Quillback

New online retailer based in Arkansas, they have a 20% off sale through midnight Sunday. Not the selection that TW has, but some good stuff.

Just went to their website (decided I needed a few more jigs). Their daily special is Luck-E-Strike STX jerkbaits for $5.99. I also noticed they've added some new colors.

Yep they snagged some of my money again. Good selection of stuff and good prices when they have these sales.

When you say REAL craw scent, what brand are you using?

That's a great trip! I like fishing the Ol' Monster myself this time of year. Black/blue flake and black/red flake, Zoom makes some great worms!

It's funny watching the TV weather people, they keep talking about the rain we're supposed to get next week as if it's a done deal, but on their forecast it's only a 30% chance. 30% seems like a low chance of rain to me.

Another thing I've noticed is there are a lot of blue herons on the lakes and streams, I don't remember seeing so many back in the 60's and 70's, seems in the last 20 years they've really become numerous.

Saw a pair of juvenile eagles on Table Rock this weekend, looked like they were just learning to fly. Mom or dad was out on the lake diving on fish. I would think that they would eat a lot of gar, seeing how gar hang so close to the top of the water in the summer, and TR has a lot of gar.

Outdoor writer in the Sunday paper was saying Cooked Creek is dry in places.

No rain here either, last night the TV weather guesser was predicting rain next week - I think he's just saying it to get people to watch the forecast.

The TV weather dude is predicting a cool down (upper 80's) and rain for next Monday/Tuesday. I'm sceptical to say the least.

You would think it would make a difference on the White river arm. I admit I never look at generation, I just go early in the morning and fish.

I probably whizzed by you - I'll keep my eyes peeled next time, but don't know if I'll be on TR much more this summer unless we get a cool down. I've got a silver and black Phoenix with a 200 HP Merc.

Pulled away from the dock about 0500, went down lake a few miles to an area that has several long runouts, fished a Zoom Ol' Monster on the points hoping for big fish, got some fish, but nothing over 15". Good shallow bite right away, they were up on the points chasing shad, but that lasted for maybe 30 minutes. Did some deep fishing with a Punkin Ed Shakey head with a big worm, got a couple of thumps but missed them. Ended up catching a few more spots off points with an FB jig. Caught 11 bass total, but no big ones. Off the water at 1030. Passed by the Devils Backbone, several boats there, looked like walleye guys. Not a whole lot of bass boats out, but the skiers and other riffraff were on the water, not too bad, but enough to be annoying. Had a pair of jet skis go by me at 0600, adios peace and quiet. Saw a couple of juvinile eagles hanging out in a dead tree off one point. My guess is they hatched this spring and are now starting to fly.

Sorry Stumper, don't know the answers to your questions, the article was pretty brief, just a paragraph or two and didn't have anything in the way of details.

I forgot to add, it happened in the Hogscald area.

Sadly, there was a fatality on Beaver this weekend. Saturday evening, 2 jet skis were moving along in single file, the one in the lead stopped, but the follwing JS did not see the one in front stop and rear ended it killing the driver of the lead JS.

Rain? What's that? It didn't even get cloudy here, let alone rain. No rain in sight in the forecast either. But, glad to hear you got some, I'm worried about pheasant numbers in KS this year if this heat keeps up.

Supposed to cool off to 92 tomorrow, then start climbing to near 100 again for the foreseeable future.

Yep this heat is starting to take it's toll. Getting the weird shaped tomatoes myself, and when they ripen, they ripen unevenly. Plants have pretty much stopped growing, and the leaf wilt is getting bad. Beans are about done, I think I'll spade them in. Squash is still doing well and the cantaloupe should start getting ripe in a couple of weeks (i hope).

Dang it! That lake was one of my favorite nekkid swimming holes, guess I gotta go elsewhere.

Yeah, but are they any good to eat?

You nightfishers are doing well. I'm an early to bed, early to rise type, but when I see the bags you folks are getting, I wish I could stay up all night and fish.

Sounds like a good idea to make it mandatory for night tounrneys that you must leave anchor lights on or get DQ'ed.

That arch photo is funny!