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Those crappie guys must be well camouflaged because I just don't see them. Around spawn time they are out there for sure, but I'd say I see 10 guys out bass fishing for every crappie fisherman. Could be they are out at night I suppose.

Back in my blue cat fishing days, I would turn loose the bigger ones, they just aren't as good to eat as the smaller ones. The thing about catfish is they are not the draw that bass are. How many people come to TR to catch catfish? How many come to catch bass? You could take all the catfishers, crappie chasers, walleye catchers and bream chasers, add them together, and they won't be but a fraction of the number of people chasing bass. There's a lot of us chasing bass, and if we want good bass fishing in the future, then we need to be careful as to how many we keep. Nothing wrong with a reasonable number of bass being kept, but let's not overdo it.

Good stuff. I've heard that Fork is crazy as far as the number of other boats. Considering the weather conditions (flat water, hot) sounds like you did well.

I don't know what they are trying to say, but from the news release posted by the OP, they seem to be saying that in a 5 bass tournament, you can cull one time, if you never put more than 5 bass in the livewell, from July through August.

Here's your exception: "However, under certain conditions, anglers fishing in tournaments can continue to fish if they stop one fish short of a limit and release a living fish from their live well before replacing it with a fish they just caught. This allows them to trade up, replacing one fish with a larger one." And then this: "However, if you are fishing in a tournament in which the limit is five bass, and you have five bass in the live well, you can replace one fish, one time."

Need to call an attorney to explain that rule. I believe the one fish can be culled in a tournament only is in effect for tournaments with a 5 fish limit.

Is next Saturday at Lake Avalon. Open to the public. The Bella Vista Village Property Owners Association is hosting a family-friendly event at Lake Avalon Park on Saturday, June 13th from 7:30am to 3:30pm. "Fish Fest" will be another event in the Association's year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary. POA membership is not required for the event. The event will be held on Arkansas' Free Fishing Weekend, so no fishing license is required. The day's activities will kick off with a free Kid's Fishing Derby, for ages 15 and under, which will take place from 8:00am to 11:30am, registration begins at 7:30am. Prizes will be given from noon to 12:30pm. A parent or legal guardian must sign-in all participants. Fish Fest is sponsored by the Bella Vista Fly Tyers and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Children will have the option of having the fish they catch cleaned to take home. Those who wish to fish should bring their own bait and tackle. Those planning on keeping their day's catch should bring a stringer or basket. Adults may fish from the shoreline after 12:30pm, once the Kid's Fishing Derby and awards ceremony are complete. Fish Fest will also showcase live entertainment, food trucks, demonstrations, competitions, and kid's activities. The Lake Avalon Park and boat ramp will be closed on Friday, June 12th in preparations for the festivities. The park will reopen on Saturday; however, the ramp will remain closed until 4:00pm on Saturday June 13th. For more information, visit www.bellavistapoa.com or call 479-855-5048.

Good stuff, you're stopping at about the time I get up to go fishing.

Great pics and good to see it is running clean.

And get the Wake Snake. For a mere $89.99, this beauty could be in your tackle box.

Hey Albion - I know that Bill Babler had some pretty good posts in the past in the Table Rock forum on how to do drop-shotting. You'll have to do some searching to find them, I think they were written 2 -3 years ago. They will tell you every thing you need to know to get a good start. I haven't fished a drop shot yet this year, but I am thinking it may be time to give it a try.

That is great!

No doubt there is a good deal of pressure. Just based on my own observation, I've seen more boats on the lake this year than recent past years. And I fish primarily during the week. All the public lakes in this area receive a great deal of pressure, bass fishing is a big deal around here. I don't think it's going to hurt the overall bass population too much if some bass are harvested, but if all of us who fish for bass started filleting every legal fish we caught, we'd have a lake full of short fish.

Just to set the record straight, I was joking around when I posted that.

I would like to see a slot limit for Kentucks. Keep range being in the 12-14" length. Takes them 6-7 years to reach 15", seems a shame to keep them when they get that size. Little ones taste better also IMO.

Yep, it is a Havana. Real nice slow walk-the-dog action. Almost does a 180 on every twitch. Go too fast and it doesn't walk as well.

Seems to be more this year for whatever reason.

First picture is the Mean. 2nd is a spot.

I don't have much good to say. There was a good, but brief top water bite early, caught a few on a Yellow magic. Then it got tough. Fished until 12:30 PM for 5 more bass. Ended up with a whopping total of eight. Threw a lot of stuff, fished bushes and fished deep. It just was not happening. Water temp went from 75 to 78 when I left. Water still stained. But, I did get another Babler Slam.

Yep, thanks for the report Bo. I was wondering how the night fishing was. Makes me think that right now night is the time to be out there.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing!

Lost Bridge Marina, looks like they have slips starting at $9.00/day. http://www.lostbridgemarina.com/

Yeah 24, the fish did seem to start biting better in the afternoon, but I'm only good for about 7-8 hours of fishing at the most. Throw in an hour to the lake, and an hour back and it all adds up to a full day. I'm not much of a believer in solunar tables, spent some time in the past comparing bites in the day to the tables and have never seen much correlation. I'm inclined to believe that the breeze picking up was what got them going. But, I could be wrong.

That clear box deal is great for fish pics. Nice brown!