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My advice would be to buy on Table Rock instead. Better fishing.

It's been very clear on my HB units, FWIW.

We got just shy of 2" in the PC area, and the water level is still rising this morning. Went out for a few hours before the crazies get on the water. No muddy water that I ran into, but I only went back mid-way to the back in the coves I was in. Lots of guys beating the banks, of course.

I don't mean any offense, as I consider Walleye's on Beaver an eating fish. But it sure sounds like part of the reason Walleye's may be harder to come by is staring at you in the mirror every morning. I'm sure you're far from the only one keeping lots of them, either. Perhaps Walleye folks need to adopt more of the bass catch and release mentality?

No doubt. Very inconsiderate folks, as a group. It's hard to believe there are not restrictions on where those boats can be used. They are manf'd to produce the largest wake they can, and that is just hard on shorelines. We call that the Redneck Rivera! That's at the bottom of the hill I live on, and it's where I launch quite often. Not much of it left right now, with the water up as high as it is.

A little over an inch here in the PC area. Water color was normal out on the lake in this area this morning.

Looks like it's all one small section of docks. Probably something their HOA/POA came up with.

I saw those signs the other day when I was out. Seems a call to the AGFC and/or the COE is in order. AFAIK, it's illegal for them to put up signs like that which mistate the law. I see something like that on TR a lot, where the dock owners put the floating bouys 100+ feet off the end of the dock saying "no wake within 50' of the dock".

I've seen that also, in fish I'd caught. Caught one in Wisc a few years back that had large senko worm about half way pooped out. She was not looking healthy. All the plastics that we replace during a day of fishing stays in the boat. Then gets dumped when I get home.

Lizards can work well there at times. I'd recommend good old Zoom's, in green pumpkin.

Look for a used 798CI SI. You get it all in one package that way. And the screen is very sunlight viewable. I use my 798 up front like JDoc describes. But when I do use SI and/or DI on the front, it's sure a great tool to have. I just got an Onix 8 touch screen for the console. That thing is flat awesome! But pretty pricey.

I didn't realize until watching the local news yesterday that the FLW has changed it's name from Forest L Woods to Fishing League Worldwide. I see Ranger is still a sponsor, and even some of the FLW's website pages still say Forest Wood (like the About Us page). I wonder why they are changing it?

It's on cable TV for us. I like watching it, but we'll see if will stand the test of time. I really, really, really like the idea of letting the fish go right away rather than stressing, and sometimes killing them by transporting them in the livewells. I wish all major tournaments would do that. I guess that would ruin the weigh in show for them, but it'd sure be better for the fishery, IMO.

Or maybe since it was not from the boat, the jinx doesn't carry over? Sounds like a great day, Jeff!

Thanks for posting the video. I was off racing in Tulsa, but sure missed not being there and meeting folks. Glad it was a good time for everyone.

As the prices rise to compensate for the added govt burdens, so does the risk of losing sales. Folks will do without it, find a different way to get it (internet, cheaper labor, etc), manfs will build the product overseas, etc.

4 inches or so here in the PC area.

Agreed. That is a very well stated post on what is really driving our jobs overseas. Sad, but true.

Was going to go by there today anyway, so will drop in. Thanks for mentioning that option, Jeff.

I'm confused by my COE Annual Pass hang tag. It had been a while since I used it, and when I pulled it out, I thought it was expired. Date says Sep 14. But the bottom of the tag says "Pass is valid for one year from issue date". And it seems like we did renew it last year. I live near PC but the booth is not open this time of year, so I can't ask there. I searched the COE website, but was not able to find the info there. So it is valid, or do I need to renew?

Yeah, the prescription side of their business is trickier. I have two pairs of Costa perscription sunglasses. They work well and I like them, but the coating has gone bad on both sets, one of them twice. First time, I thought it was a fluke, and it was still under the 2 year warranty, so they replaced the lenses. I was careful from then on out to only use good, name brand cleaning products with them (Zeiss and Bausch/Lomb). They were both bad again last fall. One pair was over the 2 year time, the other was not. No issue on the newer pair, but it was a fight on the older pair. My optometrist went to bat for me, and it ended up working out. But I'm a bit leary of Costa's CS. I know I'm most likely screwed going forward if/when the issue comes up again. I only clean them with water and dawn dish soap now, per the optomotrist's suggestion. And I've found out that a lot of Costa perscription glass owners end up doing the same thing. They really need to figure out how to make coatings that last on those. So bottom line, I HIGHLY suggest you use someone else's glasses if you're going to a perscription set made. I have a WileyX pair that pre-dates either of my Costa's, and they're still going strong.

Yeah, we caught some big un's for Beaver, that's for sure. Nice job with that big girl, Jeff! We found a TON of shad in Monte Ne, but couldn't turn them into many fish. I have trouble going too far into coves this time of year, so my instinct said to pull out and go fish main lake points and bluffs. They could have been back in there, though.

There is some good structure around those docks.

6lb FlouroClear

I thought it was a catfish when I hooked the 5.5er. Never came up to the top at all until it was almost finished. Been fishing the Ned for a while now on TR and Beaver without success. So this was a break through day for me. Another good day on TR. Thanks for driving, Jeff.