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I haven't been there yet, but I haven't heard any reasons to make the trip, Hook, Line and Sinker is a lot closer. And I usually will buy stuff online. I do hear that Academy has a good selection of athletic shoes, so when it comes time to get a new pair I'll probably make the trip.

Good top water bite this morning in the coves off the main Indian Creek channel, caught close to 20 black bass, maybe 6 largemouth the rest spots except for one smallie. No big ones, biggest LM was 16", the rest were in the 10-14" range. They are on the banks, did not catch any around deep structure. Did catch some in front of docks, but most were on the banks near cover. Had lots of strikes, probably would have caught 40-50 fish this morning if I had hooked every one. The bite slowed down around 11 AM, so get there early. Did not see any striper activity or whites.

I think I get a bass pro catalog about every other week, funny they won't send you any. If you're online shopping, especially for bass stuff, check out tacklewarehouse.com. They don't have any house brand stuff like BP, but they have free shipping on orders over $50 including rods. They also have periodic 15% discount sales. It's hard to beat them when you get free shipping and a discount, no state sales tax either unless you live in CA. And they don't send out catalogs, but you can get email alerts from them when there are sales. My main gripe with BP and Cabelas is they charge you shipping based on the dollar amount of your order and it's expensive. So for example, you could buy a hundred dollars worth of feathers and they charge you $10 for shipping. And if you want a rod they charge extra for that on top of the already expensive shipping charge. Cablelas and BP do carry a lot of stuff that TW does not, such as clothes, hunting stuff etc. TW is good if you're just looking at bass gear.

You lucky dog, $160 is a steal!

I think they are sorta for real, they do have the benefit of playing in a weak division, they certainly have a shot at making the playoffs. SD lost to Seattle yesterday which is as surprising as when they were beat by the Chiefs.

Speaking of Roundup, they are now finding weeds that are Roundup resistant. It could be a huge problem. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html?_r=1

Thanks for the report Bill, good info as always. Same sort of thing is going on at Beaver that you're seeing on TR. Hey, your name is mentioned in In Fisherman magazine in the Adventures section this month. You're a celebrity!

I gotta laugh when they say they don't want to label this fish if it ever shows up in stores for what it is. I'm with you guys on this, there is too much risk involved here. And if this stuff starts appearing at Walmart, then it should be clearly labeled for what it is. On a side note, I lived on the Pacific Northwest for 20 years, there are many Atlantic salmon farming operations going on there, I can remember one mass escape in Puget Sound where 60,000 3-5 lb Atlantics made a breakout (I think they tunneled under the fence). I caught one in the Skykomish river while steelhead fishing and they were caught all over in area rivers and in the Sound. Then they disappeared, there never were any proven reports of Atlantics successfully spawning in the wild from that escape or any escapes in the PNW. Not that it couldn't happen, but it's very unlikely. On an even further side note, I also used to live in New England, used to travel up to the White river in Vermont (It's a beautiful river to fish if you're ever up that way, rainbows and browns and it also has a population of under fished and under appreciated smallies). But there's an Atlantic salmon hatchery on the upper White that has been in existence since 1970, they are trying to reestablish Atlantics in the White and other rivers in New England, I think there best return was a couple of hundered fish and that was 20 years back, Atlantics are a very difficult fish to reestablish even in their (altered) native habitat. Personally I think they should shut down the effort, but it's not a total loss, there has been and are continuing habitat projects and passage work done in the name of Atlantics that have benefited other fish species.

JEB was kind enough to take me in his boat (thanks dude!) this morning, we fished mid lake areas, caught maybe a dozen fish total, mostly spots. Topwaters, C-rigs, and swim jigs did the damage. Here's me with a topwater smallie. I was walking a pencil popper, it was fairly close to the boat, got a hit, missed it, but yanked the popper which went flying out of the water about a foot, and then this guy jumped into the air and grabbed the plug in mid air, it was very cool! Not only that but when I got him to the boat there were another 5 smallies that followed it in, I've seen spots do that but never smallies. JEB caught this dude, we think it's a Meanmouth, it's colored like a smallie but has markings like it's got some spot genes in it. Had a water spot on the lens which blurs a little bit of the pic.

