Quillback

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.

Well I was hoping for an upset, but the Tide was on their game.

Please don't post this kind of info, unfortunately there's an Academy down the road from me.

Might work well on a split shot rig or light T-rig. I like GY Senkos, just wish they were more durable.

Looks Like Oregon is in after their stomping of Arizona.

Muddy - you staying Thursday through Saturday nights?

Did you get a "free" T-shirt?

Nice mess of crappie!

Elaztech all the way!

Ok, add Griz to the Friday night crew. I think that place we stayed in last years had 4 bedrooms, and I stayed on the futon in the den. Might be room for one in the living room. I'll talk to the folks at Riley's Monday.

I could have fun catching a mess of gills like that. Table Rock has them, you just have to wade through all the little ones.

Very nice!

Sweet!

I hear you, I plan to stay for the fry and then decide if I'm going to drive back.

Weather is looking about as good as could be hoped for in mid-December. Highs in the 50's. Lows in upper 30's.

That's a good day. Just picked up some Loctite gel yesterday, need to make up some more Ned rigs.

OK, here's what I have, please review and let me know if this is correct. Also - Riley's does not accept credit cards as payment. Cash or checks. Once you guys confirm this I'll call Riley's to let them know how many each night. Thursday night - Myself, Phil, SIO3, Ducky Friday night - Myself, Little Red, Terrierman and Grandson, SIO3, Gotmuddy. Saturday - Little Red, Terrierman and Grandson, GotMuddy. I may or may not stay that night.

I didn't try the Wart, I thought about it later in the morning when the wind kicked up a bit, but I have a lot of fun catching bass on the Ned rig with light spinning tackle. Hard to put it down when they are biting it.

I'd love to see Mizzou make the final 4 with a win over Bama, and I think they would deserve it as SEC champ. But I agree with you all that it probably won't happen. It will be very interesting to see what the committee does if Mizzou wins. I think there is pretty much general agreement among the college FB analysts that the SEC is the strongest conference in the nation, if Mizzou wins, it will be interesting to see how they can finagle an SEC team into the final 4. It's funny how this four team playoff which was supposed to lessen the controversy seems to be creating even more.