Quillback

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Yes it was a decent one. Had one on yesterday that jumped halfway back to the boat that I think was a better one than that one.

They are going to have live coverage of all 4 days on ESPN2. Starting at 0730 CT Thursday. I like it because I can DVR it, as opposed to watching the live web coverage.

Be happy to take you out chasing them anytime. I never have fished for them this time of year so I don't know if this is just a fluke to get on them now, or a seasonal pattern. Usually once the top water bite slows down around early June, I'm done with them until it cools down in the fall.

I can't say for sure, but maybe 10 feet down? Had a lot of line out, 100 feet or so, 1/4 oz head, GPS said I was trolling about 1.5 MPH, but I think I was moving a little faster than that. 15 lb. braid and an 8 lb. leader.

Returned to Indian this morning, the fish were not as active as far as chasing shad, didn't have much to cast at so I started dragging the keitech around using the trolling motor, caught 4 stripers trolling, biggest was around 5 lbs, the other three were in the 2-4 lb. range. Same guide that was in the area yesterday was close by again today, saw them boat a couple dragging bait.

That's definitely a whole lotta striper!

Got there at first light again today, as I was walking down to the boat, saw a striper about a long cast away from the dock, knock a few shad in the air. Would've dropped the TM and made a few casts but there was a guide boat maybe 50 yards away from it when it came up and they were on it. Motored about a 1/4 mile away and started fishing. Stripers and black bass would come up on top chasing shad, no schooling action and pretty scattered but it lets you know they are in the area, along with some shad. Spend the morning throwing a 3.3 Keitech on a 1/4 oz head. If I had one come on top I'd cast at it, otherwise I would fan cast around the boat, moving a little every once in a while on the TM. I caught 3 stripers and a couple of smallmouth. Saw the guide boat one (they were pulling bait) and lose another. 2 of my stripers were in the 3-4 lb. range, however the last one I caught went a little over 10 lbs. I fished a gravel point and decided to move over to the other point across the cove. Rather than fire up the big motor, I ran on the TM and slowly trolled the Keitech. Had a little bump, didn't think much of it, moved about 20 feet and that striper hit that thing and just about pulled the rod out of my hands. So the boat was going forward, the striper going the other way, drag was just singing and before I could get turned around, my 50 yards of braid and leader where gone and I was into the backing. Made me a little nervous as I don't spend much time testing the backing to leader knot as this setup I primarily use for black bass and no bass is going to pull 50 yards of braid on me. Well I was able to catch up to the fish and get back some braid on the spool. Just as I did that fish got hung on something, don't know what it was but it felt like a piece of line, had some give to it, well all of a sudden I felt a little thunk, the line went weightless just like it does when you break off, so feeling somewhat dejected I started reeling in my line, the slack came out and the fish as still on. at this point the fish was done, came to the boat, laid on it's side, and I slid it into my somewhat inadequate net for a fish this size. I did keep this one as I doubt it would've survived. This guy was on the water before me: So top picture is one that's 10 lbs.. Next pic is one of the 3-3.5 lb. fish I caught, but they both look the same - bad camera work. And my best smallmouth:

Yeah I can't justify having one unless I found one at a garage sale for $20.

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!