Quillback

There are whites that run in the Indian creek arm and the coves connecting to Indian creek, it's hit or miss this time of year, but hit it right and you can get into them. I would think that if you saw them in the Clifty arm last year they might be in there again this year. A friend of mine has been catching balck bass on topwaters lately, so you might want to bring some Redfins and walk the dog type lures. I like 1/8 oz white or chartreuse/white road runners for whites this time of year.

Yeah Avalon has a lot of those little guys, but there are some big ones in there too. That wind was brutal this weekend, I did not go out, but I'll definitely get out this week, somewhere.

My guide won't take me out in this wind, he says this is the windiest spring he's ever seen. Maybe next week..

Thanks for the report, I have seen "Big Bass Battles", it's a great show.

If you're into trout, the fishing for them in Brittany is pretty good, just troll a small spoon around using your trolling motor.

I haven't been out on the lakes here in BV in more than a week, but they have been biting jerkbaits this winter, did real well in December and January. Last time I was out they were starting to move back into the coves, mostly small males, that was before the cold front, but now it's warmed up again so they're probably back in the coves if they ever left. They just closed the gates on Windsor to let it start filling after the drawdown, just depends on how much rain we get, but right now the ramps are closed, if you have a cartopper you could launch it and probably do well.

Good one! "Trey Hooks", "Fonda Hooks", "Javier Roe", LOL.

Those are some great fish Al! Thanks for the report. On a side note, I just got my 2011 BPS master catalog, love that artwork you did on the cover, very nice looking bass hooked on a jerkbait. I wish they would have made the BPS logo a little smaller

Yeah it would be great to have an annual Mizzou vs AR game, last few years AR has creampuffs on the schedule for the first 10 games or so, we could have some great regional rivalry games instead, AR vs Mizzou, AR vs Memphis, AR vs Kansas, and AR vs Wichita State. Or have an annual regional tournament before conference play begins.

Great day Bill, congrats on your PB at Table Rock!

Hey Stump Buumper, did you launch at the Hickory Creek marina? Just wondering if the corps ramp is reopened with the water coming up 3 feet in the last few weeks.

No disrespect to Mizzou or it's fans, but recruiting for that school is tougher than getting players to come to Arkansas, or Kansas for that matter.

Time will tell, but considering the other names on the list I think the Razorbacks got the best guy. I wish they could have hired the Butler coach, but he appears to be locked down at Butler.

Thanks for the info, I might give that area a shot later this week if the wind calms down a little. I would like to get into some whites for the frying pan.

I keep hearing he doesn't want the job, but I guess we'll find out soon.

Wow, congrats! That's an impressive bag on Beaver.

Very nice!

Speaking of agendas, last year there was a lot of finger pointing by enviro organizations at salmon farms in the Pac NW. Salmon populations were down and the enviros came up with a theory that it was due to increased sea lice populations caused by fish farms. The enviro groups were screaming for fish farms to be shut down..well it turns out after some sound research was done that the declines were not at all related to sea lice or fish farms. Most of the enviro groups involved receive donations from wild salmon netters who see fish farms as competition. There are many agendas involved that are not apparent on the surface. Not that I am accusing TU of fronting for the commercial fishing industry, but I have grown cynical about enviro groups lately, they seem to be more money driven these days. And I'm all for a clean, healthy environment with lots of fish to catch, but I admit I've gotten somewhat cynical about these organizations.

Now there seems to be an issue with spent fuel rods that are in storage, fire breaking out at the building that stores them. We have the same problem with what the heck to do with spent fuel rods.

Nice to see you guys got into the crappie. I keep intending to go out and try and catch some crappie, but I can't put the bass poles down. See any whites in the area? That wind is something this year, seems like it blows hard 6 days a week.

I was watching CNN's coverage yesterday, usually don't watch them, but they were the only ones offering coverage at the time. I was reminded why I don't watch CNN. I must have heard "Japan is not Haiti" about 15 times. No kidding.. They must have trotted out about a dozen different Nuke experts. What I got from it was that no one really knows what is going on with the Nuke plants in Japan, but concensus seems to be that it will be contained. But no one is sure.

Sounds like an interesting read.

Thanks for posting those articles Trophy. I like the idea of modifying a lipless crank so that it runs like a Super Shad. I wonder who makes a slow sinking lipless crank, the ones I have sink fairly quickly.

Hmmm, you guys are convincing me that it's pretty risky, I may think about signing, but want to be a little more informed. Not knocking anyone here, but sometimes when issues like this arise, the knees start jerking pretty quickly.

Rumor has it that the Pro Blue color worked well at Beaver for the FLW.