Quillback

Great report, mucho gracias!

Revenge of the bass!

I'd say that in theory, bass see color fairly well, as well as we do, maybe not, but if you're going to rely on science as far as what bass can see, then they can see color. Does it matter? I'd say sometimes, but not all the time. "Now for the most popular question we biologists get about bass vision, do bass see color? Without a doubt, yes! Not unlike humans, bass have cellular structures in the retina called cones and rods. Rods allow an animal to see black, gray and white in low-light conditions, while cones allow an animal to see color. The exact kind and quantity of cones in bass is uncertain, but the plentiful existence of cones, along with related research, indicates that color selection can be important, depending on the conditions."

That's some great fishing, thanks for the report.

Usually when I notice color differences it's when I'm fishing with someone else. An example was early this spring, I was fishing with board member Huntest on Table Rock, I was in the front of the boat, Huntest in back. We were fishing the Ned, Huntest was using PB&J, I was using some greenish version. He boated 4 bass and had several others on, I had caught one. I switched to PB&J and was able to keep up with him for the rest of the day. I can think of several other instances fishing plastics where color has made a difference. Color seems to me to be very important when fishing jerk baits in the winter.

Yeah that game between MO and AR could be the "Who gets to go to a bowl" bowl. But, I think MO will probably play well enough to not need that game to qualify. Hogs could easily lose the next 3 games and be 1 - 5. And the schedule doesn't get much easier with Auburn, Ole Miss, LSU, and MO for the last 4 SEC games. Probably about as tough an SEC schedule as there is.

At least Mizzou is winning the games that it should win. Arkansas has finished the cupcake part of the schedule at 1-2. Now they get to go to Jerry World to play A&M and then on the road to Tennessee and Alabama.

Nice old boat - looks like it's still in great shape.

I like Deep Little N's.

Thanks for the update!

Excellent, thanks for the report!

So now it's back in the hands of the COE? I wonder if they will reopen it or leave it closed?

Big M is 49 miles from my house in Bella Vista, Eagle Rock may be a mile or two closer. Both are good launches with courtesy docks.

I can see being a bit ticked if they charged you 40 for a "yearly" launch fee and then closed the gate.

If you like panfish, you might want to chase the bluegill if the crappie fishing is tough. There are some quality gills in that lake.

Thanks for the report Bill, I may finally be able to get out there again in a day or two, good to hear they are biting.

Could be an A-rig fest.

Got one of the new Mo Craws today. Sides are lighter, sort of a light pink. It does have an orange belly which doesn't show in the pic above. Might still be a fish catcher, but I think it's a bit off from what most of us think as being Missouri Craw.

I thought the State owns or leases that land now, did you buy a COE annual pass? Is it good at Viney? As I recall, the state took it over last year and shut it down for the winter, but maybe the gate was left open so people could still launch?

Don't they close that park for the winter? Not that I like it, wish it would remain open year round. Congrats on the 5 lber.!

Nice jaw!

Sounds like another good day, thanks for the report!

Arkansas loss was inexplicable and downright embarrassing. I started watching in the 3rd quarter when I saw the score. I didn't plan on watching because what fun is it to watch the Hogs pummel TOLEDO 56 to 7, right? Anyway, from what I saw, the Hogs got beat by the better team yesterday, they didn't lose because of fluke plays or bad calls, they lost because they were flat outplayed.

Good stuff, great to hear that the TW bite is going.