Quillback

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.

I launched out of Big M in the fog around 0800, fished a jig for an hour and only had one bite. Tried some other stuff to no avail, put on a t-rigged tube, caught 5 bass fairly quickly, thought I had the secret, then I fished the next 3 hours with just a couple of weak bites. Pulled out about 1430 and headed home. Beautiful day, but the fish did not think so.

You guys are killin' me.. If only we get some good recruits, if only we get some good play calling, if only we could play well for all 4 quarters, if only the teams we play stink... If only all the stuff comes together next year, we MIGHT get into a mid-level bowl. But I like your prospects for next year better than the Hawgs.

AMEN!

The web site (you can Google "2013 Bassmaster Classic") says that it is open to the public, so you don't need advance registration or tickets. Don't know if there's a door charge, but it doesn't mention it on the website. I'll probably head over there for one day myself.

Donna you and Champ did good, glad to hear you got into them!

Maybe they test different types of habitat based on species? I wonder who the "local bass clubs" are that they are seeking input from on as far as the proposal to allow people to keep spots less than 12"? I think I'll send an email to the contacts listed on the report and ask them these questions.

Those are some nice spots you're catching. Maybe AGFC sees smaller fish because they're netting in the wrong part of the lake, or maybe you're fishing where the big ones are?

Here's the link: http://www.agfc.com/resources/Publications/FishQtrly/D1.pdf

Some interesting reading here (link below). One thing that I found interesting is that it takes 7 years for a spotted bass in Beaver to reach 15". Once again AGFC is going to propose increased catch limits for spots. There's too many of them and they are growing to slow. 83% of the spots sampled were less than 12" in Beaver.

Or should I say "Ugly"? They made Baylor look like a title contender. Baylor ran the ball at will and their D made K-State look confused and helpless. With Oregon losing also, it's starting to look like Alabama (or another SEC team) vs Notre Dame (if they don't lose at USC next week) in the title game.

Something about that yard light looks suspicious...

Nobody cares about a ML sighting in MO - I guess the 3 pages here were written by "nobodies", including yourself. I'll see if I can find a pic of a UFO sighting over Branson.

BTW, nice pic of a beautiful fish, look at that kype on the lower jaw, you know what he's getting ready to do (if he hasn't already done it).

I've always thought they should go to catch and release laws on the browns, doesn't hurt to take a limit of stocker rainbows home, but release the browns. A couple of years ago AGFC shocked up a 25 lb, brown from below Beaver, they said they've seen that fish a few times when doing thier annual surveys and it's always in the same hole (they did not specify where exactly). But in spite of all the pressure, there's some big ones in there.

As I said before, there's no point in faking bigfoot, UFO's etc. There are practical jokers in this world. What is the white stuff? Reflection from the flash? Snow? Frost? Lint? Did MDC send someone out to check the location, to verify the location where the pic was taken? If not, that photo could have been taken anywhere. I'm not denying there's ML's in MO, but until given some reasonable proof, I'm not going to agee that the photo proves there's a ML wandering around Branson.

Nobody's got anything to gain from faking bigfoot, but they do it. That image looks suspicious to me also.