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Burks Wins Bass Fishing League Ozark Division On Table Rock Lake Boater David Burks of Fordland, Mo., won the Feb. 19 BFL Ozark Division tournament on Table Rock Lake to earn $3,842. Keith Sebastian of Rogersville, Mo., won the co-angler title at the BFL Ozark Division event to take home $1,921. WHAT: Boater David Burks of Fordland, Mo., caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 5 ounces Feb. 19 to win $3,842 in the BFL Ozark Division tournament on Table Rock Lake. He was fishing near Indian Point in 80 feet of water using grubs and jerkbaits to haul in his limit. WHO: The remaining top10 anglers: 2nd: Chris Hughes, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 15-14, $1,921 3rd: Pat Klausen, Lincoln, Neb., five bass, 14-12, $1,282 4th: Scott Nelson, Lake Ozark, Mo., five bass, 13-14, $1,896* 5th: David McCormick, Lees Summit, Mo., five bass, 13-5, $768 6th: Donovan Hensley, Nixa, Mo., five bass, 13-4, $704 7th: Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., three bass, 12-15, $640 8th: Matthew Jones, Spokane, Mo., five bass, 12-13, $576 9th: Tim Taylor, Nixa, Mo., five bass, 12-10, $512 10th: Michael Fiedler, Springfield, Mo., five bass, 12-7, $448 *Includes $1,000 Evinrude bonus WHAT: Keith Sebastian of Rogersville, Mo., caught four bass weighing 13 pounds, 1 ounce Feb. 19 to win $1,921 in the Co-angler Division. He was fishing shallow near mid-lake with Megabass in black and silver to bring in his catch. WHO: The remaining top10 co-anglers: 2nd: Jim Banks, Lamar, Mo., five bass, 12-11, $960 3rd: Dennis Meyer, Ballwin, Mo., four bass, 11-9, $641 4th: David Short, Washington, Mo., three bass, 9-5, $448 5th: Tony Burnham, Lincoln, Neb., four bass, 8-15, $384 6th: Dan Martinez, Lees Summit, Mo., four bass, 8-12, $352 7th: Tommy Lowery, Ofallon, Mo., three bass, 8-11, $320 8th: Derek Felton, Republic, Mo., four bass, 8-6, $288 9th: Dale Sandy, Springfield, Mo., three bass, 7-13, $256 10th: Scott Parsons, Bentonville, Ark., two bass, 7-12, $224 NOTES: The next BFL Ozark Division tournament is scheduled for March 19 on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Mo. After the fifth Ozark Division tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Nov. 3-5 Regional Championship on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Ark. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.

Sunday Arkansas Democrat Gazette had an article about the possible closure of the two federal hatcheries Greers and Norfolk, that supply the White and Norfolk tailwaters. The writer does believe the Feds are obligated to run these hatcheries as recompense for the damage caused to native fisheries when the dams were built. The owner of Gaston's resort was quoted as saying that the money he pays in federal taxes every year is enough to run the hatcheries, of course wuth a hatchery shutdown Gaston's and all the other White river resorts would go out of business, people come from all over the midwest to fish the White. The cost to run the hatcheries is approximately $1.5 million/year. The writer doubts (and quotes AR trout biologists) that a viable wild only trout population would be self supporting over the long run.

This is interesting, 8 cougars having a little party. Maybe they aren't so solitary? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014261221_cougars18m.html

Me and JEB went out on Beaver on Tuesday and we caught absolutely NOTHING. We've had a bad day here and there, but I can't recall us ever being completely SKUNKED. Things should start improving with the warming weather, I'm looking forward to the good times starting soon. Roulez les bon temps!

I like the RC wake baits, but they ain't cheap. Maybe this will be a good thing and the RC stuff will be offered at the other tackle sites.

The Blue Bandit McRip, here's a pic of a 5.5 I picked up before the big freeze on Blue Bandit.

Gavin - Sent you a PM regarding the McSticks and IMA's.

Minus 10 degrees here in Bella Vista this morning. That will set the record for low cold for this date.

Ype getting pummeled here in Bella Vista, watching the weather last night, they were saying 3-5 inches, lol, more like 13-15!

Good to see the Pack win, as far as the halftime show, I did not watch it, I gave up on Super Bowl haltime shows about 20 years ago.

Depends on what they had to say..

Ironically there was a blurb in today's Benton Co. paper about Beaver levels, the corps spokesman says that any moisture provided by this storm will not have an effect on lake levels because of the need to generate electricity. He did not say anything about minimum flow. I have a heat pump myself and my bills are jumping.

A lot of electricity being used in this cold snap which looks to go through next Thursday.

Brrrr, but I guess the upside is that you have the lake to yourself.

SPOCK: "Captain, this planet appears to be shielded by an impenetrable force field of deniability." KIRK: "Dammit Spock, we must find a way to communicate with those people, use your powers of logic and reason to overcome this obstacle!" SPOCK: "Captain, I am sorry to report that my calculations indicate that this force field in 100% impervious to logic or reason." KIRK: "Sigh, well Spock, I guess we'll have to leave, by the way, did you know Roosevelt was a communist?"

If I had unlimited funds, I'd fly to Florida, stay in a fancy motel, hire a bass guide every day for a week, and come back next Friday when temps (hopefully) have returned to normal around here.

There are some very expensive boats in some of those marinas, hopefully everyone is up to date on their insurance.

Man those are funny! He makes so many that sometimes I think that he stages them, but most of them look too painful to be staged.

Finally ended up with 8 or so inches. Power never went out, could've been worse I guess.

Snow is really coming down now, very windy to boot.

Yep it is now snowing in NW AR.

In NW AR it is sleeting, there was just a little ice this morning, now an inch or two of sleet has fallen. Lots of snow predicted. The forecast calls for -8 tomorrow night. That is ridiculous, I hope they are wrong.

Snakem you deserve the true grit award, holy cow!

Very nice!

Is there a launch in the town of Beaver? The map I have shows one, but I looked around a couple of years ago and did not see it. I know about that ramp on Holiday island but to get there I have to cross that long one lane wooden bridge.