Quillback

Yeah the wreck I saw was at the 71/340 intersection.

According to F&F, federal law applies to TR, it being a COE lake, so the 50 foot law goes out the window.

Old people drive too slow to be a problem . With all due respect, I live here and believe me, on the roads old people are not the ones that worry me. Granted in an ice or snow storm people are going to wreck, but it will effect all ages. Saw a wreck a couple of years ago, I'm behind an old lady at a stop light, light turns green, she pulls out and gets T-boned by a young guy in a pickup truck. I get out to help, fortunately no one was injured, talked to the guy for a second, he didn't even realize his light was red. BTW one of the things defensive driving teaches you, when the light turns green, make a glance in both directions to make sure no one is running that red light.

Wow, nice fish! So much for the hoper theory on Taneycomo trout.

That's what I keep telling these guys that think that because the Hogs beat the Ragin Cajuns it's some kind of huge win. It's a Sun Belt team, any mediocre SEC team should whip a Sun Belt team 95% of the time.

Most tournament rules have a requirement that the participants obey the boating laws. If you knowingly break this law you're gaining an advantage over the other guys in the tourney that are following the rules.

After taking a defensive driving course (required when I was in the military), they teach you to trust no one. The town I live in, Bella Vista, has nothing but hilly, curvy roads. People routinely cross the center line, if they are not paying attention, and not all of them are young women. Young guys in pickup trucks are another class of driver that you should keep an eye on.

Yep, you are right. If a guy got a ticket for this, I'd think you'd have a good chance of getting it dismissed if you took it to court. I can see other possible loopholes.

I do fish before sunrise sometimes, so it is good to know.

Could be an interesting trial for sure.

: http://law.justia.com/codes/missouri/2011/titlexix/chapter306/section306100 You guys are right, here's the section on that Any watercraft used by a person engaged in the act of sportfishing is not required to display any lights required by this section ifno other vessel is within the immediate vicinity of the first vessel, thevessel is using an electric trolling motor and the vessel is within fiftyfeet of the shore. - See more at: http://statutes.laws.com/missouri/t19/c306/306_100#sthash.yGfXI340.dpuf What they mean by "immediate vicinity" is a big question.

Didn't know that about LSU. I used to travel to the SF Bay area quite a bit for work. Been told that you don't want to go to a Raiders game wearing the other teams colors. If you do, you will NOT have a great experience, guaranteed.

I've always been in favor of a slot limit on spots. Have a 12-15" size limit to keep, or keep only below 15". It takes 6 years for a spot on TR to get over 15", seems a shame to put a fish that takes that long to grow into the frying pan.

Please, no more pics of swim bait caught bass, next thing you know I'll be surfing the online stores looking for that bait, then the credit card will come out...Noooooooo!!!!!

I see a bag of frozen shrimp in the pic, think that's what they got it on?

JM does play well, we'll see what he has vs Bama.

Yep., looks to be a tough tourney, but someone always comes through in these things.

Very nice, I didn't know there were any streams anywhere in Europe that you could fish without guides and licenses. Did you see any other anglers on the river?

There's no 50 foot exclusion rule. Here's a link to the MO regs. Pages 38 and 39 lay it all out as far as night time lighting. http://www.boat-ed.com/missouri/handbook/book.html

I did pick up a Jackall Mikey which behaves like that Slammer, may have to give it a shot. It runs well as a wake bait, and will dive as you mention if cranked a bit faster.

I see that Slammer as being more of a wake bait than what I would think of as a swim bait.

Ran across this on the PAA website. Always interesting to hear what Stacey King has to say. http://fishpaa.com/2013/09/paa-pros-hopeful-as-practice-starts-on-table-rock/

I recall posts from the past about big swim baits where everyone was giving them a thumbs down.

That's what I've been thinking that in a couple of years there's going to be an explosion of big spots, but I've been thinking that the last couple of years. They're fat, and they're healthy but the number of keepers overall is not what you'd expect. If this fall is like last year, the bigger spots will start getting active once the water cools down.

There's a bunch of spots in that area for sure, but there are some good ones also. I'm surprised you did not get a keeper or 2 out of all those fish. Really weird you did not get any other species on the crawlers.