Quillback

I hear you, I plan to stay for the fry and then decide if I'm going to drive back.

Weather is looking about as good as could be hoped for in mid-December. Highs in the 50's. Lows in upper 30's.

That's a good day. Just picked up some Loctite gel yesterday, need to make up some more Ned rigs.

OK, here's what I have, please review and let me know if this is correct. Also - Riley's does not accept credit cards as payment. Cash or checks. Once you guys confirm this I'll call Riley's to let them know how many each night. Thursday night - Myself, Phil, SIO3, Ducky Friday night - Myself, Little Red, Terrierman and Grandson, SIO3, Gotmuddy. Saturday - Little Red, Terrierman and Grandson, GotMuddy. I may or may not stay that night.

I didn't try the Wart, I thought about it later in the morning when the wind kicked up a bit, but I have a lot of fun catching bass on the Ned rig with light spinning tackle. Hard to put it down when they are biting it.

I'd love to see Mizzou make the final 4 with a win over Bama, and I think they would deserve it as SEC champ. But I agree with you all that it probably won't happen. It will be very interesting to see what the committee does if Mizzou wins. I think there is pretty much general agreement among the college FB analysts that the SEC is the strongest conference in the nation, if Mizzou wins, it will be interesting to see how they can finagle an SEC team into the final 4. It's funny how this four team playoff which was supposed to lessen the controversy seems to be creating even more.

Found a pretty good "Ned" bite back in the coves, mainly around secondary point structure. Mostly largemouth back in the coves, and good average size, 14-16" fish. Most were fairly shallow, 3-10 FOW. Cloud cover seemed to have really helped the bite. Tried a jerk bait for a few minutes, no bites. What sold me on the Ned was I came back to a point I had fished the jerk bait on without a bite, threw the Ned on that point and caught 3 bass. Caught some fish out on main lake points, those tended to be K's. Did also get a couple of 12" smallies, and a keeper meanmouth that ate a jig in 30 FOW. Got 15 bass into the boat and probably had an equal amount that managed to get off before making the boat. Water temp 49-50.

BTW, I did not mean to imply that I though Bowe was a great receiver. Just that his stats have suffered under Smith.

And another excuse I hear for Smith not being able to get the ball downfield is that "he doesn't have any capable WR's". But looking at Dwayne Bowe's stats, his worst year as far as yards receiving was last year (except for 2009 when he played in only 11 games). This year he is on a pace for his 2nd worst year as far as yardage. What a coincidence that his QB in these two years is Smith.

I just stated a truth, that he can't complete a pass over 20 yards. It was a windy night and it's tough for either QB to look good. But I think you could safely say that just about any KC fan would gladly trade Smith for Manning in a straight up trade. Smith's numbers aren't that good overall, which is the real bottom line. According to this comparison he's ranked 23rd in the NFL.http://espn.go.com/nfl/qbr If you look at yardage alone he is 21st. So I guess if you think a QB that is ranked around the 20 mark in the NFL isn't "That bad overall", that's fine with me. But I'd say he is just average at best.

Well you can be in the top 10 if you hardly ever throw the ball over 20 yards - percentage means nothing. And Rodgers was hurt and missed 6 or 7 games last year. But comparing Rodgers and Smith for stats so far this year, I see Smith at 6.8 yards/attempt, Rodgers 10.1. Smith 2364 passing yards, 15 TD's. Rodgers 32 TD's 3326 passing yards. It's laughable to think Alex Smith compares in any way to Aaron Rodgers.

It does hurt when you have a QB that can't complete a pass over 20 yards.

We'll get you next year in Fayetteville!

Yep Mizzou was the better team and deserved the win. Looking forward to seeing them play (and hopefully beat) Alabama.

If it comes down to FSU vs Alabama for the NC, I doubt I'll watch it. Not a fan of either team.

They certainly exceeded my expectations and provided some entertaining games even the ones they lost. As far as BA - if they have someone who is clearly better, then I'd be fine with that next year, maybe it will be AA, but I haven't seen anything from AA that would lead me to believe he is any better. And as far as BA in the Mizzou game, the coach has to be strong and has to pull the guy if he thinks it's necessary, I don't blame BA at all for wanting to play, heck if he left early and sat himself down, there'd be people complaining that he's a wuss and should have stayed in, especially if AA came in and stunk the place up.

OK time for a roll call to make sure that we have sufficient lodging reserved. I plan on being there Thursday and Friday nights, might stay Saturday night, just depends on how I feel about driving home after the fish fry. I would like to fish Friday and Saturday if I can get a boat ride. I will bring plastic utensils, plates and cups. Also tartar sauce, ketchup, and cole slaw. Diet cokes and some bottles of Guiness. If I remember from last year, it was bring your own as far as lunch and breakfast. But I can bring some Hostess doughnuts also.

Now that's funny!

Well that was a flop.

That is a beautiful smallie!

Welcome!

Only if they paid me, LOL.

On any given Sunday (or Thursday)...

Mine never age too well, I either lose them on a snag (sometimes I can't get them with the plug knocker) or break the bills off grinding them through the rocks.

Should be a good one.