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I knew once these things showed up in Table Rock, it was only a matter of time before they made it to Beaver. I didn't want to get too close to it in case it turned on me and charged, but got a shot of one as it was moving from it's roost to the water. I have no idea what they feed on, but it may have something to do with the dead fish in the foreground.

I've got a Perko cutoff switch installed by my batteries. I flip it off when I roll the boat in the garage and hook up the charger, flip it on when I roll out to go fishing.

I have fond memories of this day last December. Next day the cold front moved in that lingered for a couple of weeks and basically deep sixed the top water bite. http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/topic/61506-december-20-indian-creek-arm/

On my infrequent night fishing forays I have discovered that the light from my depth finder attracts bugs, in turn bugs attract bats. Not unusual in that situation to have them bump my line every once in a while. Feels like a bite. I don't like having bats flying around me, so I usually don't run the depth finder. Don't need it anyway when I am night fishing.

Those are some huge sockeye. Lake Washington, which if you don't know, borders Seattle on the west side of the city, would about every 4 years get enough sockeye to have a rod and reel season for them. Just about all of them were in the 3-5 lb. range. Sockeye are the best eating salmon IMO.

I am a retarded hand switcher, but I've done it so many times it is automatic.

I hear you, starting about mid-November until it gets really cold is one of my favorite times to fish.

Cool, glad to see you are getting them.

Ok, thanks. Hard to believe that if they are out on the lakes fishing, that will contribute to the world ending in 20 years. Heck, I believe both Hoffman and Rubin have passed.

What's a "yippie"?

Heard some good things about the museum, so with family in town we decided to take a gamble and drive over and see it. First off, it is free, and there were maybe two other cars in the lot, so no crowds to fight. It had the most amazing collection of indian artifacts I have ever seen anywhere. Arrowheads, spear points, axes, knives, stone tools, pottery and other stuff. Literally thousands of items. Lots and I mean lots of glass items from the late 19th century on. Cut glass out the ying yang. I know a little about collectible glass and the collection they have is amazing. Again, just an unbelievable amount of stuff. They also have some old guns, lots of metal lunchboxes, toys, funky stuff like Elvis and Beatles memorabilia. Some neat fossils too. Worth stopping by if you are ever in the area.

Nice one. I am at a stage in my fishing life, where if I catch a 3 lber on a top water, I call it a good morning to be fishing.

I'd be on board with a max length on walleye, but to be fair, it should apply to all harvest methods, not just to spear fishermen. And I am convinced that on the big reservoirs, the harvest by spearfishermen in negligible compared to hook and line harvest. You could ban spearfishing completely and I am convinced that doing so would not lead to the return of large, world record sized fish.

No way he said "It's making a chirping sound", LOL.

I see a Summit XT on sale for $49 at Cabelas. Never have fished a Summit. If they had the Supreme XT on sale for $49 I'd be all over it.

I've got a couple of Supremes, fish them all the time as my "Ned" reels. Never had a binding issue, or bail issue. The one issue I have had is that inside the spool is a little metal flange that is part of the drag, it is part of the drag system that makes the zzzzzzz noise when drag is pulled. It will wear down over time and the drag becomes silent. I like the zzzzzz noise so the only fix is to buy a new spool (Ebay). The drag still works, but no zzzzzz when the piece wears out. If I was going to buy another Pflueger tomorrow, I'd just get the President XT which looks to weigh about the same as the Supreme. I haven't fished the new model President XT, but made a few casts on one that my buddy owns, and I was impressed by the smoothness of that reel considering the price point. The new model Supremes may not have the drag issue I had, hard to know without taking a look at one. I have the previous models. I fish mine a lot too, have had a lot of fish pull drag so somebody that works full time and only gets out a couple of times a month may not have that issue for a long time.

Thanks for the report, I have family intown so haven't been out in a while, but probably will get out next week. Good to see them biting in this hot weather.

Lost my BIL and sister on the way there in the Springfield traffic, they were in a separate vehicle, we tried to wait for them at the entrance, but we were at the back entrance, they went to the front. Never saw them again for the rest of the day.

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You can tell that he has learned from his brother on how to take pictures that do not show the locations of the secret dock, or the secret brush pile.

"people also do not know of kill tourneys...FWFS, USOA Spearfishing Nationals 2016 Beaver Lake Arkansas is an example " Interesting, Beaver is fishing better this year than it has in years, at least in my humble opinion. So making a huge assumption that the tourney had an impact on the Beaver fish population, it appears to be a net positive. Maybe it should be an annual event?

I have made ceviche before when I lived in Washington state, but I can't remember what fish I used, probably salmon. It was OK, but never have made it since then. It wasn't that hard to make, just time consuming. Bet it would be good for striper too, I'm not real fond of eating striper, but it should work well for ceviche.

I was at Wonders of Wildlife myself with family yesterday, you're right, very neat place.

That's some great fishing for this time of the year, thanks for posting!

There's some neat stuff to see on Beaver that have been set up for divers - an airplane and a school bus down in the depths. I'm pretty sure they have guide trips you can take where they take you to see the underwater attractions.