Quillback

They sell wigglers at the local baitshop. I like them for gills, yeah they are messy, but they sure do work.

Didn't hear or see any on the upper end of Table Rock today.

If I could send you some of the rain we are getting here, I would gladly to so.

Dang, May 28 already, June is closing in. Dutch and I launched the boat at 0530 and motored down to a spot that a reliable source had told me was holding fish. He was right, we started catching fish right away, at first on top on walking baits, then on the 3.3 swimbait on 1/4 oz heads. Fish were relatively shallow, from right on the bank out to 20 feet or so. Lots of shad chasing going on. Had a school of white bass that moved in that covered the area we were fishing with blow ups. We caught a half dozen whites before they moved, Dutch getting a couple of good ones, the biggest of which may have gone 3 lbs. Once we wore that spot out, we moved to another spot, deep water close to a point, and we caught them there too. These fish were over 30-50 FOW, we caught quite a few right off the bottom, and several right at the boat. 3.3's once again. We made one last move, hit a couple of more at the last spot, but the dark clouds with lightning were moving in, so we reluctantly called it a day at 0930. We tallied 55 bass, mostly spots, and the aforementioned white bass. In all the excitement, I buried a hook past the barb in the side of my middle finger. DR Dutch did the line trick and it popped right out. Sure did want to bleed, got blood all over my pants. Broke out the first aid kit, slapped a couple of band aids on it, bleeding stopped, and it was back to fishing! WT 78

That's a tank, congrats!

Did they just show up recently? 20 miles east of me they are thick in the woods. Don't hear or see any at my house and like Rick said, that is not a complaint.

Are you on Medicare? From what I can tell, Medicare will pay for a CPAP machine.

I like it - I would change the peat in repeat to Pete, as in "RePete".

Any plans to come out with a line of SIO3 signature lures? 😀

Have not heard or seen them at all in Bella Vista. Go 25 mile east to Beaver lake in the dam area and it is constant noise from back in the woods. However when fishing on the lake, I don't see a one, but there has to be millions of them back in the trees.

I can't give the exact spot away because my striper buddies would kill me, but that big island where point 1 is located has some stripers around it on the main lake side and in the channel. Best thing to do is get there at daylight and if there is no wind, you'll see them.

Hit the lake early, off the water at 1030. There was scattered striper top water activity early. Picked up a couple of smallmouth on top, missed a couple of stripers. Top water slowed down, so went to throwing a 5/16th oz jig and a c-rigged craw on gravel. Picked up smallmouth here and there on the c-rig and jig. Pretty much in the 10-20 FOW range. Fishing a point and stripers started blowing up all around me. Caught two on top, one went about 12 lbs. and the other was a 3 lber. It was a brief flurry, but fun while it lasted. Ended the morning with close to 20 smallmouth and the two stripers. Lots of cicadas still being loud back in the woods, none on the water however.

No ads for me either.

I always used Wheaties for carp. Grab a handful, close your fist around them, dunk you closed fist in the water and pull it out, you want the Wheaties to be a little damp, then roll it into a ball and mold it around a treble hook.

Now getting ads for "G-Shock" watches. I hate to admit to being influenced by a pop-up ad, but they are cool looking watches.

Wow! Are there any skinny fish in that lake?

OK. I'll be a guinea pig. Seeing tricycles for old folks ads. I guess the interwebz has figured out I am over 65.

Just tried some Barrel Aged beer. Been shying away from it because I am too cheap to pay $13-15 for a four pack. The BIL talked me into it, now he's ruined me because it is good stuff. There's a hint of the whiskey in the flavor, thick stuff almost syrupy, packs a little punch, 13% alcohol. I'd call it a sipping beer.

Family in town, yesterday we drove down to Fort Smith to see the new Marshals Museum. Building architecture is pretty neat, nice location near a stretch of the Arkansas river, scenic view of the river. Easy access. It is not a big place, we were done after 2 hours. If you read everything in detail, you could be there 3-4 hours. A lot of reading. History of the Marshall Service since it was formed about 1790. Coverage of events going back to the first whisky tax revolts, including topics such as slavery, the western frontier, prohibition, segregation, 60's demonstrations, recent events such as Ruby Ridge and The OKC bombing. I was hoping for more firearms stuff. They did have a few, one of Bass Reeves 1873 SA revolvers, and some Winchester lever actions. It's not something you'd want to bring young kids to, they'll get bored pretty quickly. Had to get a coffee cup.

I will happily make a donation to CAM.

It really is.

I don't pass judgement on people that are having health struggles. Give them support if you can because they have a tough row to hoe.

Water Levels on the Rise at Bull Shoals Lake With spring thunderstorms comes rising water levels on many lakes across Arkansas. As Bull Shoals Lake continues to rise above an elevation of approximately 665 feet, low-lying parking lots such as Lakeview and Lead Hill East become flooded, making the courtesy docks no longer usable. Therefore, we have temporarily removed the courtesy docks at these accesses and will reinstall them once the lake level recedes to the top of the boat ramp. At the Lakeview Access, the curve in the access road makes the dock an obstacle if it is not pulled out. However, if the lake continues to rise onto the access road, the Lakeview courtesy dock will become usable again. These access sites are still currently open, but boaters should always be mindful of underwater obstacles when launching during flooded conditions. We hope you have time to enjoy Bull Shoals Lake, but please be safe during flood conditions!

Can't be any worse than the effect pain killers have. Check with the medicos to make sure there aren't any gotchas concerning your situation should you go with cannabis.