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No Iphone for me, but I do have a Palm Sentro which I get on the net with quite often to check weather and forums. A few of my friends have them and they are pretty neat.

Yes, the limit is 30 crappie and there is no length limit on them if you are below the dam on the river side. Glad to hear of the report. I want to take the boat out for one last time this year before I slap the gigging rails on it for the rest of the season and I might have to make the haul up to Bagnell and catch a mess of crappie. Were any of your catfish of any size or just the typical eater cats?

Hard to imagine a 90 alligator gar as being small, but it is. I'd like to get the bow out and go after some gator gar one day.

I think Trav hurt my feelings before on here. Guess he better make me 366 on the list.

Hi Jeremy. I'll have to give you some jigs and stuff next time you go down there so you can catch some "grout". Even better is if we can just go down there and fish at the same time then I can try to show you how it all works in person. Just do what the pro's do and run a 10/0 treble hook through their bellies. I GUARANTEE you will catch fish....or get in trouble trying.

I've never heard of alligator gar in Norfork. Does anybody else have any proof of this? Long nose gar don't get nearly that big. Sounds kind of "fishy". I'd love to hear more on this story.

I was fishing during early January a few years ago and had about a 4 foot gar swim past me just below outlet 1. My buddy and I were freaking out thinking it was a monster brown lol.

Good luck on the Swan Lake drawing....you'll need every bit of it you can find. Almost 2000 people send in for 50 spots in that place every year. Six of us sent in for the Peck Ranch archery hunt again this year. It's had a 98% draw rate last year so I'm sure we will get drawn again. I'd like to send in for some harder hunts, but I enjoy going on a hunt every year so I just keep sending in for that one. There's some big racked deer down there that's for sure. Only problem is, they might score 150" and only weight 120 pounds. They definitely aint like those corn fed Iowa deer in body size or taste.

Hey Trav, if you catch em and bait my hook I'll give them a try.

It's easy to see why so many people are going broke and all of that stuff. Half of my friends drive around new trucks, bought a house, and piss away all sorts of money. How they are making it, I'll never know. One of my friends just bought a house, but paid off all other loans before hand, and I KNOW he can afford everything the right way and doesn't have to worry about foreclosing and all of that. I'm paying off what loans I do have before getting serious about purchasing a house. Hopefully if I do that, then even if the economy goes way down hill, I'll still be able to keep my head above water during tough times.

Very nice brown. That's a catch of a lifetime! It's sad to see that it was killed but even if they released it, the outcome due to the low oxygen levels and what not would have all caused the same outcome to the life of that great fish. Atleast since he kept it, he got to show it off to a lot of people who probably never knew a trout got that big. I'd say that fish lived a long a fruitful life anyways just to make it to that size. Congrats to the luckiest fisherman on Taneycomo!

We brought back seven trout yesterday. My stringer was one of the nicest I've taken in a LONG time. It probably weighed around 8-9 pounds just guessing. My last fish was 17 3/4" and fat as a pig so it was an easy three pounder. The Lacy Hole (aka bathroom hole) is loaded with nice fish and they are easy to catch too. Trout worms and 007 bait got hammered.

Nice fish. The girlfriend and I are going to head down there in a few minutes to try our luck with the trout. Were you just letting the midge swing in the current or fishing it below an indicator or what?

Thanks for the advice. It has a 4" suspension lift and a 2" body lift for a total of 6" of lift. I haven't checked out the carfax yet, but plan on it as well as having my mechanic friend go take a look at it with me. I have a 2005 Ranger that gets 27-29 mpg on average for my daily driver. This is just something I've been wanting so I have a hunting rig and can haul the boat easier. It's probably not going to be driven all that much other than for those purposes and just playing around on the weekends. What do you think would be a good counter offer on this rig? One guy told me $4000, but KBB says it's worth a little over 6000 in good condition.

I've been trying to find a truck to have fun with on the weekends and to take on hunting/fishing trips. This truck would be fun to have I think. Is it worth it or should I offer the guy less? KBB says it's worth around 6000 in good shape. Here's the link. 1996 GMC Extended Cab Truck

We used to make some homemade bait that felt like Playdo and had a strong garlic smell, but haven't made it in a few years so I can't remember what is like. Honestly though, I've had my best luck on yellow Powerbait down there the past couple years. I don't know what the deal is with that color, but I can almost always bet it will catch a few fish.

I don't know what's messing my plans up more, the high water levels everywhere or the gas prices.

I have a 1648 F&F powered by a 50hp Yamaha jet drive and it's great for just about everything. It's a little smaller than I would prefer for big rivers, but manages them fine and it's perfect for the smaller rivers. I dream of having a 2072 powered by a 300 Mercury Racing Jet Outboard. That would probably prevent me from fishing as much though because I'd be too busy playing around driving it.

I'll take my chances with my Ranger. EVerybody tells me it's unsafe and blah blah blah. If it was that unsafe, why would they let people drive them? I take it slow and easy going down the road and am always driving defensively and I've not had any close calls yet. My life is worth the extra bit of driving time and the extra caution to make it from point A to point B alive and well. It's working great so far.

I'm keeping my eyes open. Last year I rarely seen them below $6000 around here, but now there have been several below 5000 popping up. As long as I keep my little Ranger, I won't worry too much about the fuel economy since it's only going to be used for towing the boat, riding around on the weekends, and taking off for the hunting woods.

I like to keep things simple. Nothing is ever easy I know that. There's plenty of stuff that goes on that I just shake my head and ask what's the point. Anyways, I hope you aren't offended or anything as that wasn't my point. Law is not my game and I don't understand all the ins and outs of it and what not. My posts was just putting out there what I seem to see happening when it comes to lawyers.

Dad has a 1996 Dodge 2500 cummins thats around 260k miles now and has ALWAYS performed like a top. My girlfriends dad drives a 2002 chevy 1500 that's around 260k, miles also and he's never had a lick of trouble from it. My 2005 Ford Ranger has 68000 miles on it now and never lets me down and pulls in 28mpg for me too. Many guys drive F150's and F250's that I know and all run like a top. Honestly the only reason I can see why a person would be brand loyal is if they prefer the looks of the brand over the others because I can bet money that each truck will perform like a top IF it's maintained. People are lazy and wonder why there vehicle breaks down when they don't maintain it like they are supposed too.....DUH! Right now I am looking at getting an 90's model tahoe/yukon 2dr 4x4 to play around in on the weekends. My buddy has one and I really like it and I've seen several in the 3500-5000 dollar range.

I don't think I could live with myself if I was like some lawyers. They will do anything to get your money and that includes defending a cold blooded killer that they know is guilty. I have a conscience and rich or not, I couldn't live with myself knowing I defended a criminal. Also keep in mind that I am not saying ALL lawyers or like that, but it seems many are.

Hey Leonard, I'm heading down to stay at Lazy Valley Resort just down from Lilleys Landing this coming Thursday-Sunday. I'll do most of my fishing from the boat, but I'll come up to the hatchery and keep an eye out for the Taneycomo Nights van.

I've been doing IT work since I was 19. I work as a network/desktop support tech for my old school district. The money isn't as good as it would be if I worked for a private company, but it's 10 minutes from home and I enjoy the working environment. It was funny because I started working there 2 years after I graduated high school and most of the teachers that didn't have me while I was in high school thought I was just another student.