Quillback

I'm not qualified to answer that question, however there are people that you can pay by the hour that have PHD's and have couches for you to lay on that will be happy to have a discussion with you on this subject. 😀

I guess I am out of touch, I did not realize that there was some kind of weird furry dressing thing going on.

HAHA, good one!

Get well and hopefully you will have no or minimal symptoms.

That's a good one Dutch!

Cool, look forward to maybe watching some of the shows. It really depends on the lake and how they are fishing that gets me to watch. I can't stand watching people fish drop shot, no matter if they are catching dinks or 5 lbers.

See this thread, 10 so far. Mostly St. Louis types. 😀

OK, so far looks like 10, I'd say you're at capacity for the Cedar Gables. Do you guys want it Thursday night through Saturday night (leave Sunday)?

Same here.

Sorry about that, it was full. You should be able to PM me now. @bfishn

That's a really good day!

Speaking of blues, came across this article. https://wlos.com/news/local/lightning-strikes-twice-for-trophy-catfishermen

Nice fish! I was out yesterday also on the upper White. Super foggy start to the day, which helped as I didn't go far from Big M and ran into a short duration top water bite. It didn't last long, but it was a bite on just about every cast for maybe a half-hour. I tossed a 1/4 oz Kastmaster at them, I think I boated 8, with one keeper before it ended. After the fog cleared I bounced around fishing chunk rock with the Ned, found one bank that held some in 10-15 FOW, all spots. Ended the day with 19, but only one keeper. I lost 3 fish that were decent sized, obvious keepers, every one of those 3 jumped 3 feet into the air and tossed the bait. Always fun t watch them jump. WT 59-60

Thanks buddy, if you want to PM Ham or I that would be awesome and I promise I won't post any background pics. I know where to get some 1/4 oz marabou jigs with fairly stout hooks. Catching those shad for bait is always a challenge, but maybe some bass minnows - I'll see what Ham wants to do, it's all about him. 😄

Just tell them next time you're in there you'll try not to miss. 😃

Never have shot or eaten prairie chicken or sage grouse. I have had ruffed grouse which was decent. There were also spruce grouse and blue grouse in Washington state. Never hit one of those or ate one either, but had a couple of shots at them.

Used to run into a covey of huns maybe once or twice a year while chukar hunting, dark meat like a dove. Marinate for 24 hours in Teriyaki marinade, wrap it with bacon, grill and it would be edible. Chukar would usually get the same treatment. Quail are always good, young pheasants are good, but the old birds always got the marinade bacon wrap thing.

I'm OK with those over feathered, over loud, goofy birds hating on me.

Thanks for putting this on Brett.

Nice ones! I heard a report from a friend that one of his buddies got into some deep, 50 feet down, on a spoon. Saw the writeup on Cody Huff's win this week on the FLW and he caught them deep on an ice jig.

Man I hate peacocks, they are the loudest bird out there. I wonder if they are any good to eat? Never heard of anyone eating one. Haven't seen any pelicans this fall, seems the only tine I see them on Table Rock is early spring and then they are only around for a few days.

I would guess that they demo'd the buildings before the lake was filled, probably just foundations down there. Maybe a row of cabins, resort type deal?

The lake is fishing tough. There's a few good bags, seems like no matter how tough it is, someone in one of these tourneys will do well. On the co-angler side, Steve Meador is in the lead, he's a friend of friend so that is how I heard about him. He's won a few of these events as a co-angler.

Nice smalls, I am jealous.

Well the loons are back, number of loons I saw was about equal to the number of fish I caught. I fished Tuesday and today in the upper White and totaled about 20 bass over 2 days, 3 keepers. This sunny weather has got them out in the channel again chasing small, scattered shad. If you can get on one when they come up, they'll bite but it's tough to get on them as they just aren't schooled up and are scattered. I caught some on 3.3 and 2.8 Keitechs and a couple on the 1/4 oz Kastmaster. It's an early bite, it gets tough after 10 AM or so. I did fish the Ned some, better bite Tuesday on the Ned, today I think I had two good hookups on it and they both got off and that was about it. On the plus side, the weather is great. Lots of boats out too. There's some type of FLW/BFL tourney going on and quite a few locals out. WT 60-61