Quillback

Don't know much about those Prion things myself, but when there was that "Mad Cow" disease outbreak a few years ago, it was caused by Prions, supposedly people got it from eating infected cattle. There seems to be a lot of unknowns about prions, but if you get them, you are hosed.

Fished with my buddy Mike Tuesday afternoon and most of the day Wednesday in the Indian creek area. For the most part, we fished Ned rigs, very slowly with most of the fish we caught coming in 10-20 FOW. They have been scattered, one here and there, usually around steep rocky banks with or without timber. The bites are very, very sluggish, you'll feel that rod tip get a bit heavy with a bit of a rubbery feel, and when you feel that, it's time to set that hook. We boated 10 Tuesday afternoon and 15 Wednesday. No bigguns, but some keepers, a couple of nice 2-2.5 lb. spots in the mix, but mostly smallmouth. Only one largemouth, Kind of mystified as to where the LM's are hanging out. Haven't seen much striper activity, had a school pass under the boat once, then they were gone. Saw some shad balls, but not many, didn't see any dying shad or dead shad. Water temps were 45-47. Very few fishermen out on that part of the lake, saw 2 other boats Tuesday, and never saw another boat yesterday. A couple of pics: This post has been promoted to an article

Does fishing Beaver today count? Fished with a buddy today in the Indian creek arm and we caught 15, mostly smallies, nothing very big, 4 or 5 of them were around keeper sized. Ned rigs fished slow and deep.

Pretty fish, caught some of their lake dwelling brethren today and yesterday.

Good job Baxter!

Ouch! It's good to be young, that fall would probably put me down for a couple of weeks. Have to laugh at the irony, "Perfect texture for running.".

Sure that's not a carp? It's ugly enough.

Alright, I'll be looking forward to doing some hunting.

Well they have passed a short term funding bill in the Senate. Guess they will have to go around and unlock all the gates. And I agree, this is very stupid.

Went to Kansas this December with Phil and some other folks. We were fortunate to be able to hunt on private land and saw quite a few quail. I got there a day early and me and another guy that rode out there with me hunted a WIHA area and kicked up two coveys there, and saw some pheasants on another WIHA parcel. It convinced me that there are birds out there on public land. I have a GSP and plan on going out there next fall. Be happy to hook up with some OA folks if you guys want to make a road trip or three next fall. Just have to hope there isn't a drought out there this year as that can really negatively effect the birds. I don't have any local bird hunting spots around here, they are just about extinct in this area. I keep saying I am going to go scouting for them in May when they are whistling, find some birds and see if I can get access to where they are at. Just too darned busy fishing then.

Welcome to NWA, lots of fishing in the area, you can stay pretty busy fishing if that is what you are looking to do. Might want to get some Hot Spot maps of Table Rock and Beaver, they show the ramps, contour lines, structure, and give some advice on spots to fish. The maps helped me a lot starting out here.

It is, and probably worth more than the pole and reel combined.

Drove over to Indian creek launch yesterday to check things out. Launch is open, no ice, same for Lost Bridge North. Walked down the bank a bit tossing the Ned around - caught a nice 17" smallie, the only bite I had. Found a rod/reel setup on the bank with a Whopper Plopper tied on. Looks to have been in the water a few months, anyway had a Revo XLT, which as far as I can tell is an older model, maybe 20-30 years old. It's pretty worn, so thought it might hold sentimental value to whomever lost it, so if it is yours, PM me and I will get it back to you. I realize it is unlikely that I will hear from the owner, so if no one claims it, I'll be happy to send it to someone that wants it. And if no one wants it, into the trash it will go.

I'd use if for a c-rig reel, I like to move the c-rig with the rod and use the reel to take up the slack.

How do you drive when you are tired?

Good luck, and it will be interesting to hear how you do.

Some good eats there. That .410 is pretty neat.

You bet, total meltdown on WV's part. First time I have watched WV this season, and the first half I thought man, these guys are good. 2nd half, not so much.

Did you see that KU/WV game? Impressive win by KU.

Now we're getting all grungy.

At least no one has mentioned armadillos yet. And leprosy.

Another reason I don't fish in these conditions, get that nasty road treatment stuff on your boat and trailer.

I am glad to see they made it there and back today without ending up in a ditch somewhere.

Yikes - no way I would've fished today. As Ab mentioned you certainly deserved a biggun for that effort. Last time I fished there last week, the fish were biting very lightly as you mentioned, they'd just load up, it would feel a little spongy and I would set the hook on that.