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Reminder that the tourney starts at 5 PM today. Here's a link to the photo thread:

Reminder that the tourney starts at 5 PM today. Here's a link to the photo thread:

Reminder that the tourney starts at 5 PM today. Here's the link to the photo thread:

Reminder that the tourney starts at 5 PM today. Here's the link to post your photos, also it is where the number is posted.

First the number to put in your photo is 917. Write it down on a piece of paper and include it in the photo. Post photos in this thread for the judges to review and please use this thread for photos only. You can include commentary in your photo post if you want and be sure and declare that it was caught on public water using an artificial lure. Thanks and good luck!

Skies are dark here, wind blowing, thunder rumbling, I am expecting it to start pouring down any minute.

Don't poke the bear!

OK, looking forward to it.

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a * Flood Warning for... Central Christian County in southwestern Missouri... Taney County in southwestern Missouri... Northeastern Stone County in southwestern Missouri... Greene County in southwestern Missouri... * Until noon CDT Friday. * At 555 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain which will cause flooding. Rainfall amounts of one to two inches have already occurred. * Creeks, streams, and low water crossings will be especially susceptible to the dangers of flooding. This warning includes but is not limited to the following low water crossings... Route CC west of Fair Grove at The Pomme De Terre River... Scenic Avenue in southwest Springfield... East Buena Vista Road at Ward Branch south of Springfield... Highway 176 near Rockaway Beach... and Highway 125 just south of Highway 60. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. All interested parties should take necessary precautions immediately.

Well you caught a goggle eye, one of the tougher species to catch on the Rock.

Evergreen SB 125. Usually I'll do a little bass fishing after the striper bite ends, but today with the fish to clean I decided to roll once the striper bite ended.

I think that's a good bet, didn't see any guides around point 5 today.

Forced myself to get up at O-Dark-Thirty for one more trip to Beaver. With the weather forecast and Memorial Day boat traffic this would be my last chance to chase them for several days at least. Launched at Indian Creek and motored down to the bluff by point 5. Didn't see a whole lot of top water activity, but from 0530 until 0700 there was some action and I boated 3 stripers, 2 on top and one on a Keitech. Still no big fish for me, a couple of 5 lbers and the Keitech fish was probably around 3.5 by my estimate. At 0700 they just flat out stopped. I kept the three I caught today and once they stopped biting, I was gone and was on the trailer at 0800. So here it is a little after 1030, fish are cleaned, boat is put away, and I am cleaned up too. The stripers did get their revenge today, I was pulling them out of the livewell, my hand slipped and the ball of my thumb went right over the end of a gill plate. Sliced open like a paper cut on steroids. That was not fun. Time for a nap.

Fished a couple of days this week, going early and looking for top water stripers. The 19th was a bit of a bust, had one striper blow up twice on the pencil popper and that was it. Did find them in a couple of spots and went right to one spot first thing this morning. Had a few chasing spawning shad right on the bank on my first stop, caught 3 of them on the pencil popper throwing at blow ups - no monsters, 5 lbers, plenty of fun on the bass tackle. Moved up lake a few miles to a bluff that always seems to hold them this time of year and caught a couple more there, 5 lbers once again, on the pencil popper. About 8 AM the bite tailed off. Not seeing any out in the channel, they seem to be keying on shad close to the bank. Not seeing any big schools either, just a few here and there, but they are pretty aggressive if you get on them when they come up. Not seeing any guides on this end of the lake which tells me there is probably a better bite to be had mid-lake.

It's set up for a pay me now or pay me later situation. Have to let the water run at some point, seems to me it is better to do it when you have some control over it rather than waiting until everything overflows and at that point you have no control. Forecast is still several days out, just have to hope it fizzles out and we don't get much rain.

Yes sir, that's what I think too. We need a dry rest of the year.

They regulate according to the gauge at Newport, here's a link to that gauge: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/uv?site_no=07074500 Right now that gauge is at 18 feet well above the 14 foot level. From 8 May through 30 November - Regulate to 12 feet except, regulate to 14 feet from 15 May through 30 November, if the 4-lake system storage exceeds 70% full. I'm assuming storage capacity is above 70%.

I'm getting nostalgic for the good old days when we used to get droughts.

I have given up on seeing any fiscal sanity.

They said something about that on the news last night, pretty good percentage of the COVID cases here in AR were in prisons. Only about 1,000 cases statewide (active) right now.

We're partially open here in AR. Barbershop is open, but you have to call between 8 and 10 AM to make an appointment for that day, answer a half dozen questions and if you pass the test you can go in for a haircut. Some of the barbers in the shop I frequent are full time barbers so I am sure they will appreciate the business. Went over to Lowes a couple of days ago, went over about 8 AM to avoid the crowds, glad I did because every time a person checks out, they wipe down the countertop and around the checkers station. Plexiglass in place to. Must stand apart 6 feet in line, I was third inline and it took me 10 minutes to get checked out. Don't want to be there on a busy Saturday.

With heavy rain in the forecast, and the expected rise in the water level at TR, parking spots at the ramps will be limited. Therefore the COE has requested that boat owners use the least amount of space possible to park their rigs. Here's the pic they posted of the recommended way to park.

I've tried a lot of Elaztech stuff and I can't find anything that consistently beats the cut Zinker. Salt content is important to me also, give me a salty Zinker that I can turn into a piece of foam and I am happy.

Nice, man I love eating crabs.

Never ate one. May have to try one sometime. I'm thinking the poor man's lobster deal, especially if they have a chewy texture.