More info: WHAT : Boater Chris Torkleson of Sand Springs, Okla., caught a 10-bass limit weighing 34 pounds, 11 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $5,137 in the BFL Okie Division tournament on Grand Lake. Torkleson was throwing a jig mid lake in 10 to 12 feet of water near deep points with brush. WHO: The remaining top10 anglers: 2nd: Brad Hallman, Norman, Okla., 10 bass, 29-4, $2,569 3rd: Bob Harter, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 27-10, $1,712 4th: Travis McKelvey, Jenks, Okla., nine bass, 27-3, $1,199 5th: Wayne Diffee, Oakhurst, Okla., 10 bass, 27-1, $1,027 6th: Thomas Canady, Skiatook, Okla., 10 bass, 25-10, $942 7th: Jason Wedel, Lowell, Ark., 10 bass, 23-6, $856 8th: Clayton Coppin, Muskogee, Okla., 10 bass, 23-6, $771 9th: Derek Fulps, Broken Arrow, Okla., 10 bass, 23-1, $685 10th: Jason Gilstrap, Owasso, Okla., 10 bass, 22-10, $599 WHAT : Justin Phillips of Checotah, Okla., caught a 10-bass limit weighing 26 pounds, 6 ounces Sept. 18-19 to win $2,563 in the Co-angler Division. He was using buzzbait and Pop-Rs in shallow water near Wolf Creek and Horse Creek to bag his limits. WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers: 2nd: Patrick Weir, Broken Arrow, Okla., nine bass, 21-11, $1,281 3rd: Scott Parsons, Bentonville, Ark., 10 bass, 19-14, $853 4th: Don Benson, Eufaula, Okla., seven bass, 18-9, $598 5th: Richard Vallis, Fort Smith, Ark., nine bass, 18-8, $513 6th: Brad Reynolds, Lowell, Ark., nine bass, 18, $470 7th: Kenny Blackwood, Rogers, Ark., nine bass, 18, $427 8th: Jeffrey Bullinger, Sapulpa, Okla., eight bass, 17-9, $384 9th: Parks Pendergraft, Claremore, Okla., eight bass, 17-2, $342 10th: Dylan Duncan, Kansas, Okla., seven bass, 16-5, $299 NOTES: The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings from the Okie Division have now qualified for the Oct. 14-16 Regional Championship on Lake Texoma in Denison, Texas. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.

Here's the link to the results, 34 lbs. to win (10 fish). http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/bfl/tournament/2010/6434/grand-lake-boater-results/

Nice pics! Glad to see they are after the fin.

I did a search on BFL, it's Bass Fishing League, part of the FLW. $300 entry fee, winning angler gets $9000. Winning co-angler $4500. Big bass $1500.

JB. that's one heck of a spot for Beaver! Nice photo also, really good pic of a healthy fish.

Excellent report, I appreciate the fishing tips, even though they are for Lake Fork, they give me some ideas for things to use up here.

Well I pulled up to the launch at Monkey Island at 0615 and found several wrapped boats in the process of launching. I did not know it, but there is a big tourney this weekend, BFL. BTW I don't know what the BFL tourney is. Anyway lots of boats out there, several times when I was fishing a point as soon as I left a guy would pull in and fish the same point, had I known there would be so many guys out there I think I would have gone somewhere else. Fishing was slow for me, I caught 1/2 dozen or so bass, but none over 13". Mainly caught them pitching jigs to docks and a couple on c-rigged plastics. Just could not figure out where they were or what they wanted. Lots of shad in the lake, but the fish weren't bothering them much. Sunny, warm, calm day. I did talk to some of the other fishermen, no one I talked to was doing any good, or if they were they weren't talking about it. Those tourney guys can be pretty secretive, not that I blame them.

How many more long TD runs does Jamaal Charles have to make before Haley realizes that the guy is one of the top backs in the league? It makes no sense to have him split carries with Thomas Jones. Charles is a huge talent, I can't figure out what Haley is thinking.

Very nice, good pic!

If it would stop raining I could go fishing and stop posting here I have heard many economists say that it is WWII that pulled us out of the depression. Not that I would recommend another WW to end this recession, would not even think about it.

I think there is a law of physics that says if an internet forum topic goes on long enough it will eventually turn to politics.

Chief, quite frankly, you're speaking gibberish. Maybe you can write another 3 paragraphs of nonsense in reply. I'll check back tomorrow.

Hey Wormer - I know exactly where that no wake buoy is you are talking about and I had the same question, how far from that buoy does the no wake rule apply? Apparently the enforcement people don't know either! Geez, from what JEB and you are saying, sounds like the folks that enforce the laws on Beaver need a training session so that they know what the law is they are enforcing.

Hey Wormer - I know exactly where that no wake buoy is you are talking about and I had the same question, how far from that buoy does the no wake rule apply? Apparently the enforcement people don't know either! Geez, from what JEB and you are saying, sounds like the folks that enforce the laws on Beaver need a training session so that they know what the law is they are enforcing.

I could live with a lead ban if it was phased in over a reasonable period of time, or a ban on small sinkers, or banning lead in certain lakes or streams where there is clear evidence of a need for the ban. But I could not support this petition to the EPA to absolutely ban lead. The organizations that are asking for the lead ban could probably get support from anglers if they took the time to understand our concerns, but when they blindside you with something like this and try and force it on you it rubs people wrong. Environmental organizations, which in general are well meaning, seem to have a "We know better than you" attitude and because of that they can come off as seeming to work behind the scenes to ditate to us how we will live our lives. We're Americans, we don't like it when orgnizations come out of nowhere and try and dictate how you will live your life, and if you don't like it, tough because it's now the law and we'll throw your butt in jail if you don't conform to the new laws. This issue is also being dicussed on some of the other fishing forums I frequent. Lots of opinions out there on this isssue.

No Chief, not agreed, the 2% < 96% was in reference to brass not tungsten. Do you know anything about the toxicity of tungsten? Maybe you should do a little research.