Quillback

Nice brown fish, I'll be interested to hear if you see any stripers on top by the dam, haven't been out there in a while.

Isn't there a pyramid in Memphis? We've figured out better ways to build things, that's why we don't duplicate what they did. Heck, you'd be hard pressed to get a building permit for a giant stone pyramid these days.

Several YouTube videos out there on how to skin one.

Yes, I recorded it and have watched the first hour and a half. I was living in Seattle at the time, so didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the NL, but being a baseball fan I kept track of what Sosa and McGuire were doing. Been a baseball fan all of my life and I never will embrace the records that were set during the steroid era. But you are right, those guys were crushing the ball and brought back the fans in the aftermath of the strike.

I wish I would've known about Mark's free tow and haul service this Monday. I took my trailer up to JWM in Reeds Spring to get some work done, took up most of my day, sure would've been great to have Mark do it for me. Hey, I would pay for gas and even give him $10 for lunch somewhere (cheap).

Erasing history is a lot easier than learning from it. People are falling over themselves to be seen as politically correct, wear the ribbon!

Looks to be dropping about a foot per day. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ar/nwis/uv?site_no=07074500

Reply to this thread with something along the lines of "I am in". Entry fee is a donation to a charity of your choice and any amount you choose. Christian Action Ministries is a great charity to donate to and their web site makes it easy. http://christianactionministries.org/main/

This tournament shall run from 5 PM CT on July 17th to 8 AM CT of the 20th. Same rules as tourney number 1, with one addition. New Rule - I will create a sign up sheet in this forum. You must sign up prior to the tournament start time (5 PM on July 17). As a condition of signing up, we ask for a donation to a charitable organization, in any amount you wish to donate. We have a virtual tourney where you take photo of your bass on a ruler and in short, the longest bass wins. Has to be a black bass, smallmouth, largemouth, spotted bass or a hybrid of these species. I'll open up a thread in this forum where you can submit photos. Make sure you get the full-length of the bass on a ruler. Make sure it's a good photo so the length on the ruler is readable in the photo. Starts Friday at 5 PM Central Time, July 17 and runs until 8 AM Central,July 20th which is a Monday. Photos must be submitted in that time frame in the thread I will open in the Fishing Events Forum. By accepting to participate you agree to be upstanding and honorable in your submission of the picture. Fish must be caught in public waters On photos submitted you must specify body of water, so we can verify that it is a public water. If it is something that you need to keep secret, then we'll accept a PM the judges attesting that it was caught in a waterway open to the public. Gradiations on the ruler must be visible in the photo, and the ruler must cover the entire length of the fish. Also state the length of the fish along with the photo. We will start a thread in this forum before 5 PM on Friday the 17th. In that thread we will specify a number, that number must be included (written on a piece of paper) in the photo of your fish. Also we will start of thread for submission of photos. Artificial lures only. Fish must be live when photographed. Participation is limited to OA members or their spouses and children. Should we have a tie, we'll have a 3 person panel make the call.

Newport gauge is at 23 right now, my reading of the tea leaves is that you'll see quite a bit of low water until it gets down to 14 feet. Beautiful fish!

The C14 isn't listed online now. I agree with ya'll that it is totally bogus to say you have them on sale but have little to no inventory. I have some club points built up, could've had one for about $80 out the door.

I used to marinate salmon fillets in a mix of 1/3 Balsamic vinegar, 1/3 soy sauce, and 1/3 vegetable oil (or any cooking oil), marinate them for about 8 hours. You have to like Balsamic vinegar or don't do this. Works well for steak also.

Ha! Yeah I was on the water in my boat on one of the Bella Vista lakes, wearing a buff, had some people pass by cruising around in a pontoon and I over heard them laughing at me, saying I was by myself wearing mask (they though I was wearing one as a COVID prevention measure), then a couple days later had some gal hollering at me off her deck wondering if I was wearing a 'mask' because I was protesting.

Congrats, and it was a beautiful day also.

Well they are catching them, 15 lbs. or more all the way down to the 60th spot.

Yes, reading what the Corps says, they are bound to that Newport gauge per order of Congress. They can't change that, except they have some leeway when there's potential flooding. I think the only way things can be changed is to get a coalition of people and businesses together that support change to the operating procedures and lean on your local congressman.

Their last sentence mentions "monitoring the downstream gauges". The level at Newport is rising, but with dry weather in the long term forecast, we should see it start to drop once they stop full generation at Bull.

I haven't been out for about a week myself, but they were as Devan said, just some here and there. Check point 5, back of Little Clifty, point 1, area around Indian creek launch - those are the places I'd look. You really need to be out as soon as it gets light in the sky too. Good luck!

Certainly not worth the risk.

Literally takes an act of Congress to get them to change operating procedure. And I have to wonder if these late winter, spring rains are now the new normal. If so, I agree that they need to get the water out of here when they can early in the year.

You have to remember that they regulate according to the Newport Gauge which is at 22.5 feet right now. They can't release significant water under normal circumstances until the gauge reaches 14 feet. On top of that they won't release based on forecasts. So in a nutshell that is the logic. Not saying I agree with this, but that's the way it works.

An inch or so wouldn't hurt in this area.

Well the brussels sprouts look to be a bust, got a couple of handfuls out of 6 plants, noticed today that they are under attack from some kind of small bug. I don't think the temp being turned up to 95 helped them either. Broccoli is done also, but I expected it to be by now, it did well this spring. Tomatoes are way behind. Squash, cukes, and melons starting to take off.

OK, I'm thinking the weekend of July 18.

It's all about that Newport Gauge.