Quillback

Guys, I am not going to be able to make it - my back has been acting up, makes me very reluctant to spending a couple of days fishing, and to top it off, my dog has got some kind of allergic reaction that is causing him to break out in a rash, so I don't want to bring him on a trip. Somebody needs to bring some cole slaw, ketchup, and tartar sauce for Brett's fish fry. I called Riley's yesterday to update them on the number of people, left a message and they have not yet called back. I will try again today. Hope you guys do well, post some pics and videos!

I was hoping for some upsets last weekend, specifically to see Bama and FSU lose, that would have really tossed a monkey wrench in the whole process. Surprisingly there were not any upsets, and I can't believe how OSU just stomped Wisconsin.

Love that hat! Nice bunch of stripers also, congrats!

You can call it a cop out or bogus or whatever but it is one of the selection criteria, at least for this year. Maybe they will adjust their criteria after this year, but if not, the Big 12 will be at a disadvantage, unless they adopt a championship format. Principles. The committee will select the teams using a process that distinguishes among otherwise comparable teams by considering: Conference championships won, Strength of schedule, Head-to-head competition, Comparative outcomes of common opponents (without incenting margin of victory), and, Other relevant factors such as key injuries that may have affected a team’s performance during the season or likely will affect its postseason performance.

Look at this one - bid is up to $1099 http://www.ebay.com/itm/STORM-NIB-PRE-RAPALA-WIGGLE-WART-V44-/271700298402?pt=US_Taxidermy&hash=item3f42998aa2 If they are selling at these crazy prices, it's probably just going to be a matter of time before someone skilled at painting starts counterfeiting them.

Nice one! Congrats!

Yep some good matchups, I hope the Hawgs put the hurt on the Horns.

That is downright ridiculous! What color was it?

Sorry to hear that, and I agree with the hope that the thief is truly needy and puts them to good use.

Not really a fan of any of these teams, but by process of elimination, and the fact that I used to live in the Pac NW, I guess I'll root for Oregon.

Welcome!

Basically they have different sized lodges, so when I tell her we have possible 5 for Thursday night, she'll put us in a lodge that sleeps 5. I don't know if they have one that sleeps 7, so she might split us up for Friday night. Regardless, you'll have a place to stay.

Nice healthy bass. The large mouth bass seem to be really fat and healthy looking this winter, and a fairly good number in the 2-3 lb. range. I'm hoping that class of fish will have good survival success and give us a good bunch of 4-5lb. fish in another year or two.

That looks tasty! Similar to a Shepherds pie, except with fish.

That's my guess for the final 4 also, OSU squeaking in. I'm not an OSU fan BTW.

I'll call Riley's tomorrow and see what they want to do, looks like we have 4, possibly 5 (Gotmuddy?) for Thursday night, 7 for Friday night, and 4-5 for Saturday night. I'll see what cabins/lodges she has us in and post it here. We'll leave the front door unlocked for you.

Excellent!

Dang, foiled again! Next time I'm going to get to Academy at midnight and sleep outside the door so I can be the first one through the door when they open.

Thanks for the info - I should have stuck with the JB a little longer. I threw a jig for a while also, but could not get an takers on it.

May have to give that a try. I have some "Bass Feast" Smelly Jelly lying around somewhere..

Ham, do you ever not catch a bunch of trout? That's not a dig, I mean it as a compliment. I wonder if there are any guides that specialize in fishing the jig? It's such a productive way to fish.

Yesterday was tougher for me than last Wednesday, caught some bass, but not nearly as many bites. Ended up with 8 total, biggest was a 2.5 Largemouth that ate a Wart. It was my only Wart fish. Picked up a couple others on a jerk bait and the rest came on a Ned. I'm blaming it on the north wind. But I see Donna and Champ had a good day, so they were biting. I was fishing the jerk bait on a point inside a cove, caught a couple of spots on the Ned off the point, and came back again tossing the JB. Working it hard with a few pauses on the retrieve. About my 3rd cast felt a little bump as I was working it back, didn't know if it was a fish or maybe it had deflected off some wood, paused the bait right at the boat, and a second later a nice bass, looked to be 4-5 lbs. swam up, took a look, and turned around and disappeared. Neat to see, but sure would've liked to hook that one. A couple of more casts, again did a bait pause, another bass slowly swims up, a keeper, but not as big as the other one, it comes in head pointing at the side of the JB, and stops about a foot from the JB. It sits there for maybe one or two seconds, motionless, then slowly swims up to the bait, puts it's nose right on it like it was sniffing it or something, then turns around and slowly swims off. Must not have liked the color. Water temps were 48-50. The Wart fish: A Ned keeper - note the mark hallway up the body, had some similar damage on the other side, looks like something tried to eat it.

Sounds interesting...

Great video!

Yeah it did not look good to me, couple that hit with the late hit by him on the QB in the Arkansas game and that guy is starting to look like someone that might get drafted by the Raiders.