Quillback

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.

I have a buddy (OA member Jeb) that took the training to get certified. He did it on Beaver lake. He said on the clear end of the lake, they didn't see very many fish, but he did say that you can sit still, pick up a couple of pebbles, click them together and a smallmouth or two will show up to take a look. After hearing that, whenever I am using a c-rig for smallies, I always rig it with a brass clicker and bead, and I'll shake it to call them in. Jeb did say that mid-lake visibility is not good, you dive down to 20 feet or so and it's tough to see, further than a couple of feet away. After seeing the post on underwater drones, that may be the way to go to check out bass habitat.

And if 14 lb. walleye were so abundant that you could jump in the water and easily find one, then we probably need some spearfishing harvest because us rod and reel types apparently can't figure them out. 😜

It will never effect Bull or Beaver.

Yak rods - good idea from a marketing perspective. Are the fiberglass spinning rods targeted towards light cranks?

Yep, plenty of opportunity out there. And the last thing that I worry about is divers. It's fishing around all the rec traffic that makes me crazy. As far as buffalo and passenger pigeons, they were wiped out or nearly so, by commercial hunting. And as far as bison are concerned, the days of huge herds roaming the west were over once ranching and farming became established.

Good stuff, always fun to see people catching fish!

I am not in favor of any kind of illegal fishing/hunting activity. And if divers are following the regs, I have no problem with it. And divers are not the reason for the lack of abundance of 20 lb walleye or 10 lb. bass.

Walleye are pretty much a put and take fishery, AGFC stocks them in Beaver and TR (well last time I saw a stocking report they did). Most rod and reel people will keep them, as I do at times. I would bet the number taken by divers spearfishing is negligible compared to rod and reel numbers.

I agree with what Dan says. I saw quite a few striper fishermen near the dam last week, that's usually a sign that the stripers are in the area. Walleye population is pretty good this year, I'm sure if you target them, you'll get some.

Picked a good weekend as far as the weather, you might even get a bit chilly out there tonight.