Quillback

My guess would be changing models. Nothing on the site indicates why they are selling them.

Patriarch XT $99 and the Patriarch $79. Regularly $249 and $199 respectively. Never have used either so I don't know how they fish, but online reviews are good. Pfluegerfishing.com

Back at ya!

No walleye there.

Went out a little later today, it being a cold morning, I think I started about 0930 and fished until 3:30. Fishing was a little better today than last time out. Found some spotted bass on a bluff wall that were hanging around shad. Not a lot of them, but picked up a few dragging the ned rig off the bluff, and picked up a few down 40-45 feet fishing a 3/16 oz white Zig Jig vertically. Bounced around to a couple of points and chunk rock banks and picked up a fish here and there on the ned, usually they were in 10-20 FOW. Ended up with a dozen, all spots except for one meanmouth. WT 45-46.

Even in camo, I ain't buying them.

Saw only 3 other boats in the Big M area - must be a rumor out there that the dam bite is better.

Can you get Crocs in camo? Soft Science has camo - it is so chic here in Arkansas to wear camo shoes.

Go away.

Thought I'd wait just a bit longer on the food thread as we have a few still sitting on the fence as to whether they are going or not.

Happy Birthday!

I am wondering how the Z-Man TubeZ will work on that 1/8 oz crappie head, hopefully I will get a chance to try it out soon.

The lakes biologist here in Bella Vista insists that you can't hurt the bass populations in the community lakes by keeping the ones under 12". Every once in a blue moon I'll keep some and as you guys have noted they are excellent eating. Same thing on Beaver with the spotted bass, the bios want you to keep them, and they are tasty too. I just don't eat that much fish, it's good about once every two months or so for me.

Not a whole lot going on, I had exactly 2 bites, one was a keeper sized LM, and the other was a 14" spot. That's in about 5 hours of fishing. LM came on a Z-Man craw and the spot on a Ned rig. Wind was hooting which made the finesse fishing challenging. Threw some cranks for a while, but no luck on them. Water color looks good, nice green stain. WT 46. Did not see a single fishing boat today. Don't know if I have ever fished a day on the Rock and not seen at least a boat or two. That tells me that it is tough on this end of the lake. I might have to buy some of those ice jigs. Or wait for spring.

Sorry to hear that, but hope you have a good time at Monster Jam!

Man is it a bad show.

That's a beautiful fish!

Just watched it, well about 15 minutes is all I could take.

Only one time did I get paddled in school - I think it was 5th grade, which would be about 1967. Bunch of us boys had a rock fight one day at recess, one of the kids got hit in the head, got a cut on his forehead, pretty bloody. About 20 of us had to report to the principals office to receive our well deserved punishment. Had to bend over and receive one light tap with a wooden paddle (we didn't have to pull our pants down). Public school.

Looking at doing the One Bass on March 23 out of Eagle Rock. Usually would do it a week or two earlier, but Mike M did some checking and there looks to be some fairly big tourneys going on earlier. So who thinks they will attend?

A very nice brown indeed!

Warm enough this evening that the bats are out flying around.

A while back there was a thread where a couple of the guys were recommending Soft Science shoes. Based on those recommendations, I picked up a pair of the Fins, they really are a great, comfortable shoe, I haven't worn them fishing yet, but probably will have them on this summer when I go fishing. Certainly a much better shoe for standing around in than my usual fishing footwear which is an old pair of sneakers. So, was just flipping through the upcoming fishing shows on the Outdoor channel and I see tomorrow morning, that the Fishing University show will feature Soft Science shoes, how the heck they make a fishing show around shoes remains to be seen, but I felt I had to record it for later viewing. I'm not a big fan of the Fishing U shows and usually wouldn't watch one of their episodes, but this one sounds so bad that it could be good.

They've got different models, you can get a lighter Ugly if that's what you want.

Ugly Sticks aren't bad for trolling. Cheap and durable.