Quillback

Something I have been playing around with a bit are internal tube weights, like these from Phenix. You insert the weight into the head of the tubes, run the point of the hook through the hole in the weight, then Texas rig it. I have fished tubes quite a bit with a worm weight, Texas rigging it - it will certainly catch fish but that external weight will get a lot of snags in typical TR cover of rock and wood. Internal weights are a lot less snaggy. If one weight is too light, you can put two of them together and insert them into the tube. It's a little bit fiddly to get the two holes to line up, but doable. It's one of those things you want to rig up before you get out on the lake. Here's a link to the weights, GYCB also makes them. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Phenix_Tubebait_Gliders_10pk/descpage-PTG.html

Tell that to the Billethead. 😄

I'll save them the trouble - you owe me 5 Megabass 110's. Just kidding 😃

Yep, you can change, actually you must set up a new lineup before each tourney, it doesn't carry over to the next one. St. Johns in the 1st.

Rps is being modest, he's certainly caught more walleye and 5 lb topwater bass than I ever will. And Jared, if you ever have any walleye questions PM rps, he'll get you on the right path.

Welcome Jared, hope you do well in 2019 and looking forward to hearing about your fishing exploits!

Once Abkeenan get us set up, you can click on the "Groups" tag and select "Join a Group", enter our group name (to be supplied by AB) and the PWD and you'll be in. You can also join other groups, Tackle Warehouse usually has a group, if you join them you'll be competing in that group also. You select your anglers one time and it's posted to any other groups you are in.

Thanks for setting it up!

Thanks!

I was at Big M last Friday, as I pulled out a guy in a COE truck pulled up and adjusted the dock, you should be good to go. FYI - The COE falls under the Dept. of Defense and are funded.

He should read this: https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_rp_t3200_1699.pdf

I don' think the Rams have many fans in LA either, when the Cowboys played them, there looked to be more Cowboy fans in the stands than Ram fans.

The web page is up and running, you can select a team. I believe the first tourney, St Johns river starts 2/7.

Well there you go, you haven't read it, and can't provide any basis for it being inaccurate. You're right you are guessing, nothing more than that.

Yeah, I'm still up for an OA fantasy league, I agree it's just not the same with so many of the big names leaving for the BPT, but what the heck, as Aarchdale says new folks should make it interesting.

Did you read the document that he provides the link for? It's based on radio tagged fish, 33% either died or "expelled" their tag (whatever that means). It's not simply a "guess" it's based on those tagged fish. Now those observations could be wrong, that expelled tag thing is kind of puzzling or maybe fish that are tagged are subject to higher mortality. That being said, it supposedly agrees with mortality rates observed in other experiments - how they came up with those numbers in the other experiments, I have no idea without reading what their method was, but it's based on something, not a guess.

Some nice quality fish, too windy today for me, but glad to see someone is keeping those fish on their toes!

For sure.

Stuck in the cabin, lots of time on my hands so was checking to see if BASS had launched anything on the fantasy front. Site says they will start on or about Jan. 21 (take note Abkeenan). Should be an interesting year with a bunch of guys new to fishing the Elites. Saw this article while there: https://www.bassmaster.com/fantasy-fishing/hunt-keeps-bassmaster-fantasy-fishing-title-pennsylvania

This meme had me laughing.

It's in NW Arkansas west of Bentonville almost on the Oklahoma border. It's mainly a bass lake, but does get stocked with channel cats. Crappie are few and far between, but last year I know that AGFC was considering stocking crappie fingerlings to give the crappie population a boost. They've been stocking redear fingerlings for a while now, mainly as bass food, but you'd think it would have some good redear fishing, never have tried for them myself. Downside is the lake really gets hammered and it's small, I think about 700 acres.

That phantom RTP call on Jones was indeed very bad, even as a Pats fan I had to cringe at that one.

I drove over to Swepco a couple of weeks ago, to check it out, didn't take the boat and didn't fish. The parking lot was full which surprised me, it being Monday. A couple of yaks came out and also a bass boat while I was there, between the 3 of them, they had one bass. I don't think the plant was generating at full power and when that happens it always shuts the fish down. With this cold snap, I have to think they are running the plant and pumping out that hot water which should help the fishing. Those FL strain bass should be spawning soon. I want to go over there myself, but I am a weather whimp and it looks like the wind is going to blow the next couple of days, then we're back in the freezer for a while.

Sons of guns are going to sorelip all the bass before we get a chance. It ain't fair!

My condolences to Chiefs and Saints fans. Thought I was going to develop and ulcer watching the AFC championship. Glad to see the Pats win, but I have to admit I feel a little bit sorry for Andy Reid. What a game! Saints got shafted by the refs. The officiating was bad in both games, but I'd say the Saints got hosed more than anyone.