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I found it to be tough. Got a couple early walking the dog, picked a couple up on a jig, then the wind really picked up so I started throwing spinner baits and cranks. Got 3 on a mid-depth crank on windy banks, threw quite a few casts with the crank to get those 3 fish on it. One keeper largemouth and a half dozen 13-14" spots was my total for the day. WT was 68-69.

I see - I am on my home PC and I don't get the spam.

Looking though my notes for the last couple of years, 2 years ago surface temps were at 67, this time of year, last year, which was a warm fall, they were at 70, I was out today and saw 68-69, this is around the Big M area.

What do you guys mean by getting "spammed"? Just curious as I am not seeing anything.

Thanks for the report, some great info.

OK, here it was I have for "stayers" at Rileys. Myself Wounded One Phil and Duane Johnsfolly Grizwilson Stinger 160 Terrierman +2 Little Red Billethead JestersHK Jdecoudres Reply if I mistakenly have you on the list and you are staying somewhere else. Looks like we'll need to get Cedar Gables and the River Villa to hold everyone. Total cost for both, assuming I didn't make a math error, is $1375. Divide that by 18 people and I get $76.38 per person for the 3 nights. Let's round it up to $80, we can leave the extra as a tip. If anyone has any objection to this, let us know, but I think $80 to stay for 3 nights is pretty darned good. Rileys only accepts cash or checks (no credit cards). So bring your 80 clams in either form. I think that this year with this many people, everyone should pay up front. I can set up a check list and you can give me your payment when you arrive, or someone else can volunteer for this duty if they want. River Villa has a no pet policy, so I'll be staying at Cedar as I have to bring my dog with me. We'll have to get a food thread going as to who is bringing what. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for the report, you probably know this, you can keeps spots of any size on Beaver now. Might as well keep them if they swallow the hook. Those pelicans migrate through early spring and fall. Only around for a little while, so it is neat to see them.

OK, I looked, here's a link: http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/lewis-and-clarks-girandoni-air-rifle/

I read the DeVoto edited version of their journals, very interesting read. I wonder if any of those old air guns are still around, got to be worth some big money if they are, I can't imagine they made many. Have to do some research when I get time.

I was out there in a buddies boat in the morning. He's got a 16' older bass boat, can't remember the model. It was slow for largemouth, we caught some dinks also, and got one that was 2.5 lbs. on a jig. What was unusual is that we caught 4 hybrids, all about 2 lbs. Saw some top water activity, thought it was largemouth, we tossed spoons and spooks and caught the hybrids. First hybrids I have caught in that lake or seen for that matter. I think they stocked them 3 or 4 years ago. Nice redear. They are in there.

I've got a Gamo, no firearms discharge ordnance here in Bella Vista, so I use it to plink garden raiding squirrels and the random armadillo. Thought this article was interesting, some fairly large caliber air-guns out there. https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/hunting/2016/05/air-gun-test-13-standard-caliber-big-bore-and-spring-piston-rifles-reviewed#page-18

Yeah, I'd as soon eat a large carp as a large trout.

Alright, enough talk about the RR cove. There's better areas, Aunts Creek for example. Nothing to be seen here, move along, move along.

Very nice!

Is it tacky to take a takie?

Looks like a weather change headed in this weekend, forecast highs only in the 60's next week. It is slow just about everywhere around here, Grand is slow, I know of a local tourney that was on Eucha a week and a half ago, and they did not do well. Beaver is also tough. I am optimistic that good fishing is just around the corner. Of course I am always optimistic about fishing, what fisherman isn't?

Sounds like an interesting book.

Great trip, glad ya'll had fun and got to spend time together.

I hear Tenkiller is a good fishing lake, never have fished there. If you get up on the dam end and fish rocky timbered points, rocky banks and drag a 3/4 or 1/2 oz football jig you should get some bites. 10 feet deep seems to be the sweet spot.

Sounds like we'll need 2 places. I'll give it until the weekend to see how many we have before calling Miles. SIO3 is a maybe also at this point, so we could have 15 staying.

Largemouth! Fished Indian creek arm with a buddy this morning. We started out slinging various top waters, could not get anything on them except a couple of 8" spots. We started dragging football jigs off the banks and did get a few smallmouth, 4 to be exact, with a couple more coming off halfway to the boat. Had one keeper sized, the rest were 13-14" fish. No largemouth. Saw very little surface activity, there are shad mid-channel but not much chasing them. Saw a couple of boats striper fishing back in Indian, no idea if they did any good. Water temp, 71-72 degrees.

Yep, Terrierman and 3 of his buddies/family.

Nope, you're making the inferences. What I am saying, and it is simple, is that there seems to be no benefit to black bass populations in our Ozark lakes by having common carp present. I don't know what is eating those baby carp, but it doesn't appear to be black bass.

All I can comment is on is what I see on the water. I have never seen, in all the bass I have caught in Table Rock, a single one with a carp in it's gullet. Shad, craws, brook silversides, and an occasional bluegill have been it. I fish the dam end of Beaver every once in a while, clear water, and from what I can tell a healthy carp population. The bass fishing is tough on that end of the lake. I am not anti-carp, but I don't buy the argument that having a healthy carp population, leads to a healthy black bass population, at least in these Ozark highland lakes.

I was out today, not much to add, there were two of us fishing and we managed a dozen with 2 keepers. A couple early walking the dog, then the rest on jigs. Fairly good early bite, then things died off real quick. Not much boat traffic either which is another clue the fishing is tough, by noon it was a ghost town. Beautiful day, so it's good to be out fishing, but sure wouldn't hurt to have a little better bite going on. Water cooled down 2 more degrees from Champ's outing, saw 72 and 71 for the most part today. Little warm front coming in, so may jump a degree or two, but that ought to be temporary.