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Similar incident on TR on July 7. Report says "moderate" injury. INCIDENT OCCURRED AS BOAT STRUCK LARGE WAKE WHILE TUBING, SUBJECT WAS OCCUPANT IN THE BOAT WAS THROWN IN THE AIR AND LANDED ON SEAT

Somebody needs to keep those fish on their toes, I have not been over there in a while. Bonus points on catching them on a spybait, I have never been able to get fish on them.

I see no Regatta permit for this event. This permit application must be properly completed in order for the Missouri State Highway Patrol to consider approval of a marine event (tournament, parade, race, exhibition, etc.) on navigable waters of the State of Missouri as required by Section 306.130 RSMo

Very nice!

Yeah, same here. I used to keep a lot of trout and ate a lot of trout. Not any more, if I'm going to eat fish, I go for warm water species these days.

I never hear of anyone using a drop shot for trout. If I was going to fish bait, I'd give it a try. Hook a redworm once through the middle and drag it around. Something else you don't hear people using any more for trout are crickets. That would be interesting on a drop shot too. When I first started trout fishing, Pautzkes Balls of Fire were an excellent trout bait. Used to fish them on a slip sinker rig, cast it out there, prop your rod on a forked stick, wait for the bite.

It's noon somewhere!

Crossed the KC bridge about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, lots of boats on the move. With the temp nearing 100 and the water must be in the high 80's at least, it does not look fun to me.

Can't wait to see the pics! And if no pics, watch out for these 2 guys. @Johnsfolly@snagged in outlet 3

Let's keep it civil, if you want it to remain open.

LOL, yeah it seems to periodically crash.

AGFC has a release trailer, I fished a tourney about 10 years ago where they used it. They released the fish about a mile away from Prairie Creek where the weigh in was held. Didn't seem to be worth the effort if you're only going to take them a mile away. Live-Release Trailer The AGFC Black Bass Program also has live-release trailers that can be used by local bass tournament directors to recycle their catch. The use of live-release trailers by concerned anglers and tournament directors will be instrumental in bass conservation efforts and will help reduce the stock-piling effect of bass at popular access areas on our lakes. The trailers were designed with two holding tanks mounted with oxygen diffusers and come equipped with all needed equpment to fill and aerate the tanks. The tanks are approximately 200 gallons each and can handle approximately one pound of fish per gallon of water. The Black Bass Program has a set of procedures available explaining the simple operation of the trailers as well as tips on how anglers can keep bass alive in their livewells. Anyone interested in using a trailer at their next tournament can contact the Black Bass Program at the Hot Springs Regional Office, 877-525-8606; the Hope Regional Office, 877-777-5580; the Mountain Home Regional Office, 877-425-7577; the Mayflower Regional Office, 877-470-3309, or the Russellville Regional Office, 877-967-7577.

It does seem hard to believe there would be much demand for renting these lodges.

Just on the other side of the bridge from Kimberling City. They've cleared the trees off, looks like a great view from the top. Not for me, I bet it will take some major coin to buy in. WILDERNESS MOUNTAIN - Home (wildernessmountaintablerocklake.com)

I was over at JWM trailer in Reeds Spring today, saw this on the premises, made me think of this thread.

Love those big ol' spotted bass!

Nice fish! I'll be interested to hear how the plug bite works out. I am assuming you are talking deep diving cranks?

I should fish the Elk, I am not that far away. Get there early like you did and catch a few fish before the thundering herd shows up.

You could use this link: Table Rock Lake (army.mil)

Nice looking baits! Closest thing I use to pink, is Old Purple Zoom plastics. It's kind of a purplish pink. It works.

Cool - If you've got guys that are savvy enough with the technology and are willing to do what needs to be done, it is a neat way to do it.

I like the idea, but as said above, editing all that video sounds like a real chore. Fish don't like to be put on bump boards, net them, put the ruler next to them, they'll usually lay there nice and still.

Maybe should've taken a scenery shot, didn't want to take any pics of 15" spots. 😀 Wish I could've gotten a pic of the C-130, but did not have enough time.

Fished in TV Tom's boat this morning, and I'll start by saying we caught oodles of spotted bass. We put 65 in the boat and lost quite a few too. Not one largemouth, not one smallmouth, did we catch. Tom did have one nice largemouth up to the boat that got off, but that was it for other bass. Only 3 of the spots were keepers. We caught a lot of 13-14" fish, nice chunky fish, hard fighters, but certainly not tourney fish. Best place was off the end of a dock that was out over 50 feet of water. I was swimming Keitechs, 3/8 oz head, 3.8 sized. I'd let them drop for a 10 count, slow reel, let it drop, repeat. I also threw a drop-shot, 1/4 oz weight, Zoom Finesse worm in Old Purple, with the drop shot I'd throw it 30 feet or so, let out a bit of line and let it pendulum down and they'd usually grab it as it was dropping. Tom was getting them on spoons, an underspin and a Ned. Our 2nd best place was a flat off the bank by some gravel points. The Keitech was working for me there too, but I was letting it go to the bottom and slowly working it back. Tom was dragging a jig and they were eating that too. Fish were in 20-30 FOW. We threw some top water early, but not much interest was shown by the fish. As we were coming back to the ramp, a very low flying C-130 came over the ridge, flew over the channel and was right above the next ridge and kind of banked over the channel and kept on going. Couldn't have been more that 200 feet off the deck. WT 84.5.

I saw a show where they were poking around trying to find them. Small streams, but they'd pull out those big old things. Not easy to find, took them a while to find one.