Quillback

Rumor has it that Supreme is a MUCH better bass fisherman than his brother. 😃

Looks like you guys are having a great time!

I may have knocked out an insert or three myself. I've had to train myself to stop banging stuff into rod tips. Fortunately rod tips are not that expensive. Mudhole.com has a whole lot to choose from.

Man, that is a nice bow!

Yep, use heat myself. Have not looked myself, but there are probably a gazillion videos on the web about rod tip removal and repair. I learned somethig from this video, there is a rod tip sizer, didn't know they existed, I am going to get one.

Well I'll be darned, I know a celebrity! The Bella Vista weekly paper has a column written by Puthoff, and he was asking for people to send in their stories. I don't know if they'll print it in that paper but I'll keep my eye out for it.

Very nice! I was out a couple of times before the heat wave rolled in and had good luck on Keitechs and top waters. Not too many places holding them, but when you find them, there can be quite a few.

I'll be interested to hear where you fish in Washington.

That's pretty good weight loss so far. Be happy with your accomplishment. Losing 75 lbs. ain't easy.

I have found that this time of year they like 3.3 and 3.8 Keitechs and not the 2.8.

That's some good fishing!

Some great fish! Checked out that lure on TW, they want close to $10 for one. Resisting urge to purchase....must not buy....I have too many lures, don't need more....

This week's Honey Hole outdoors show was on Fork, probably filmed it a few weeks ago. Bill Wilcox, the host, caught a good one, didn't weigh it, but I'd guess at least 8 lbs. They also caught several in the 4-5 lb. range. Mostly on crank baits with a few c-rig fish. Wilcox made an interesting statement, he said Fork has been 7 feet low for a few years while the dam was being worked on, during that time a lot of brush grew up on the banks. All that brush is flooded now and Wilcox is of the opinion that should lead to good fishing down the road.

I was fishing by 0530 and three casts later I caught a 4 lb. largemouth on top and that was the high point of the morning. Caught a half dozen smallies on jigs, no size, all were between 12-14 inches. Saw very little top water striper action, had a couple come up early and made a few casts at them, but couldn't get them to bite. Once the sun came over the horizon the stripers pretty much stopped coming up. About 0930 the water was flat calm, it was getting hot, could not get any bites, and the ski boats were starting to appear, so I was done and headed for the ramp. WT 78 early.

Great pics!

No idea on Table Rock, but I used to catch cats over on Grand in 20-30 FOW drifting shad. Mostly blues over there, but there would always be a few channels that would bite. Good luck, and it will be interesting to hear how you do.

Cool, thanks!

Neat looking fish, what are they?

Some more photogenic fish, congrats!

Wow, that cuttie is big with some great coloration!

Sorry to hear that. If anyone wants to view some his past posts, you can go to search, then select member search. Here's one from the past where he ran over a bucket! Unrelated but today on I44 a metal 5 gallon bucket flew out of a work truck ahead of me and I hit it square. Cracked the plastic bumper cover, tore out the fender liner and then got stuck under the car emitting a 4th of July spark trail. Drug it about 2 miles to an exit where it finally popped out. Of course the truck that lost it had no back plate, if any. I'll be out at best my $500 deductible. Secure your loads and don't leave loose items in the boat while towing..

So far, so good.

I don't even know that I'd want to mess with one that big.

Wow, some great gills!

Some very nice quality fish!