Quillback

I don't think I spelled his name correctly Seems his MO in Badgerland was to run the ball behind monster linemen. Don't know much else about him. If there's any Badger followers on here maybe you can add your opinion. My snap judgement is that he's a good hire, but not a great hire. I hope he proves me wrong.

Well good luck, let us know how you do, not that I expect any secret info, just want to know if you get any. BTW they stocked Saugeye in Avalon a couple of years ago, the lakes Bio netted one at 17" this fall.

Well Trophy I'm hoping you do well so you can tell me how to catch crappie in Beaver. Have you thought about coming over here to Bella Vista and trying Avalon? 2 years ago they stocked several thousand 5" crappie in Avalon, don't know how many survived, but it's worth a shot. There's brush piles all over that lake. I caught a 17" crappie in Avalon this spring on a jerkbait while bass fishing. Released it, maybe it's still in there.

Yeah if I was appointed dictator of NCAA football, I'd organize the major schools into 8 or 6 (or whatever number) of 16 team, 8 teams per dvision, regional superconferences. Each superconference would have a championship game between the division winners, and the champions would go into a playoff system that would ultimately decide the NCAA champ.

Well I must admit I get most of my info from Jeb, my best days on Beaver have been out of the back of his boat. Sholder, if you want to give one of the Bella Vista lakes a shot one of these weekends, I'll shoot you a PM when it looks like the fish are cooperating. Fished Saturday on Lake Windsor and all we had for our efforts was 3 dinks, but maybe this cold front will get them into a winter pattern.

I'm looking forward to the Arkansas State vs Kent State game. Also the WA vs Boise State game (due to my Northwest roots, it's a heckuva matchup for that part of the country). And the K State vs Oregon game should be entertaining. I do hope ND can pull off the upset, or at least keep the score close.

It's only real if it's verified by the MDC.

A true innovator would stuff the inside of a tube with Frito bean dip, before coating the outside with Frito crumbs.

I was fishing Table Rock last Thursday with my buddy Jeb. I was up fron throwing a tube, he was in back throwing a jig, I caught 12 on the tube, he got around 10 on the jig. I wasn't dragging the tube, I was hopping it down steep chunk rock and bluff banks. I like a tube sometimes because I like to t-rig it with a light weight and get the slow death spiral effect a tube gives you on the fall, a different presentation than you get with a jig. Fish around here see a lot of jigs, not as many tubes.

Yep, thanks a bunch Bill for posting that info.

Here's a link to the Bass Boats Central Board, lots of used (and new) boats in the for sale section. http://www.bbcboards.net/ I picked up a Phoenix 619 this spring, been a great boat so far, a few minor teething issues, but nothing major. I plan on having this boat for a long time.

Watched the 2nd half of the SEC championship game last night, good game, I was pulling for GA, they had a chance, but with 15 seconds to go and the ball on the AL 15, they threw a pass to a well covered receiver on the 5 yd line who was tackled immediately and time expired. Why they didn't line up and spike the ball is beyond me, they might have had 2 shots at the end zone had they done that. Don't know what the coaching staff was thinking. Now we have ND vs The Tide. Tide has looked vulnerable against LSU and now GA and lost to A&M, maybe ND has a chance?

Yeah Les Miles getting an offer from U of A for $27 million for 5 years was a little over the top. The bidding war for coaches at the top schools is getting out of hand. Yesterday's paper was going on about possible candidates for the UA coaching job, Gus Malzahn's name is being mentioned. The reason I being that up is they had a little of Malzahn's salary history, as the Offence Coordinator at Auburn (I think it was AUburn), he was getting $1.1 million/year. For crying out loud, now coordinators are getting over a $million per year!!??

The Ethanol Mandate requires refineries to add a number of gallons of ethanol to gasoline, according to the article in the link, 13 billions of ethanol last year. So, as I unserstand it, if the refineries use the mandated amount during the year, they are free to produce non-ethanol blends, in other words it's not illegal to produce non-ethanol gasoline as long as they use the mandated amount to make ethanol blends. What I found interesting, in my trip to South Dakota this year, is that every gas station I visited in SD sold 87 octane non-ethanol gas and 89 octane with 10% ethanol. So here you have a state that lobbies hard to keep the ethanol mandate (to benefit local farmers in SD), but yet sells non-ethanol gas at every pump in the state. That just ain't right.. http://blog.heritage.org/2012/11/19/congress-should-permanently-waive-the-ethanol-mandate/

Launched at 0630 with my buddy Jeb in the boat. We groped our way through the cold fog to a nearby steep chunk rock bank that held fish a couple of weeks ago and found they were still there. They were biting real well at first light and continued up until about 0900 and then it started to get tough. No wind early and cold - 27 degrees, water temp was 54-55. We ended up with 23 bass, 12 for Jeb and 11 for me, I stuck with a T-rigged tube most of the day and Jeb threw a jig, numbers on both techniques were pretty equal. We did notice that most of the fish were off the bank a bit, in the deeper water off the steep banks. I caught my personal best spot today, 3.5 lbs. Jeb got a 3 lb. spot also. Weighed on a Boga grip. We were on the trailer at 1230, looked like the wind was starting to pick up, maybe there was a good blade bite this afternoon.

Daiichi Death Traps #6, they are scary sharp.

Thanks for the heads up!

Got a reply today, as far as sampling more LM than Spots, the bio attirbuted it to high water the last couple of years providing better conditions for LM survival, but typically they get more spots than LM's. Northwest Arkansas Bassmasters is the club they contact for input. They are going to have meetings to discuss potential changes to Spotted bass retention rules. He offered to send an invite to me if I represented a club or group. If any of you guys are interested in going, reply here and I'll say we're from the Ozark Anglers "club", and get us invited to a meeting. Could be interesting to hear what they have to say.

Sounds like a great day to be out, thanks for the report!

Well I stayed home today, decided to watch football instead. I'll probably get out there later this week.

Thanks for the report, I may head out there tomorrow, supposed to be breezy but a bit warmer than the conditions you and Champ faced. Looks like I may have to toss the blade around a bit .

A couple of weeks ago I was fishing a dock, looked up and there were two dried flathead heads hanging off the roof of the dock, they were big heads, 12" long maybe. They're in there, but I have no idea on where or how to catch them.

Arkansas pols (Democrats and Republicans) asked the EPA to temporarily roll back the ethanol mandate, mainly because of the impact it has on poultry and animal feed. EPA refused to do it. So we'll get to pay more at the grocery store, folks in the 3rd world can starve, and the EPA will continue it's assinine policies.

You could send an email to Lilley, it's his site, and ask him to create a Swepco forum. I don't know if you'll see much feedback on it, that lake is no secret and with all the pressure it gets I don't think people will reveal much as to what they are using and where.

I emailed the Bios last week that are listed in the top of the report, asked them a few questions, one being why the saw more LM than spots, and who were these "bass clubs" they were seeking input from. Haven't heard back from them, but maybe they took this week off.