Quillback

Wow, what a mess.

Or.. How to catch bass in high, cold, dirty, debris filled water.

Time for the bi-weekly bass chat.

Time for our bi-weekly bass chat.

Time for our bi-weekly Bass Chat.

Saw on NWA homepage that the gates were opened to 5.5 feet yesterday. In 2008 they were opened to 9.5 feet. It said the COE would make a decision today whether or not to open them further.

In the Taneycomo thread, Phil says they are going to be temporarily closed as they are going to get some high water with the flood gates being open, I'd say give things a week and then give him a call, or monitor the Taney thread. I'd bet things will be OK by the end of January, but certainly you'll want to confirm.

Saw a guy that was leaving with rods in hand, from fishing the creek where it comes into Avalon. Didn't see him holding any cats, but I bet that was what he was after.

And it is STILL raining. Thanks for the pics!

Could be that they want to slow down the flow into TR? TR has gone up a foot in the last 3 hours. Little Sugar is out of its banks here in BV, golf courses by 71 are all flooded. Lakes are all overflowing at the spillways, water is brown.

Man if I could tie a Crazy Alberto in 30 seconds like you can, I'd probably fish more braid/leader stuff. Takes me 5 minutes indoors at the table. I know, practice-practice.

Looks like that WW may be Orange/Brown Craw, V658, or very close to it. Nice bass pic!

Never have used one, reviews are good for the most part, main complaint seems to be that it is a bit larger and heavier than most low profile reels in it's price range. But $89.95 (plus shipping) sure looks like a good deal. http://www.americanlegacyfishing.com/daiwa-tatula-100h-casting-reels.html?utm_source=Mobile+Newsletter+12%2F26%2F15&utm_campaign=12%2F26%2F15&utm_medium=email

Very nice, love those chunky spots!

Good to see them at another retailer, one of these days I will buy a Lews, heard a lot of good things about them. But if JM wants me to buy one at BPS, he'll need to put them on sale.

Nice bunch of fish Ken.

Saw this article on Bassmaster.com. http://www.bassmaster.com/blog/christies-christmas-wish

Wow, we are right in the bulls eye. I hope they are wrong.

These Balsa Shad are another relatively small bait, the medium one claims it will run 13-16'. I had a couple of good days in the spring fishing the 05 sized, it's pretty small, I had to throw it on a spinning setup. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Bagley_Balsa_Shad_Crankbait/descpage-BAGBSD.html

I wonder how light the 16' versions are? Might be great for crappie.

Yep, I fear we may see 1130.

Great scenery shot, I wish this weather would hold for a few more weeks, but looks like we're going to see some cold stuff next week.

Nothing but blind luck on catching a trout every once in a while, but for some reason they like the Ned.

Got out today for some fishing, had to work for them. Started off slow on the Ned, decided to do some cranking with the Rock Crawler, caught a 3 lb. LM right off the bat, another one about 12", and then spent an hour throwing the RC without another touch. I was running down the bank, fishing the RC, saw something on the lake side swirling on top, threw the RC at it, no bite, then picked up the Ned and threw it out there, let it drop a couple of feet, picked it up, and this trout grabbed it. Picked up another dozen bass on the Ned and Mega 110. Couple of nice keeper spots. Water temps 51-52.

I have found the hard plastic bite to be really tough in the White channel. I lost a good fish on a jerk bait, and had a couple of dinks on cranks, but that has been it. I'll try the hard plastics for a while, but if they aren't working for me I put them down and pick up the Ned and t-rigged tube.