Quillback

OK guys that judges have made a unanimous decision, Aarchdale takes the plaque with his 19+" bass! Congrats! I will notify Phil that you have won, you will need to PM him with your address so he can send you the plaque.

There's a cove not far from point 23 that was really good this spring for swimming a Keitech. However, someone on a dock had a local radio station playing and it was LOUD. Had a buddy that was in there one day and talked to the guy that was in charge of the radio and he said it was to keep the otters away. I know of two other docks near Big M that have radios playing 24/7. Hard to find a quiet lake around here.

I took a gander at it through the binos yesterday AM before it got light. It is in the NE in the AM. This is one of those times I wish I had a telescope.

Well looking at this - Docks are approved for the mooring of the owner’s vessel and the storage of gear essential to the vessel’s operation and this - The following items that are also prohibited on any floating facility include, but are not limited to: I could see where they may have you over a barrel. Anyway, I wish you the best of luck.

If you have govt. officials judging what is "good taste" in your dock decorations, then it's time to trim the workforce as that is way out of their scope IMO. That being said, maybe there is a set of regs out there specifying what dock decorations are out of code. Or maybe one of your neighbors is messing with you, LOL.

74 Ranger - That is pretty neat. I'll send you a PM on a spot that I've caught walleye from that is not too far from you.

Here's a link to the thread to post your entry photos:

Participants - Post your photos in this thread, the number to place next to your photo is 733. Good luck! PS - starts at 5 PM July 17 and runs until 8 AM of the 20th.

Ok, you're on the list, good luck!

I hear you on that, but just saying that AR does not issue boat titles.

Nice area of the lake, I fish around there quite a bit.

I thought you said you weren't in because you were not going to donate to a charity or something resembling a charity?

What part of the lake do you see from your deck? Just curious because it would be nice to have someone to contact about lake conditions sometimes, especially after flooding rains. There's definitely crappie in the Indian creek arm. Not a lot of them, but they are there.

Arkansas does not do boat titles, just registration. Trailer has a title however. Yeah it's weird.

OK, you are in, good luck!

Here's a link to the sign-up sheet, I am pretty sure I have everyone signed up that asked me to sign them up, but please check and let me know if I missed anyone. You must be on the sign-up sheet to be registered for this tournament. 5 PM today is the deadline for signing up.

I need to get in on some of that bluegill action. Congrats on some good fishing!

I have thought about a lipless myself, one of these days I'll try it.

I was throwing it at the swirls and blind casting around the boat when there weren't any to throw too which was most of the time. The top water activity was helpful in putting me in the general area where the fish were. @Johnsfolly This guy did swim away, but of course you never know if they eventually die - didn't bring any ice with me as I didn't expect to catch any stripers. Had I had some ice with me I probably would've kept it, my frozen fish stash is now at zero. ☹️

First time in quite a while to fish Indian, got there at first light and left at 0830. The campers start stirring around about 8 O'clock heading for their jet skis and ski boats so it is good to get out of there early. There are some fish not too far from the ramp chasing shad on top, mostly small black bass with a striper or two showing up now and then. They are scattered but if you can get something on them right when they come up you can get a bite. That being said, I only boated 3 small bass and a 3 lb. striper. Had a couple of others that pulled good but threw the hook. Several boats out in the main basin over the deep water which I assume are striper fishermen - usually you see that many boats out there then they are probably getting a few.

You sure about that? 😃

Yeah dry here too, might get a storm this afternoon. As a reminder, I will start a photo thread in this sub-forum tomorrow and that will contain the number you need to place by your bass.

Cool, we're getting some sign-ups, good luck guys!

Yep, clock is ticking. My vote is that it is a Quillback (for obvious reasons). 😄