Quillback

I had only one guy make the 50 man cut - Jordan Lee - and he's 23 lbs. behind.

I was going to buy it until I saw they charged for shipping.

Well I hate to give away one of Champ's secrets, but what champ does the day before he goes fishing, he'll head over to Hook, Line, and Sinker and pick up several bags of Zoom Centipedes, how many bags is dependent on how optimistic he is. Centipedes come in a 20 pack BTW. So he'll open up a bag and every time he or Donna catch a bass, he'll take out a centipede and throw it up on the bank. He'll do that until he empties a bag, then he'll start on a new bag. At the end of the day, he'll total up the number of empty bags, and count how many are left in a partially empty bag. So in his case yesterday he had 3 empty bags and 17 left in the last bag he opened. The final step is Champ will send a message to one of the math professors at U of A, giving him the totals as I showed above. They can usually get at least a number that is in the ball park of what Champ & Donna caught. Most of us Arkansans have some sort of system like that.

If you are willing to make a bit of a drive, there is a lot of bank access at Viney (owned by the state) and at Big M. With the water being down, there's lots of bank. You might have to do some scrambling on some rocky banks, but those banks are usually the best to fish. When the top water bite gets going later in the spring, there is almost always some action around Viney.

Thanks for the report!

HAHA, all my pet bass are dinks. Nice one Mike!

Well my guys are off to a lousy start. Jordan Lee - 26th A Martens - 34th Koby Kreiger - 52nd Ish - 60th Zaldain - 83rd I really expected Ish to do well.

It doesn't run on this side of the state. I wish it did.

Bass over at Swepco spawn late January early February, but they have Florida strain genes. I would think it would also involve egg development, if the water is warm early are the eggs going to be ready for them to spawn?

What a monster!

Looks to be pretty breezy Friday night into Saturday, if that holds true you probably won't have to worry about fog. Could be a tad cold however.

Owners are good. I almost always replace round split rings on crank eyes with wire snaps. I hate tying knots on small split rings and trying to get the knot to not get into the gap in a small split ring.

I recall netting a fish or two that you caught on an STX.

TW must be monitoring our threads. Check out the today's daily special. I'm sure that these are too big for small split rings, but just thought it was funny to see them on the daily special.

Thanks for the report. Trick worms, I'll be darned.

Nice chunky fish!

Could be that they knew what they were looking for and knew what they were doing. Doesn't at all sound like a spur of the moment crime of opportunity.

Well I am not going too work to hard to sell you on the Texas tackle ones, but the pics are a bit misleading, the point is fairly thin and sharp. I have used them anytime I replace hooks or split rings on any small cranks, down to Shad Rap 5's.

I can see it being busy with this warm weather. I was over there a few weeks ago and got 8 or so fishing a Ned, but they were all 12" bass. About 6-7 years ago that lake was a great lake for jerk baits, but hasn't been the same the last few years, bass may have been over exposed to the JB's.

I bet you are talking about Texas Tackle split ring pliers. They are great for smaller split rings. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Texas_Tackle_Split_Ring_Pliers/descpage-TTSRP.html

Thanks guys, list updated.

OK, put you fellas on the list. See you there!

HAHA, that is funny. I remember Babler telling a similar story where he took 2 guys fishing, they both told him they could use a bait caster, and it turned into a backlash-a-thon.

Just a few notes: Phil has suggested we donate any $$ collected to CAM (Christian Action Ministries) they maintain a food bank and feed quite a few people in the Springfield area. We can make the donation in the name of the winner. We are asking for a $10 donation, but it is voluntary. I'll bring plastic utensils, plates, and cups. I'll also being a small grill, charcoal and some dogs to cook on the grill. I know others will be bringing food. Rules, location, and start time are pinned to the top of this forum. Here's the roster as of now, if you don't see your name here, let me know. Not that it is mandatory to let me know you are coming, but we'll have an estimate on how many. Thanks to M&M for getting the paper work done! M&M & Patlock Stoneattherock SmithvilleSteve Macsimus Smalls21 Champ& Donna Crazy4Fishing 176 Champion RangerZ22 Phil Lilley Shark Bait Olbasser CheeseMaster Ketchup Mofloatjunkie & JerryS dBlades RPS & Huntest Daryk Campbell SR 96 Champ & Idletime Ken Drish. DPrice Lake Lover Royal Blue and buddy Dwiebenga and Jim KDC Basfis and son Dan the Fisherman (possibly) J-Doc (possibly) Kbillb and son

Just for grins, did a search on a 50 passenger fast boat and found this one that is supposed to cruise at 50 knots which puts it close to 65 MPH. Picture is not the best. http://www.scrutonmarine.com/PV2073.htm