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Believe it or not I've never hunted Arkansas flooded timber!

Yep, the same dude! In Crowbar's defense at least most of the time he does use small jigs to catch those big smallmouth. Then they head to the frying pan.

Holy Crap! I can't believe I wasted several minutes of my life that I will never get back watching that People amaze me sometimes. As if a shuttle fee is going to kill you. How much is your time worth? Agree with Brian, just pay the fee.

Oh yeah, Old Crowbar is at it again! Not only does he catch huge smallmouth but he's involved in a feud!

I hope Whiskey Joe ended up safe and had a good day!

My thoughts exactly

Old plug, here's a Lake Erie special: http://www.kicknbass.com/Mitch_fields.htm

I lived 2 doors down from his brother Gail for years. Gail is now a duck hunting guide in Arkansas last I heard. Rayo was a heckuva fisherman! Thanks for the heads up,

Good point....IMHumbleO, every crank bait, every jerk bait, every topwater, is just one tune job away from a real fish catcher. That goes for a BPS cheapy, or an expensive Japanese lure. A file job here, a lead dot there, a lighter line...... You get the picture

Safety first! Always!! Look for non moving water pockets, unfortunately they might be under the ice. I equate it to this: which is more comfortable for a man who is outside in the winter.....standing in the middle of a field in the winter with a 40 mpg wind blowing, or using a house as a wind break? Same for the fish, they're not (by very large percentage) going to be out in the heavy or even moderate current. The best bite will be best from 11-2 during mid day. You might catch a few in the morning though. I assume the water will be very clear....if so, don't waste your time with crank baits or spinner baits. I would only throw 2 lures; either a small plastic or hair jig, or a suspending smallish jerk bait worked very slowly. Like 5-10 seconds between twitches, not reeling in, but rod tip twitches, not moving the bait toward the boat more than 6 inches at a time. Be patient, the bigger fish will only be in certain spots, like every mile or two. Use lighter line and make sure you jigs have weed guards. Test the sharpness of the hooks often, check the last 5 feet of your line often. Pray for a sunny day, and use the sun to your advantage with the shadows. Make longer casts if the water is extremely clear. Most of the time melted snow run off doesn't make the water murky like a 50 degree rain would. Try to find any warmer water you can. My 2 cents!! Wow, the bobcat taking the muskrat...pretty cool!

Hays, fished it last year during high water with my jet boat. I only fished the last few miles. Caught a couple of decent largemouth. The majority of the fish that day for me can from the Gascy between Gasconade hills (back up river) and Hazelgreen. The fork had a couple of good spots in the last one or two if memory serves. I don't recall the log jams.........I know, not much to go on.

I scanned them a couple of years ago. I don't ask questions when I get work because I'm bound to an NDA.

Ha, don't think you have any worries!

It can be 3D printed but I wouldn't recommend it, too expensive unless you bought your own unit. The cheapest for that resolution requirement would be about $3500 for the machine. From what I've heard they used a special kind of plastic recipe when they made the Warts in Mexico, giving it a louder rattle.3D printers are limited right now to the materials used.

No, what I'm saying is that if you want to document the differences between any two wart like baits, I can scan them and compare the differences.

Send one to me and I'll scan both the original and the new Koppers and do a color map comparison

Great, another scripted reality show

Crazy!!

I would be concerned too. I'd play it safe and plan for a different weekend.

I fell for the "Buy her romantic pajamas in a Pajama Gram". Her reaction is not what they portray! So, I don't think I'm going to buy a 7 foot teddy bear this year!

Ha! Not exactly what I was thinking but if if I brought one home to my wife thinking it would make her happy for Valentines day then it might be my last resort.

Can't help but wonder how a 7 ft teddy bear is gonna get you some intimacy for Valentines day????

Only in Fenton from the hiway 44 view, and it's open in the middle

I have a clone!!! Except I was pouring football heads

Fantastic information from someone who obviously knows his stuff.