey. She would serve it in a cup with a saucer and tell me to pour a little in the saucer so I wouldn’t burn my lips Always had either some kind of cookie or white cake with butter icing. Have no idea what ever happened to her. She was really a wonderful person, but was totally alone. My mom would go and visit her and she did have an old pickup to go to town. Wow was I way off topic, got a bit sentimental on the tea deal.

That is a much nicer set of green fish. Thanks for the report. Got one similar from a buddy. They really want the olive/ green cranker with the orange hat and shoes.

That’s just a crazy number. Congrats for sure. Had a buddy up there yesterday he had 17 keepers. Caught them all under 5’ on a wart. Just about the same color wart I caught them on the White. 57 is a Yummy number of catches. Thanks for the great report.

Steve, I figured you might know more than me. I have no idea why they took down the launch under repair sign and moved the rocks blocking the ramp. They have done Zero work on it as far as I can tell. Deputy noticed it too and said he had not seen any repair work going on. One day last fall I picked up 2 bags of hard liquor bottles at and around the ramp. You wonder how many broken bottles are out there Mostly Fireball Cinnamon Shots. And, Steve you are correct. Perfect launch angle at any lake level. To durn bad.

There will be enough guys there to park trucks and it’s a short walk. Launching there at times is a total nightmare without help. At times your truck will 5’ from shore just to get the boat off the trailer. If you’re by yourself your going to get wet most times. Nice pavilion and we will have launch help.

They moved the concrete blocks that had been blocking the middle of the ramp. With water this high I don’t think there would be a problem, but I’m not saying. I’ve driven down there twice to look in the last 10 days and I’m just a little apprehensive to try it with a 21’ boat. The ramp was broken off on the left side and you had to stay way right or you would drop a wheel off, prior to them blocking it I don’t think it’s fixed, but it is unblocked Off topic is I also spoke with a sheriff deputy that was sitting down there and he said they are trying to patrol it at least once a day. Said he would not leave his personal truck there unattended. Said some real bad types are hanging around down there. Due to really only a very few picnic tables still available and the ramp and parking lot in tough shape he said he hopes they put a gate across it. I hope not, would be very sad. Wife and I walked down there a lot last Fall and we were aware of some very unsavory types that seem to hang around. No problems but at times especially on weekends it gave you the willies. Hope this helps.

Ya I missed it on Thrift. Didn’t think he would be there with all the FFS guys even though it’s his home lake. I figured little Jones would be okay as he is a great bed guy and also a FFS guy.

Gates is a cool as the other side of the pillow. Going to be hard to replace Honor, Hodge and Kobe. They all could come back but bet they’re done. 5 th. Year senior with the Covid year. Kind of like what Arkansas did year before last in football, oldest team in the country. I don’t think they will come back. Honor might.

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That’s a great day, thanks for the report. I could not get them to eat a blade yesterday. I threw it on every spot I caught them on a crank yesterday. Just would not eat it for me.

Alabama is better that Missouri. They’re also better than just about everyone in the country. Great on defense and sooo friggin loooong Miller is the best player in the country. Probably not the smartest but the best BB player.

As far as the Hogs you simple cannot and I mean cannot allow Nick to shoot the ball 20-TWENTY times. Black only had 8 shots and was next. Smith was totally out of control and Musselman should have put a stop to it. 20 off balance covered up shots and he was very lucky to make 6. The minute Nick Smith walks off that campus the Razorbacks are a better team. Guy is a total ball hog, and I don’t mean that in a good way. Slapping the camera out of the Rivals reporters hand by the assistant coach was an extremely bad look at the end of the game. There should be charges. Followed Arkansas for many years and frankly I don’t like the manner of either the coach or the players. When they win it’s with pure athleticism and when they Lose they melt down. They can beat anyone in the country one day a week or lose to an NAIA school 6 days a week. Totally undisciplined and the foxes are in charge of the hen house. Rant over and it’s a shame I had to make it.

I retired to soon. Should have moved to Texas😀

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You have chosen wisely Grass Hopper. Man it’s terrible out there today.