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Noticed in the listings that Zona's TV show is showing an episode on TR today. It runs at 1130. Probably will repeat several times this week. I'm not a huge Zona fan, but I always like watching shows where they are fishing TR.

Not to get off track, but what the heck. Yeah you'd think that with even most colleges able to run a hurry up offense these days, that Reid and the Chiefs would have one up their sleeve, you know, just in case they fall behind late in a playoff game. Winning 10 in a row, or whatever number it was, must have gone to their heads.

What Bill says above is what drives me crazy about jerk baits. If they aren't biting the one I am throwing, I start asking myself questions, as in should I throw a deeper bait, a shallower bait, change colors, change models, change sizes???... aaaiiiiiiiggghhhhh!!! But it sure is fun when you get the right thing going.

They will catch fish. When the water is cold, don't work them too hard.

Can't see how the spread will be stopped. They're in Grand and Bull, TR and Beaver are caught in the middle.

Yes sir, it is a one bass tourney, biggest one wins the trophy.

Very nice, I look forward to trying some out.

Bill the Corps must have heard you, this was put on their Facebook page about an hour ago. Beaver Lake Update: Daily hydropower releases are dependent on how much water is flowing into the lake. Releases are scheduled at a rate which will hold the lake near or just below elevation 1129 feet. Lake levels may fluctuate by a few tenths. Beaver Lake is first in the 3-lake chain (Beaver, Table Rock, and Bull Shoals). If we release floodwater stored in Beaver into Table Rock and Bull Shoals while they are already storing floodwater, we use up more storage capacity in tho...se two lakes. If additional rain falls in the Table Rock and Bull Shoals drainage basins, they will fill even more, while Beaver Lake's flood pool sits empty and unable to help. Once the water leaves Beaver Lake, we cannot put it back. On the other hand, if more rain falls in the Beaver drainage basin and fills its storage capacity, we can simply move some of the floodwater into Table Rock and Bull Shoals at that time. It is in accordance with the water control plan, which has been carefully thought out and reviewed multiple times over the years. To do otherwise would increase flood risks all along the White River downstream of Beaver Dam. It is a matter of balancing flood storage among the lakes in this interconnected system to best prepare for a variety of scenarios if more rain falls. This is a key part of the water control plan. It helps to understand that Bull Shoals Lake has more than twice the flood storage capacity of Beaver and Table Rock combined. The flood pool at Bull Shoals is 41 feet deep. By comparison, the flood pool at Table Rock is only 16 feet deep, and the lake is much smaller. Let's say we've had heavy rain and Bull Shoals is 15 ft high. It still has more than two-thirds of its flood storage capacity available to capture more rain runoff. When Table Rock Lake is 15 feet high, it is 99 percent full and a fairly small rain event could cause it to spill and flood homes and businesses downstream. So we have to start bringing Table Rock Lake down first.

Eggs gotta breathe, biggest danger is that the redd gets covered up by silt and smothers the eggs.

Arson is a sensitive topic in the west, range fires can get out of control. 3 firefighters died in Washington state last year fighting a wild fire. Dry grass, sagebrush and wind is a bad combination. I wouldn't make an assumption that when those clowns set that fire that they were equipped to handle things if it got out of control.

Time to bring in Larry Brown.

Thanks!

Us oldsters have to google it also, I could not remember who Paul McCartney is. I thought I remember him playing running back for the Browns...

Good deal Bo, I bet that wind was something yesterday out on the lake.

Thanks for the report Hammer. I have nothing to offer as far as ideas, I would have probably fished about the same way you did. That wind here in Bella Vista yesterday was blowing pretty hard.

Ab nailed it, Champ is the official OA fisherman's fashion consultant.

Anybody know how to contact Ketchup? Haven't seen him on the board in a while and I would like to contact him. If so, please ask him to check his OA mailbox. Thanks

Permits are approved, March 12 is getting closer! Here are the rules, such as they are. Feel free to bring food. We had a pretty good spread last year. March 12, 2016, Eagle Rock COE Ramp, 0730 start time, Tournaments ends at 1430. Big bass format, largest weight wins. Any black bass (Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted Bass, Meanmouth) are eligible, but only one bass will qualify as the biggest. No entry fee, trophy will be awarded to the winner (and just think of the bragging rights you will have on the forum). Immense prestige will accrue to the winner of this tournament. You can fish multiple people out of a boat, but the trophy will go to the individual that weighs in the biggest bass. You can trailer to another Table Rock launch if you prefer. Typical bass tourney rules apply - No bait, no trolling, and no A-rig or multi-arm lures. No promises on what will be there as far as food, but last year things came together and we had a pretty good spread. I recommend you bring your own drinks. Always a chance that weather could be bad in March, if it is looking bad enough to make travel treacherous then we will have to reschedule. We'll notify everyone a day or two in advance it if look like bad weather. Feel free to take some pics during the tourney and post them on the forum. As of now looks like we have close to 30 participants.

Keitechs are great baits. Very soft, so I'll superglue them to the head. Been thinking about swimming them on a drop shot set up. Something new to try this year.

I bet a few, I'm certainly not claiming that I think I could beat those guys, but like Trophy is saying, fish that Ned around those docks and a person would catch some fish. And steep bare rock banks look inviting. I'd try some deep Ned in about 20 FOW off those banks.

It seems unjust to me that the NCAA punishes the team, as in the players, this year and next by taking away a scholarship and denying them to participate in the SEC tourney. Haith does the dirty deeds, but the kids in the current program get punished?

Joking around. But, if there is some government program that sends a check to those who can claim hillbilly ancestry, I want in on it.

I think that quite a few of those guys just have that 5 big fish mentality burned into their minds. They are going to fish like and throw the baits they would use in a 5 bigguns tourney. Hard for them to adjust to go for numbers.

This link will answer your questions. http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/grazing.html

Dave, you may be in Kansas, but you definitely got some Arkansas redneck in you.