Quillback

I have no problem with these canned hunts, first because it provides some entertaining reading here I would not do it myself, and it isn't remotely close to real hunting, but I don't condemn those who do these "hunts". I remember a while back, maybe 10-15 years ago, there was a scandal involving zoos and these Texas hunting exoctic hunting ranches. Zoos were selling (at auctions) surplus animals to the ranches, and the ranches were in turn charging people to shoot them. There were big bucks involved, rare animals were going for big bucks. PETA types found out and that was that...no more auctions. Don't know where these ranches get there animals these days, but I bet someone is making some money selling to them.

I fished Windsor this AM, ended up with 5 bass, 12-16" fish, all on 10" worms. I counted a dozen boats out there at one point later in the morning, funny there's that much pressure now, in the spring when the bass were easy I'd only see 4-5 boats out there. They were chasing shad early but it did not last long.

Thanks for the links, that new DD jointed pointer looks interesting. Like that prop bait too, not that I need any more topwaters in my tackle box.

Cool, if McD's would start using them for their filet-o-fish we might see them get wiped out.

Are the bluegills still biting?

Yeah, I know exactly where that is, it's a good spot. Me and John B were out on Windsor the day those guys in the story were fishing it,my notes say it was June 10, in the background of the large photo you can see a boat, I'm about 95% sure that is us, we were watching those guys fish shallow docks while we were fishing deeper water structure, they passed between us and the shore. I went out on Avalon yesterday early, caught 1/2 dozen 12 inch fish on 10" worms, I didn't hook any sizeable fish.

Are these fish available commercially right now?

I did see the report, are you asking about the one in the Benton Co. paper that has the story on Lake Windsor?

I went over to Brittany early last Thursday, did about the same, 2 bass in the boat, but missed several others, had some opportunities just could not stick them. Fishing deep with t-rigged craw type baits. This hot weather is making it tough, fish are sluggish, I try and get out an hour or so before dawn, fish until 0900 or so, and call it a day.

The article is full of "ifs" and "maybes". Alarmist scare tactics promoted by the commercial fishing industry to elimate competition from farmed salmon. The greatest danger wild fish face is overfishing by industrial fishing methods. Fish populations are being wiped out and have been wiped out by commercial overfishing, that's a far greater danger, than the unlikely scenario of farmed fish escaping and successfully breeding in the wild.

Wow, that is a pig of a walleye! Congrats, that's a once in a lifetime fish!

Wow, that is a pig of a walleye! Congrats, that's a once in a lifetime fish!

Those are some good looking cranks, I bet you'll catch a bass or two on them.

Given a choice between playing on Grand or Table Rock, I'd choose TR. But man that stuff drives me crazy, I'm not fishing this weekend, it's just too nuts.

Sorry to hear that, is it the slimy, mossy stuff? Are you doing any bass fishing?

I don't think anyone is advocating shooting back.

Good question, I don't know, but my guess is that you could shoot back if someone opens up on you. I believe you are allowed to defend yourself if threatened with deadly force. You'd probably get arrested and then the prosecutor would decide whether or not to put you on trial, but I bet it wouldn't go to trial. And if it did the jury would probably find you not guilty if you were able to prove you were in fear of your life and were defending yourself. Not that I'm a lawyer, but that's my understanding of how it works in Arkansas.

Gary, can you please give me the url of that bass boat site?

I think it's 50 feet or a hundered feet from the marina, not just the gas pumps, but it's obviously illegal for them to shoot at you if you're too close. I think just pointing a firearm at someone and threatening them with it can get you a year in jail, the clown that did the shooting may be spending some time in the graybar motel.

Yeah no kidding, August started in June.

Well I hope it holds up until the last week of July, my 12 yo nephew will be in town, and some fast and furious fishing like that would be great.

I bought a Dobyns Champion 704 this spring specifically for walking the dog, especially with a Gunfish. It does a fine job, but I could not find a topwater bite on Beaver this spring. Did catch a couple here on the BV lakes, but just haven't done the topwater fishing this year that I planned on. Maybe this fall. But I do like the rod, it's day will come.

At least he spelled "USA" correctly.

Wow a stripper and a state recoed striper all in one night! That what I call living! But, seriously, that is one pig of a fish.

Nice fish pics! New site? Wassup with that?