Quillback

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.

My ref-blew-the-call favorite was on, I believe it was Porter when he and a Hogs player were going out of bounds for the ball and they called a foul on Porter, was really a bad call, both players were going for the ball and there was minimal contact. The refs taketh and the refs giveth which is an unfortunate part of hoops. Hogs really need some sort of half court offense, if they don't score off transition, they just don't seem to have anything to go to, usually ends up with someone launching a three, and their 3 point shooting is shakey. Defensive rebounding is also shakey, Mizzou ate them up on their end for a while in the 2nd half.

Got these before you got your mitts on them. Soon to be collector's items.

i think the bios tend to look at what is good for the fish, as in lots of shad, and we fishermen tend to look at what's good for the catching of fish. It will be interesting to see if a significant shad kill results in the fish becoming more bank oriented instead of roaming the mid-channel areas.

Picked up a lot of stuff from the Cave on their website over the years. Crazy low prices at times on some quality stuff.

Arkansas has been in a tail spin, losing 3 straight SEC games, getting blown out by LSU at home last game. I hope they play well today.

If it stays cold, you won't need to ice them. Just leave them lying on the front deck.

There's a reply from a fisheries Bio on one of the Beaver threads on that, basically the answer is no - you don't want too much of a kill. Probably good for Taney once those dead shad come through the dam the trout feed up on them.

Found some of those shark's teeth on the Maryland shore once. Same thing, they erode out of some bluffs on the shore.

HAHA, yep, that's him.

Kansas bird hunting. Which one is Phil?

Bring Wrench with you.

I go right to the site. https://nutechlures.com/

The Grass Jig is a good all around jig. Give them a call though, I have found them to be very helpful.