Quillback

Moon is out and shining directly overhead, but I can see those storm clouds, they are probably 30-40 miles away, very tall and lots of lightning. Very strong looking system. Hope everyone pulls through OK.

I might pick up a spool of the CX mono.

I always wonder why if a line that's rated at 8 lb. test has a much higher breaking strength, then I tend to suspect the line manufacturer of understating the line strength. As far as I know there's no bureau of standards that measures fishing line breaking strengths. Line diameter is another measurement you might want to look at when comparing lines. If you're buying line that is rated at 10 lb. test, but breaks at 15 lbs of pressure, then that's not 10 lb. test line.

They work pretty well on Table Rock for winter time deep fish. I haven't fished them much, but that is what I've been told. You also want don't want to work them very hard.

No it wasn't on you, it's on the weatherman.

Pretty good idea.

We have decided to cancel and try and reschedule. Weather forecast, especially for Springfield is looking pretty bad.

We've decide to CANCEL for this Saturday and try and reschedule.

Folks we are going to have to CANCEL for this Saturday and try and reschedule. Sorry, I was really looking forward to this, but the weather just looks to be potentially nasty.

Well folks, the darn weather is going to force us to cancel and try and reschedule. I really hate to do this, but a lot of folks won't be able to make it due to the weather, and it could be downright dangerous out there especially for folks coming down from the north. Looking to reschedule if there is enough interest, for either 4/22, or 5/13 - both days being Saturdays. Going to need to refile permit applications so need to move it out a bit. Couple of big tournaments are scheduled on 4/29 and the following weekend, so that is why I picked the two dates I did. But, no matter what date we pick, it won't work out on everybody's schedule. Could be a good top water bite on May 13.

I bet they could sell a few TW logo golf balls.

I watched a couple of Mizzou games this year, vs Arkansas who they beat and vs Kentucky who they hung in for a bit pretty well. Thing that struck me most was how many empty seats there were, especially for the Kentucky game.

Well I was just looking at the Springfield forecast, and it is for an inch of snow and ice in the afternoon, a lot of folks coming down from the north and it could be pretty slick for them on the way home.

Wanted to do a quick check here to see if we will still have enough people coming to make this worthwhile. The weather is certainly going to be miserable. However, if there is still enough interest we can still do it. Probably will make the food side of things a little tougher, but I think we'll still have something food wise. If you're still a definite, reply to this thread. Phil and Robert are planning to go to Eagle Rock tomorrow to set up a big tent, so we need to decide by tonight.

Well they do have toiletries of a sort. You can stop somewhere for coffee on your way to the lake.

No I don't have near the skills like the Table Rock guides have. We've just been fortunate to find a good bite in a couple of places. I think that yesterday we had a combination of a sunny bank with wind blowing on it that put those fish where we could reach them.

Phil is planning on heading to Eagle Rock Friday to set up a big tent with a heater. But I guess we need to see if we still have anyone planning to show up before he does that. Weather does look to be pretty nasty.

I need to call them tomorrow and check on status.

Welcome back!

Fished the bank with Robert (Muddy Water) today. We started fishing Viney, but it was a bit slower over there than it had been, or else we couldn't find them, well I couldn't find them, Robert caught several over there and a couple of them were keepers. We got in our trucks and headed over to another COE park that is located near the 86 bridge. We found quite a few fish there, and we also learned that there are some moving onto the bank, one of our hot spots was a shelf rock area where the shelf rock was just off the bank and it dropped into 5 FOW of water right off that rock. Hard part was keeping the fish on when they' hit that short line, I have found that using the Ned you get better hookups when you have distance between you and the fish and they get a chance to load up. Anyway, we caught about 45 between the two of us, great majority on the Ned, but Robert did get a few on a lizard including the one above that we estimate may have went about 3.5. I was fortunate to get one about 4 lbs. Another beautiful day on the Rock!

Are there other places to buy stuff online besides Tackle Warehouse?

Good work Ben, it's a lot of fun banking it!

Forecast for Saturday is getting worse, they are talking morning T-storms and afternoon rain.

Some nasty wind blew through here late last night, but no twisty things as far as I know.

I don't know of one, Robert may bring his portable canopy deal.