Quillback

I spent a lot of time trolling for salmon using down riggers. Favorite rod was an Ugly Stick 1186. It's an 8" 6" rod rated MH. I would not say that it is as floppy as some of the other fiber glass rods out there, but it is a great rod for down riggers. Never broke one. I still have one, last time I used it was slow trolling for blue cats over at Grand Lake using bottom bouncers. It might be a tad powerful for your average walleye, but if your objective is getting them in the boat it will work fine.

So should I have reversed the fish or the scale? Or should I have taken the picture from the front of the boat rather from the back?

I agree with you that past administrations, GOP and Dem have contributed to the debt. But, Hillary's policies will do nothing to reduce that debt. Neither will Trump. from a historical standpoint, the biggest yearly deficits have occurred under the Obama administration. Google deficit by year. That being said, I really don't care that much about past history, I want a candidate that will meaningfully address spending. I ain't seeing it from either of our candidates.

Count me as a reluctant Trump supporter. Very reluctant. I think HC is a pathological liar, an empty suit who will tell her supporters whatever it is they want to hear. I find it ironic that Obama supporters, who voted for him as he was going to bring about "change", are now supporting a candidate who represents the worst of Washington politics, a career politican, who supports muddling along as we are, and supports policies that make close to half the population dependent on the government. And she has nothing that will end that dependency. Nothing, zilch, nada. As far as the racism crap, the Dems aren't exactly unblemished in that regard. Racists come in all colors, and if you don't understand that, you don't understand racism.

There's also a marina at Lost Bridge. That would be one I would like. Sorry, I do not know the owner.

I don't have a lot to say about the black bass, caught 7, one keeper LM that came on a jig. Caught one on a top water, and one on a spoon, the rest were on jigs. My bass fishing was interrupted by a white bass bite. I saw some top water activity over by some long docks that hang out over the channel on a bend. Could not get them to bite on top, saw fish on the screen, scattered from 20 feet all the way to the bottom at 60. I didn't know what they were, thought they were black bass. Tied on a 1/2 oz flutter spoon, threw it out there a few times and yo-yoed it back to the boat, not a touch. Decided to go deep, made a long cast, let the spoon fall on tight line and after it sank a while it just stopped. Set the hook and brought a 17" white bass to the boat. Dang thing had swallowed the hook, so I decided to keep it. Usually when i do that, keep a fish, that will be the last one of that species I will see for the day and I'll end up going home with one fish to clean. Well, I did manage to get another 5 whites doing the falling spoon thing. Took me about an hour to get them, But they are all in the 15-17 inch range, with one at 18". Enough fillets for a fry. Left at 11 AM, started hearing thunder and the wake boats were all over the place. Got the boat on the trailer and got about a mile down the road and ran into a real Ozark gully washer. Might have been a good thing for the boat carpet, those darn whites can sure trash a boat and anything in it. Water temp was 88.

Well, I don't see how a person that has spent most of her life in politics is "qualified" to run this country either. We need some fresh perspectives, you won't see that from HC, she's all about status quo.

Congrats, those are 2 nice walleye.

MoPanfisher, I am not disagreeing with you either. Just wanted to throw a couple things out there.

I'm convinced HC is going to win. And to your point, hopefully Congress will keep her in line and hopefully keep her from spending us further into debt. That's my biggest concern, our fiscal situation and current economic stagnation. Neither candidate is addressing those issues. What do we have now, 40% of Americans need food assistance, close to 50% don't make enough to pay federal income tax, median income is stagnant, GDP growth is anemic, interest rates at the fed level are still close to zero. One candidate basically proposes that this is good and we should maintain status quo, the other doesn't offer any kind of realistic solutions. 300 million people in this country and these are the 2 candidates we end up with? I am really disgusted with out presidential candidate selection process. Lately I have been trying to disconnect myself from this whole race, it just pizzes me off. I didn't even want to comment here, but I guess I just did.

Last week I picked up a couple of smallies back in Indian Creek, only time I have been on Beaver in a couple of months, so that is all I have as far as experience there this summer. If you work the points and pockets in Indian creek with jigs you'll get a few bites, I would target the 5-20 foot deep zone. Could be a few in the bigger coves, but I did not have time to check them out last week.

Thanks Jon, interesting stuff. I did not realize Kidd lake had such a strong bass population. Haven't fished there in years.

Launched at about 0545, with some clouds and distant thunder. Remained cloudy all morning with a couple of breaks of sun and some rain, spend about 20 minutes of prime early AM fishing time sitting in a dock stall out of the rain. The bass were biting today, not a hot bite, but I could get one every once in a while dragging a football jig through timber and rocks. Most fish were in the 10-15 foot range, part way back in the coves. Caught a dozen with 4 keepers, about half on a GP colored jig and the other half on black/blue. Got an 18" smallie and a 3 lb. LM for my big fish of the day. One keeper came on a top water. Didn't try any deep water spooning or drop shotting. Saw surface water temps of 88.

My dad and his buddy Vince used to fish black Trick Worms on a Slider head almost all the time, year round, on the lakes around here. They did pretty well on them, and on the days they didn't, they'd blame it on the fish not biting.

Yikes! Reminds me of a scene from the movie "Top Secret", except that involved a bull...

It brings to mind that saying about the only things out in the heat of the mid day sun are mad dogs and Englishmen.

I like black in low light or stained water.

Yeah that's what I'm always asking my fishing buddies when we go fishing on a Wednesday and there's a bass boat for about every hundred yards of shoreline. Who the heck does all the work around here? And if they are not out fishing or water skiing, seems they are out driving around. Cars all over the place at 10 AM during the week. Just too many of us.

A well trained bass hound is worth its weight in gold.

Went out last night from 6 to 10 PM with my neighbor and we fished Indian Creek. Fishing was slow, I caught two keeper sized smallies - one was 18 inches, and had a couple of strong pullers get off the jig. My neighbor lost one at the boat, and that was about it for bites. Fished a black 1/2 ounce jig with a black twin tailed trailer. Fish that were caught came from 10-15 FOW around timber and rocks. Surface water temp was 91.

Some beautiful fish there. Fat and healthy looking for this time of year.

Picked up an Evergreen Shower Blow 125 (kind of a kinky name), walks very easily and has a cupped face so it is pretty splashy, similar to a Gunfish except I believe it is a better walker. It's heavy, casts a mile, and comes out of the box with scary sharp hooks. Yellow Magic Havana is another good walking bait, it will also roll when walked and all the colors have reflective sides, so you get some flash thrown in the water with the rolling action.

The bowl of goop doesn't look very appetizing.

I admit to wearing the "Face Burqa". I wear it all the time when I am out on the water and the sun is over the trees. I also use sun screen. Had a few pre-cancerous growths removed a couple of years ago, so I am not taking any chances. Sun screen works, except it doesn't do a good job on your lips. It is hard to find a buff that has the same logos as my jersey. My many sponsors insist that if I have one of their logos on my jersey, then I must have it on the buff.

Saw some at the grocery store the other day. Didn't buy any, mainly because I don't think I have ever gotten a good peach at a grocery store. I admit to being real picky with peaches, but I do like ones that are homegrown and picked when ripe.