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I never have "over-runs" that were caused by something I did. It's always a defect in the reel such as - poor design, or a manufacturing defect.

Freaking Hogs down in flames, I'm done with them until next year, NIT is for chumps. Let's hope Mizzou pulls it out against FL.

The whole state of CA has been ruined, it's too bad.

Wow, that is an INSANE walleye! Congrats!

Those high water years were before my Table Rock fishing days. 935 is crazy.

The biologists claim that on Beaver it takes 7.5 years on average for a spotted bass to reach 15". I believe it's about the same for Table Rock. No idea on LM's or SM's, my guess is that LM's grow a bit faster.

That 2nd spot is ridiculously fat.

I am actually thinking of tossing a fly around

Yep Tight is a good man, one of the best. When my grandpa was alive, every Sunday after church he'd stop by Tight's house and they'd talk about farming and whatever. I'm drawing a blank on his daughter's name, I'll think of it eventually, or I can ask my mom. Small world.

Those must be really, really, fat spots, the fat 15-16" spots from TR will go 2 -2.5.

I bet a really fat 20" spot would be in the 5 lb. range.

I'm with you on Arkansas needing to beat Tenn. Lunardi right now has Arkansas and Tennessee in the last 4 "probables" as making the tourney. So assuming he is reading the tea leaves correctly, I'd say the winner of the AR/Vols game is in, loser is probably out. This is assuming AR beats SC of course. They should, but coming off that ridiculous loss to Bama, my confidence is shaken.

Yep my mothers side of the family (Akers) is from Kennett. Hey Brett, I was going to ask you, but forgot - do you know a farmer by the name of "Tight" Williams? He's in his late 80's now, but still farming. He owns/rents quite a bit of land in the Bootheel. He's married to one of my mom's cousins.

Not official yet, but looks to be a new record. 10 and a half pounds, roughly. http://www.bassmaster.com/news/new-world-record-spotted-bass

Irish possum. Probably escaped from a zoo.

Dtrs5kprs can handle the Ned tutorial - I'm just a beginner! There's probably a thread on herer somewhere that goes over the Ned deal Get_Tha_Net. Basically it's a light, mushroom style jighead, with 1/2 of a Zinkerz or Senko threaded on it.

Beaver - YIKES! Tough nut to crack lately from what I hear.

Yeah it is fun on the light tackle. Could've been a drum I suppose, I know they are in there, but I don't recall ever catching one on TR. Grand is a different story.

So there are triploid browns. I wonder how long they've been stocking them. Seems there's be potential for some HUGE triploid browns.

Chief - they've got a flattened head, so they wobble through the water when moved, different action than a round head jig. I'd think they'd work well on the smallie streams. They sure do work for trout.

Big M is a COE launch, I get the $30 annual pass, which is good at any of the COE launches on Table Rock and Beaver. It's a bargain if you fish a lot. As the others have said, Bill Babler would be a great guide to spend a day with and learn the ropes.

Great video! I like that magic net - just stick it in the water and trout jump into it! Where can I buy one?

With the forecast calling for another day in the 70's, I just had to get out there again today. There was a decent early bite, then just a fish here and there. I caught around 15 again today, but average size was down, only 3or 4 keepers. Biggest was an egg filled 3 lb. LM. Tubes again were my best bait, but I did get a couple of spots on the Ned rig (thanks DTRS for the advice and the jig heads and Zinkerz). Hooked up on something large on the Ned, never saw it, but it was swimming strongly and had it's way with me, couldn't do much with 6 lb. test and light spinning gear. Hook just came out, never saw what it was, but I'm thinking maybe a good walleye. Wind really started going, bite was getting tough, so I left at 1 PM. Caught a couple of fish shallow in cove pockets, that 3 lb. LM was in about 6 feet of water. Others were in the 10-20 foot range. Definitely some fish moving into those pre-spawn staging areas. Water temps 42-45. 1st Ned fish.

I just haven't been fishing jigs much, but yours are in the front of my jig box.

Thanks!