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Expo at BPS: In another first for the championship, the REDCREST 2026 Outdoor Sports Expo will be a three-day, open-air, tented festival staged right in the heart of the Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters campus in Springfield

Apparently no longer in the Arkansas river Summer Shiner Surveys Each year, biologists with the Wildlife Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service meet along a 300-mile stretch of the Canadian River to conduct surveys for the federally threatened Arkansas River shiner at 10 established sites. A 4-by-15-foot mesh net, or seine, is hauled through the water to sample the river channel, along the banks, and a mix of other river habitats. Biologists examine every fish captured, and log the total number of seine hauls, habitats sampled, and fish caught. Though historically found throughout the Arkansas River watershed, the small fish has disappeared from about 80% of its range and is now limited to the Canadian River in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

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Wow, that is some great fishing! What sized plopper do you use?

Lever actions are cool. I like the looks of the Smith and Wesson 1854 they came out with a couple of years ago.

Stumbled across this story today: Forgotten Winchester - Wikipedia

I would've slept in my truck, or the bottom of a boat, or in the chicken coop or one of the dog houses. The Bunk House sounds like a house of horrors! ☠️

Looked them up - You should've fed it scorpions. Their diet is much more restricted than that of other African monitor lizards, consisting mainly of snails, crabs, scorpions, millipedes, centipedes, orthopterans, mantids, hymenopterans, lepidopterans, beetles and other invertebrates, as well as frogs.

It's downright cold out there. Really need some rain here, it sprinkled some Monday but not near enough. Supposed to get "heavy" rain tomorrow - we'll see.

War Eagle Revival: Moving Mountains for Conservation • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Panther has not fished well for the last few years, could be those otters are the reason. Used to be one of my favorites, there were places in that cove that you were virtually guaranteed to catch at least one bass if not several.

A large reptile has officials on high alert in a Maine town, authorities shared on social media. Calling the animal a “large lizard on the loose,” the Old Town Police Department shared on Sunday, Aug. 24 that the reptile is a tegu lizard. Someone called police around 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24 about a large lizard under their porch, Bailey told USA TODAY. As of Aug. 25, the lizard has not been found, Bailey said. A tegu lizard on the loose in Old Town Maine in August 2025. It was initially believed to be a monitor lizard, but witness accounts have shown otherwise, the department said. Tegu lizards like this one have sharp teeth and claws, as well as strong jaws, police shared online at 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 24. While they are not “inherently aggressive,” they can lash out when they feel threatened. They can grow to be 2, 3, and sometimes 4½ feet long, according to wildlife experts. “The owner subsequently contacted us to confirm that the Tegu lizard belonged to him,” Bailey wrote, adding that the owner is an Old Town resident. What to do if you see a lizard like this Bailey said those who see the lizard should not approach it. Police have been in contact with the Maine Warden Service and an animal control officer to create a plan to “safely capture the lizard” once it is found, Bailey told USA TODAY. Our plan involves using a catch pole to guide the lizard into a large crate,” he said. We believe the lizard is possibly hunkered down somewhere and will likely come out when the sun shines again, as Tegu lizards enjoy basking in the sun.”

Springfield looks to be working towards building a new convention center, but it goes through, it will not be ready by 2027. News Releases • Springfield takes next big step toward Regio

Thought the same, it sort of looked like him.

For sure. And if there is anything behind this rumor, you know Johnny Morris is involved.

Well you had me going. 😃

I don't know if an open air arena would work for them that early in the year.

Dude, you are running with the big dogs!

I'd bring some bolt cutters and cut that leader, no way I'd be messing around with that hook. Look at those stinking teeth!

That's not the Apple Steve Wozniak is it?

LOL, yeah dang minnows are almost charged as if they were made of gold. Heck, the local baitshop now wants $4.50 for a couple dozen redworms.

NORCROSS, GA — Following the public relations disaster Cracker Barrel experienced this week after it introduced its new logo, popular restaurant chain Waffle House unveiled a successful strategy of just keeping everything the same forever. The 24-hour breakfast chain sought to avoid the same backlash Cracker Barrel suffered by simply not ever changing any of its branding, products, or decor, and instead maintaining everything exactly as it has been since 1955. "We're never going to be different," said Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers III. "Other restaurants may feel pressure to change the way they look, come up with new logos, or occasionally wipe crumbs and grease off the tables, but at Waffle House, we pledge that our customers will never have to deal with that type of jarring change." While many popular brands have fallen to the temptation to update their looks and products to keep pace with the modern world, Waffle House expressed its commitment to providing the same environment and services that its customers have always known. "There's no reason to try to reinvent the wheel here," Rogers continued. "We know what we are. Our customers know what we are. When you want to eat a stack of pancakes, a pile of bacon, and some grits at 2 A.M. while watching a live fight between some transients who wandered over from the truck stop, Waffle House has been — and always will be — the place to go." At publishing time, Waffle House had issued a follow-up statement promising that even the oil used in the fryers of its locations would never, ever be changed.

If there is a possibility of the Classic coming to TR, then you know JM is working on it. Always a big turnout when the Classic is at Grand, and I bet there would be here too. I would say you'd need a venue that can hold at least 5,000 people for the Classic weigh in. Need a lot of floor space for the expo too. The Classic is a big deal, the Redcrest not so much at least so far.

Don't worry, TPWD is keeping close track of this bear. The reporter said the bear has found the "bare necessities" in the piney woods.

USFWS announces USD 19 million in grants to address invasive carp | SeafoodSource