Quillback

Salmon is just OK for me. I gave a lot away, some of my neighbors loved the stuff. I used to smoke some of it, that was excellent. My favorite west coast fish to eat were ling cod.

Yep, I started using the Quillback moniker when I lived in WA and was on the steelheader.net forum, I've had it for a long time. I have also caught the saltwater version when I lived there, it is an ugly fish but tasty to eat.

That's pretty darned good, congrats!

Quillbacks are very smart and hard to catch. 😁

There's a lot I like about NW Arkansas, but one thing I don't like is that it has really grown. Might make a move someday, still kicking around where to go. Mountain Home area is on the list, or maybe East Texas, somewhere around Toledo Bend or Rayburn. Not going anywhere that has a real winter.

2nd guess is Japanese hop.

My best guess: taxon detail - FSUS (unc.edu)

How long until honker season? Does it start soon?

Pretty cool to see those honkers flying overhead.

Might be a good bait for open water spider rigging.

That's kinda funny, someone finds a tackle bag on the side of the road and based on its contents knows who it belongs too.

Wolf spiders are out there, and they are watching us...

If you stay away from the internet chatter you'll find that your life is not effected by it.

Good fishing weather in the forecast, 60's warming up to the mid 80's during the day. I'm sure it will be a tough bite still, but might as well get out there. Think I'll try Beaver this week, got a couple of appointments to work around, so only will have a day or two to fish.

Is BPS going to pay shipping for the other guy to send them to you? I hope they would at least do that.

My buddy got a couple of Rock Crawlers at $5 each.

That is pretty neat, glad you folks had a good time!

Great way to spend the morning!

I'm in that generation that was around when Elvis was in his later years, and never was a fan of his music. In the 50's when he first started he was a thing for sure. My mom was born and raised in Kennett MO which is about 90 miles from Memphis. When she was in high school, one of her friends that was a complete Elvis groupie heard that Elvis was hanging around the state fair in Memphis, so my mom and her girlfriend drove down there and came across him at a fair booth where he was tossing rings or whatever at one of those win a teddy bear booths. He spent a bit talking with my mom and her GF, mostly to her GF as my mom wasn't much of an Elvis fan. So my mom can claim (and she does whenever his name comes up) to have actually talked to him.

Buddy of mine is going today, I could've met him in Eagle Rock and gone with him, but it is just too dang far and I do not need any more fishing tackle. I know that if I go, I'll buy something, I just can't help myself, so best for me to stay away. My buddy claims that they had War Eagle FB jigs on sale for 50 cents each. He bought them all last time he was there.

They make a little swim bait, I can't recall the name, Shadz or something like that. They have a 2" paddletail version and it kicks pretty good. I have caught crappie and some nice gills on it, but very few bass. I know some people that catch bass on them, but it has never worked for bass for me.