Quillback

I fish the Keitechs a lot, they just flat out work. Their softness gives them a better kick at slow speeds. Super glue them to the jig head.

Son of a gun.

LOL, your sabbatical is self imposed, if you want to suffer, that's on you. Welcome back.

Beaver over 1129 now, forecast calls for rain next week, how much I do not know, but it doesn't take much with this saturated ground to send Beaver up over 1130, and then they'll have to open the flood gates. Why not at least run full generation, get that green electricity?

Royals have some good young arms, I agree no chance this year, but maybe in a couple of years. Bullpen really needs to get a lot better. It will be interesting to see how open the new owner is to spending money. Congrats Chiefs!

Be happy to go with you If you've got an empty seat. I always look at Feb 15 as being the kickoff to the walleye run. AGFC usually does their walleye egg gathering for the hatcheries around March 15, which I believe is usually done on the Kings though I do believe they also will sometimes get some eggs from the White river fish. White bass have a run also, I've heard that it can peak in early April.

I'm on their info email list and here's the latest: The Walleye is a popular fish this time of year and is very good to eat (as you all know). Fishing for Walleye has picked up in the last couple of weeks in several areas in NWA. Several anglers have caught good Walleye in the tributaries of Beaver Lake, Beaver Tailwater and the Kings River. Jerkbaits and live bait normally work well during this time of year and some of the biggest Walleye are caught right now. AGFC Biologists have sampled Walleye in Beaver Tailwater and Kings River that were in the upper 14-pound range in the past couple of years. Good luck fishing for this great tasting fish!!

Poor dog, heart breaking to see it chasing the truck after they dump it.

So in the latest episode, Randy Howell starts off by saying that he is turning on his Hydrowave. He did not make the cut. Not a good endorsement for the Hydrowave. LOL.

Flu is bad here, they shut down Gravette schools, teachers and kids sick.

Contact Phil.

Nice slabs! I was over on Table Rock Friday and the wind definitely blew there more than what was in the forecast. Makes fishing a 1/8 oz Ned deep and slow a lot more challenging.

Very nice! Good reminder on the grub, I need to toss one around a bit myself.

Done that before on my Fortrex. Almost fell backwards into the cockpit. If my next TM is a Minnkota product, first thing I am going to do is replace that nylon cable with the steel cable version.

I was reading that the plan load of 200 Americans that came back from Wuhan a few days ago was sent to an Air Force base in CA where they have been quarantined.

Cardiac access, Suicide access, sounds like a fun place to fish.

About 6 weeks ago or so, there was a blind set up on the little point in the middle of the picture. There were no geese around the ramp then either.

Flock of them moved in. Almost that time of the year where they multiply. We need more goose hunters. Fishing was not bad, caught 16 bass, 6 of them being keepers. All on the Ned, all still relatively deep, in that 20-30 range. I tried some other stuff, Shad Rap, spinner bait, couple of casts with a jerk bait - no bites. I'm stuck in a Ned groove. But it's fun. Different kind of spotted bass: Best one of the day:

Looking at the Johns Hopkins data, there are 213 deaths and 187 listed as "recovered". Seems like a pretty bad ratio as far as deaths compared to recovery. And I agree about the numbers, who knows if they are accurate?

Nice one Bo!

During my working days I used to fly all the time, all over the country. Spent a lot of times in airports, hotels and going out to eat. Met with a lot of customers on my trips and attended many a meeting, not to mention training classes and sales conferences/trade shows. You shake a lot of hands at trade shows. I would get a cold or the flu every year. Now that I am retired I hardly ever get sick. Just don't come into contact with that many people any more.

Got an email from AFC today. here it is: District 1 Fisheries personnel conducted an angler survey on the Kings River from March to August 2019. We conducted 181 interviews at several accesses from Rockhouse to Romp Hole. The creel study will provide us with valuable information about the use of this extraordinary resource. During the interviews, 1,175 Smallmouth Bass were caught and only 13 were harvested (harvest rate = 1%). Biologists also had 10 game cameras on the river to get information on angler use and general use of the river. The cameras took a picture every 10 seconds and a software program allows the pictures to be put into video form to view the pictures faster. With all the camera data, we estimate that over 5 million pictures were viewed during the 6 month period!! Biologists are working up the data and will have a report finished in the next few months. The Kings River is a great resource and continues to provide some great Smallmouth Bass fishing opportunities.

Cardinals are getting pretty active. There is always a pair nesting in the Burning Bush, every year. When the leaves come off the Burning Bush in the fall, it exposes the red berries and the cardinals really like those berries. Right now they are eating the Crepe Myrtle seed things. Not the greatest pic, but the males are so skittish.

Not a bad idea to have food and water supplies on hand, never know what nature will throw at us. And like N9BOW says, Ramen noodles aren't that bad. I used to eat them for lunch quite often during my working days.