Quillback

Thanks - I put his contact info in my notes. One of these days I will fish up there.

Well sorry to see you probably won't make it. We'll probably have enough room should you make a last minute decision to go. BTW, if you are in the area late December and want to fish Beaver, give me a holler. That is assuming the weather isn't too crazy.

Yeah, don't go to that wheelchair if you can help it, once in one of those things you may never get out.

I took pain meds for three days after my knee replacement, dang things were worthless.

Cloudy, windy, morning - time to toss a jerk bait! Caught a few on the jerker, missed a few, then after a while the bass seemed to lose interest. Nothing sizeable, but fun to catch them on it. Throwing it to the bank and working it back, bites would come in about 5-10 FOW. After that, went deep. Dragging a C-rig and a little drop shotting. Caught some spotted bass, only one was a keeper. Most were 13-14" and fat. Out deep in the 25-40 foot range. Zoom Finesse worm was my best bait. Spent quite a bit of time fishing near Tom from Eagle Rock, he was getting deep fish on a jig. WT was 68 when I left, it is cooling down!

Those are big bows, they look like summer run steelhead.

I also need to make it up there one of these days. Did you go with a guide?

Good deal buddy! Buzz bait bites are the best.

looks like some great weather!

What Ham says on brush piles - I don't fish for them myself, but I know someone that is catching them now on Table Rock on brush piles. He's got an inventory of piles that have produced for him and he just cycles through them.

Cedar Gables is booked the weekend we are coming. But not to worry, I have talked to Miles and we will book the A-Frame, the Bunk Lodge, and the River Villa. We can use the River Villa as the gathering place for meals, and for those that want to dance and sing with Cody into the wee hours of the night. I am going to grab a room at the A-Frame for myself and the pooch. Total cost will be $2130, which isn't much more than what we would've paid if we were able to get Cedar Gables. I'm thinking we may have 16 to 20 staying so we're looking at $135 - $110 per person.

Intended to chase some top water stripers, could not find any. It was really foggy early which didn't help as far as being able to cruise around looking for them. So fell back to chasing smallies in the timber and off the points in Indian creek. Caught one decent one and a handful in the 10-14" range and a bunch of tiny 5 inchers. GP Ned rig. Once it got sunny and calm the fishing really got slow and I left at noon. WT 69

Glad you can make it. Let me know how much oil you need and I will bring it.

Last time out on Beaver, a few weeks ago, that was all I caught, smallies around 10-11 inches. Must have been a good spawn that year.

Nice cool October day, not much wind early, but it did pick up later in the day. Really tough fishing, it was a ghost town out there, if I had not been given a tip on where some were schooling deep I probably would've caught only one or two. The spot I was given a tip on was near the channel drop and the fish were holding in 30-40 FOW. Quite a few on the screen, would've been a great time and place for the drop shot, except I did not have any drop shot stuff with me. I picked up a few dragging a c-rig on the bottom, three of them were keeper spots and a couple of shorts. Used a UV Speed Craw and a Fish Doctor on the c-rig. Eventually those fish moved out and that was it for that spot. Did some bank pounding with a jig and crank for a while, and just nothing, one pick up on the jig was all I got. Left at noon. WT 71. Tough, but it beat a day at work.

A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale.' He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there. "You talk?" he asks. "Yep" the Lab replies. After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says, "So, what's your story?" The Lab looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping, I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running... but the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired." The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog. "Ten dollars" the guy says. "Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on Earth are you selling him so cheap?" "Because he's a liar. He's never been out of the yard."

Best part of the top water striper fishing is the blow up on the lure. Then you're in for a long fight. They never jump which is too bad, it would be pretty cool if they could grab some air.

Nice! I may go look for some stripers on Beaver Friday morning.

Maybe we'll give it another shot next year. I think we'll cut it down to one plaque for the best three. I have been in contact with the Cville High coach, he might be able to bring in some folks too next year.

Randy - I will send you a PM. Probably best just to send a check direct to them. Jeff

Something Phil had an idea for was putting an image of Bo on the plaque for next time should we decide to do this again.

It is a neat fishery, trout year round, good walleye run early spring/late winter, white bass in the spring. If you visit someday and need a netboy/boat launch assistant, let me know. Of course I'll also want to do a little fishing,

Richard Cross posted this pic of a recently caught bow on the Beaver tailwater. Around 8 lbs. and caught on a 3/16 oz Zigjig.

Happy birthday Ness!

We had a low number of participants at this years tourney, great bunch of guys for sure and we had fun, but if we are to do this one again in the future I would like to see more participation. So I am open for ideas, should we try another time of year? Different place to meet? Open to ideas and suggestions.