Quillback

I get Midway ads. I usually get on the forum via my computer, so they aren't as annoying as they are on a phone.

I've heard that cannabis products will help with your appetite when you are on Chemo. It's legal in MO.

How is the water clarity in Clifty?

Man, you are catching some healthy fish!

They are in the woods all around the dam area at Beaver. Constant loud buzzing noise. But they all stay back in the woods, never saw one on the water.

As we all know, it only gets worse beginning this coming holiday weekend. 🥶

Thanks for posting the video. Haven't had time to watch it yet, but in my future I want to do a redfish trip.

Fat, very fat!

Did not throw the swimbait much. Caught a couple of smallies that were spitting up shad, so I bet it would work. The dock is positioned well and there's not a lot of ramp left to back down. Much easier walk back to the truck. 😀 Lots more rec boats out there.

Great deal, but I have soooo many JB's.

Family is in town this week, took my nephew over to Beaver today. Good early bite on 5/16 oz jigs, we caught 20-25 smallmouth this morning. Majority of the bites were before 0930. The smallmouth have moved off the bank for the most part, we were getting them in 10-20 FOW. Some scattered stripers on top, they were up early, but by 0700 or so the activity stopped. Must be a bazillion cicadas back in the woods, lots of noise. Still have yet to see one, they seem to be staying back in the woods. WT 71.

From AGFC: Redear Sunfish Thriving in Bull Shoals Lake During spring sampling on Bull Shoals Lake, biologists observed good populations of Redear Sunfish, some measuring up to 12 inches. These sunfish, named for the striking red flap on their gill coverings, prefer spawning beds located on pea gravel pockets and points. Late spring is an excellent time of year to catch Redear Sunfish. Anglers can successfully catch them using various baits such as red wiggler worms, crickets, and fly fishing gear. Redear Sunfish are also commonly called "Shellcrackers" due to their appetite for mussels and snails. Considering the presence of Zebra Mussels in Bull Shoals Lake, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission stocked Redear Sunfish into the lake in 2015, 2016, and 2018 in hopes they would take advantage of the abundant mussels. Judging by current observations, the Redear Sunfish population is thriving in Bull Shoals Lake!

Still very quiet here.

As long as it is in a bait fishing zone, I don't know why you could not fish them. Years ago I used to fish a grasshopper on a light hook behind a clear float. The float is mainly for casting weight, the hopper would stay on top. Might work with a cicada.

Sorry to heat that. Hopefully is something relatively benign and treatable.

Those Taney trout are going to be fat, first shad and now Cicadas.

Dang, ticks, chiggers, wasps, and now we gotta deal with these things?

Good idea - trout are a good fish from the bank fish to catch.

There are a few places at the Big M COE park (Table Rock) where you can bank fish. A point that is to the left of the swimming area and there's a flat to the right of the swimming area. I would not expect a lot of bites, but there are always some spotted bass and panfish around. Might even be a walleye off that point.

I guess they are determined to hold TR at 917. I'm sure they have good reasons, but you'd think they'd run the generators full out to get what it basically free electricity instead of sending water over the spillway.

Nice fish!

Very neat to see that stream, never have been there. Bigger than I thought.

Have yet to see Cicada one. It's ominously quiet here...

Way to go guys and thanks for the report!

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