Notropis Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 After checking this forum out for a couple months and reading the comments and discussions, I've decided to join the group. Over the past three decades, my job and expertise has been the study of fish and fish populations. I finally retired last April and I am ready to enjoy the remainder of my years enjoying the fisheries resources of NW Arkansas. I have been impressed by the members and discussions on this forum. Looks like a good group of anglers sharing information, experiences and the occasional humorous story (I have a few to tell myself). I have a new boat, 17 ft Xpress aluminum bass boat with mid-sized motor and a decent depth finder and trolling motor. I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time using it. Most of my fishing will be on Beaver Lake and the Beaver Tailwaters but I'm sure I'll fish other area lakes as well. I'm particularly interested in improving my methods for catching walleye but love to enjoy all types of fishing including bass, crappie, trout and even sunfish. I'm impressed by the level of experience and knowledge demonstrated by the members of this group and am certainly willing to share any knowledge I have with other members. Ron
Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted January 20, 2015 Root Admin Posted January 20, 2015 Glad you joined. Look forward to learning from your experiences.
Members raise the motor Posted January 20, 2015 Members Posted January 20, 2015 Glad you're in. Your experience will be valuable for many topics. We all are interested in the health of the school. Did you happen to notice the report of the 14" bass found in a large walleye? Lots of discussion here about the effects of walleye on the bass population. I also will soon be moving to the area to enjoy the wealth of fishing. Good luck on Beaver. Joe "God always gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him." Otto Davis
Notropis Posted January 21, 2015 Author Posted January 21, 2015 Thanks for the welcome, guys! Joe, I haven't heard of the information you're talking about but it doesn't surprise me to hear of a large predator fish having a 12-14 inch fish in it's belly regardless of the species. Sometimes small and medium sized predators will be in the wrong place at the wrong time and get eaten by a "granddaddy". In my experience, the biggest effect fish predators have on each other is competition for available forage species and predation of fingerling fish by a previous year's spawn. Cheers!
Notropis Posted January 21, 2015 Author Posted January 21, 2015 Can't go wrong with the Xpress boats. ciRe. I've owned several aluminum boats, all of them pretty good boats, but the Xpress is by far the best. Match it up with a good 4-stroke (I prefer Yamaha but there are other good brands), depth finder and trolling motor and enjoy!
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