Quillback
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My knee hurts, but I don't know if that is a forecast for a cold winter or a warm one. I'll let you know in May.
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Here's a link to the story. 1st place 14-10, 2nd place 11 and change. Pretty tough fishing. http://www.bassmaster.com/news/alabama-anglers-take-toyota-title
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I tell ya, yesterday the Hawgs didn't even bother to unfold the tents, looks like they left them on the bus.
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Hard to explain the Hawg meltdown yesterday. I am hoping they will play LSU tough and I think they will. SEC Is dominated this year by Bama. It's always possible Bama will have a bad day and lose to someone, but in my opinion they are in a class by themselves. The rest of the league is just fighting over the table scraps.
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Some very nice and healthy looking fish. Ya'll did very well, congrats on a good trip!
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Light frost on my roof this AM, but not on the ground. No worries about me transporting fish, last couple of times out I haven't been able to catch a keeper to save my life.
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Washington State had the same law regarding rivers as Montana does now. You could float or wade anywhere as long as you stayed within the high water mark. Never heard any politicians try and change it, I guess because it had always been that way.
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Things are doing well here in NW AR. It took a while to recover from the 2008 bust, but things are moving again. New houses going up, road construction, and quite a bit of commercial construction. Downside is traffic is getting to be a bit heavy.
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That explains it. Fish are going to all be wore out by the time that derby rolls around.
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I was last out on Tuesday, and it was crowded on the upper end also. Thought maybe there was a big tournament going on. Must be the warm weather, because the fishing sure was tough.
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Cool, glad to hear you are sticking those fish in spite of the weather. It rained a bunch here in Bella Vista last night.
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Thanks Neil. Must have been interesting to see what it was like when the water was down.
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Well If you have time or the inclination, I'd be curious to hear some details on that pork frog - I haven't fished them much at all, but I know it can be a great bait. I have heard that people take a knife and scrape the fat off of them before fishing them.
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I fish once a year with my uncle over at Sardis lake in Mississippi, well except this year. We troll for crappie using Bandit 300's. We use his tackle and he has his reels spooled up with that yellow line. We always catch a good number of nice crappie.
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Yep, that's my view on it. But, that being said, no way I'm fishing red line. Or that bight yellow stuff.
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Yeah Neil, I think I know where you are talking about. I have caught bass there, just not any big ones. Doesn't mean they aren't there, I just can't catch any there.
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Then I guess dyslexia should be a good thing to have if you are a fisherman. Maybe it's more of an ability to think outside the box, be unconventional, that works.
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For sure. And of course we don't know what a fish "sees", but water does filter light colors. A red lure will not reflect red light if it running 20 feet down, it has become a gray lure. What do the fish think? Who the heck knows? I use green for mono, so I can tell it apart from floro when I look at what I have spooled on a reel. I don't think it makes any difference myself. I don't know that bass get spooked by line, heck, they'll hit stuff on an A-rig.
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I have fished it, haven't got the bigguns out of it however. In the summer, before I launch the boat early in the morning, I'll throw a top water from the bank, I've picked up a few doing that. I'm sure there's a bunch that live under the commercial dock in the no fishing zone and some of them are going to wander out from time to time.
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Here's a video that explains things. Short version is reds and oranges are filtered out by water at about 15 feet. That's for reasonably clear fresh water, dirtier water it could be less than 15.
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Or maybe slow reaction time as part of the rod action. Not a good trait in a rod.
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Something that might be worth a shot in those smallmouth rich waters you are fishing is a tube or Gitzit. Texas rig it, or fish it on a jig head and drag it on the bottom. I am going to try one myself next time out, spots and LM's will eat them too. They may not like them, but always worth a try in the fall.
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That end of the lake is just too far for me to travel, even to pursue the mighty and elusive (for me) goggle eye. I know there are some on the upper end, and I agree, you'd think the Ned would've picked one up for me by now, heck I have caught several trout on the Ned.
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The fish are being contrary, you'd think with that wind that you could slay them on the windy banks. Oh well, it is great to get out and fish even if the catching is tough.
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OK, revised list: OK, here is what I have as far as who is staying what nights: Thursday - Me, SIO3, and N9BOW, Phil and friend Fri- Griz, Terrierman, Lane, Tyler, and maybe another. Me, SIO3, N9BOW, and Little Red, Phil and Friend Saturday - All of the above, except Phil and Friend.
