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Yeah I saw that, I believe the tourneys run from March into June. I think it's a good thing, it will bring a little more pressure to the area, but, and I am assuming they will release their fish near the ramp, it will benefit the area by bringing fish up to the White river area rather than the usual which is for tournament fish caught in the area to be transported and released in the KC area or wherever down lake location they are fishing out of.

Ditto on that, real easy to get hurt getting on/off the boat. It's a time to be extra careful. Did a face plant on a rocky bank on Grand lake, had a tin boat then, parked it bow first on the bank by the ramp, exited by walking over the bow, went to step on the bank, one foot got hung up on the edge of the boat and went face down hard onto the rocks. Fortunately no permanent damage except for bruises.

HB 315 (Brown), requires the DOC to conduct testing of deceased deer found along state highways for chronic wasting disease. HB 317 (Brown), requires the DOC to reimburse automobile owners of the $500 for damages inflicted upon vehicles by deer. Wow, these 2 proposals above are seriously loony.

Sorry to hear that, seems to be something a lot of us fishermen get. Had the same kind of deal in my left elbow a couple of years ago, I was pitching jigs a lot that year, and I pitch them with my left arm. It never got so bad that I couldn't fish, but it wasn't pleasant, but it would go away after a couple of days if I did not fish, but would come back next time out If I pitched jigs. I don't think it was as severe as yours sounds. Anyway, once I cut down on the pitching it has gone away.

Yeah I guess I need to just have blue sky in the background, LOL.

I like that swimming action - mucho gracias!

That would be neat if they would fish Beaver, but my guess is they will be somewhere south or central.

Watched the 3rd Oklahoma episode last night, where they fished Fort Gibson. They were catching them pretty good, with several 4-5 lb. fish. Oklahoma has some pretty good bass fishing, but tends to get over looked on the national scene. Anyone know when they filmed those Oklahoma shows? I think it was early fall, but that's just a guess.

Those things take the fun out of fishing Carolina rigs. I'm sure it's just a matter of time until they show up in Table Rock.

And from what I hear, they don't taste good either. However a dead groundhog is a good groundhog.

Well my buddy John caught a 5.5 lb. bass today on the Ned rig, right off the chunk rock bank you can see in the background. We caught 17 or so, not a lot of fish, but decent quality, had 3 or 4 largemouth keepers besides the one above, and several spots in the 15-16" range. Spots were really fat, they are feeding up on something, couldn't see any craw antennas in their mouths, so it may be shad they are eating. Almost all came on the Ned, John got one on a finesse jig. We tossed some jerk baits and grubs for a bit, but the Ned seemed to be the only thing that interested them. Most of our fish came on main channel points and chunk rock banks. Except for the big one, they seemed to like some wood nearby. Did venture up the Kings to Viola for a bit, caught maybe 8 or so, all spots, on steep banks. Kings is stained to a pea green color. Water temps were anywhere from 39-43.

The odds have to be hugely against, first having a successful spawn and then one getting to that size.

I never stopped from the night before.

Naturally spawned (not stocked) Tiger trout caught in the Little Red - page 5 of the attached PDF. Caught one yet Ham? Fish notes.pdf

In the orange for sure - I do have a bag that I have 5 worms left in that are the more subtle orange with a lot of GP - I'm saving those for early spring, worked well last year.

Durn things were becoming Orange with a GP stripe on top. I quit buying them, they make work, but I have no confidence in an orange worm.

Did you relocate some to Eagle Rock? We need more brown fish in the "dirty water".

Not a lot of work if you don't make the heads. I can see where making the heads can keep a guy busy, but some guys do that stuff as a hobby.

Keep it a secret - I don't want anyone in that area fishing Neds. Just kidding of course, let him know. He may not fish it anyway, some people just don't like to fish the Ned. Nothing wrong with that of course.

Thank you.

Just doing a test.

I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but an expensive reel with gummed up spool bearings will cast like a dog. Keeping a reel clean and well lubed can really help when it comes to casting distance.

Certainly anything posted on April one should be subject to extreme scrutiny. I tell myself that all the time, but somehow still will fall for something.

Yeah I remember reading something from the AGFC that they estimated that about 20% of the walleye that made it to catchable size in Beaver were naturally reproduced. That's a recollection from memory which may be faulty.

The weed guards help to lessen snags for me. Still do get snagged up, and usually I'll lose at least 2 or 3 rigs a day. But, I don't hesitate to throw them at anything, brushpiles, cedar trees, I'll throw it in there. Only exception is dock cables, I'll try and avoid those, freaking things are lure magnets and line frayers.