Quillback

Nice, thanks for the craw pic.

Very nice!

If they took the White river dams out, then the river would be full of drunken partiers, jet boats and giggers and we'd all be on here complaining about them.

Great fish! Thanks for sharing.

OK, I will confess - Magic Ghost Orange Craw was the color I was really using.

I did try the Ghost PB&J, one 12" bass on it, had another chase it right to the boat.

Launched at around 0930, fished some around the Big M area, not much going on there - I don't know why, but lately it has been hard for me to find a bite around there. Went down the lake and fished some of the banks and coves near the mouth of the Kings and up the Kings a bit. Found some fish here and there, ended up with 10 bass, 5 on a Spro McStick and another 5 on a T-rigged tube. McStick bite was a little funny, fish would hit it as I was working it, only had one on a pause and that was about after a 1/2 second of pause and then the fish grabbed it. Water temps were from 52 to 54.

Alligator gar down there in Texas, none in TR as far as I know. From what I've seen, the gar in TR are primarily shad eaters, I don't see them as having much effect on gamefish. All of us out there sticking hooks in the fish are probably the biggest factor.

Very nice Kentuck!

When you say "smoking something", I'm assuming you're talking about food? That brisket you did last year was mighty tasty! I'd say once we get within a week of the trip, we should do a final head count.

Got some of the new Warts today. Nice looking baits, the ghost colors have a shiny finish to them, instead of the matte finish that are on the old ghost green and brown craws. PB&J looks really good. Real test will be on the water of course.

Yep this is ridiculous, 13 here this morning. No fishing today, but may be warm enough tomorrow.

ARMOgeddon - I like that!

Yeah, come on down Pete! Heck who knows, we might have temps in the 50's.

I plan to be there when the doors open this morning and clean them out.

You could stay in Bentonville or Rogers and be at RR in about an hour. Just about every hotel chain you can think of is in NW Arkansas.

I hope Mizzou wins that UT game, then it will be - Hello Arkansas!

Please no more crank models that resemble craws....

I heard Champ took a trip up to KC yesterday, you just confirmed it...

That's right, they brought Anderson in, completely forgot about that.

AGFC was saying the same thing in their quarterly TV show. Something to do with if you only shoot one or two out of a sounder, the surviving pigs leave the area and become a bit more hunter wise. AGFC says the only somewhat effective way to remove them is to trap them in a corral type trap and you have to get every one in the sounder, because if you don't the survivors are now trap wise and will breed quickly.

Yep, looking forward to that game!

It's starting to get close!

Uh-oh, Champ let the cat out of the bag as far as the "secret" jerkbait color. But then again, it could be a decoy.