Good day catching fish.

[Grandpa Tom]

"All fishermen are liars 'cept you and me and I'm not so sure about you..."

[taxidermist]

Woohooooo what brains it took to think that one up.

Shutup or fish! I will fish.

[Grandpa Tom]

As one might surmise, I didn’t “think that one up”. It was on an old plaque my dad had years and years ago. That’s why it’s within quotes. Live and kickin’ fishermen are obviously not the first to tell about fishing (better known as fish stories). But, that’s part of the fun of fishing, isn’t it?

[taxidermist]

"No brag just fact, I do catch fish. Not always but most times. I failed to score any keeper bass the 10th in a tourny. but I did catch a lot of little ones.

Your dad's plaque may apply to you but I learned form my gandpa who was a well known guide back in the 60's and 70's on Table Rock and Bull Shoals. Plus somethings from other successfull fisherman.

Fish-location-time spent with different lures until you find the right one with the right presentation. Plus thinking a bit out of the box.

If you cant handle the truth dont read my post!!! LOL maybe you should spend more time on the water with your lures in the water than running your mouth about others who can catch a fish now and then.

As I said before I will post some pics in the future, I just cant with this slow assed dialup I have now. but thats living out in the sticks in Arkansas, you have the best of a lot of things but ISP is not one of them.

[Tightline]

Grandpa Tom, when there isn't any tape measure,scales or a clicker counter around I think we all know it can be real easy to fudge a pound on a big fish or add an inch or two and even add 1 or 2 to the count.Anyone who says they have never done it,well,maybe they can walk on water also!I understood the quote.

[Grandpa Tom]

Taxi, if you're serious about faster Internet service, you might try www.hughes.com. It's a bit pricey, but if you have no other choice, it's a bunch better than dial-up. Just be sure to read and understand what you are getting. In the meantime, I'm retired and living on Bull Shoals. I may not hit it that hard anymore, but I get in my fair share of fishing. And as for handling the truth, I'm waiting for pictures...

[taxidermist]

I am taking pics. We hit Lead Hill yesterday to tube, but before I went to where the family was I took the boat to a cove made one cast caught a nice 12 inch black crappie. I admit that was a fluke but it was a nice crappie non the less.

I am looking at Hughs and Wild Blue, not being a computer geek, I really dont know what the numbers mean on upload and down load speeds.

[gonefishin]

"No brag just fact, I do catch fish. Not always but most times. I failed to score any keeper bass the 10th in a tourny. but I did catch a lot of little ones.

Your dad's plaque may apply to you but I learned form my gandpa who was a well known guide back in the 60's and 70's on Table Rock and Bull Shoals. Plus somethings from other successfull fisherman.

Fish-location-time spent with different lures until you find the right one with the right presentation. Plus thinking a bit out of the box.

Are you planning to become a guide?

[Grandpa Tom]

Taxi, try this forum - http://www.dslreports.com/forum/sat. It might scare you off Hughes or Wild Blue, but most of those griping and complaining are those who try to use it like it was a super highway to the Internet. It is not. But, picking through the noise, you can find out a lot about satellite ISP's. For general surfing and occasional large downloads, it's about twice as fast for uploads as the better dial-up connections (which I doubt you have) and 10 times faster for downloads. But, speeds are variable depending on how many users are using it at any given time. Just do your homework and I think you'll find it much better than dial-up. My dial-up is about 24.5kbs at best. I'd probably find another mode of communication if I had to use that.

[Martin]

I've gone from dial-up to Hughes and I'd never consider going back to dial-up. Hughes is WAY better. I can't quote the speeds but it is noticeably faster then my dial-up which usually connected at 28.8.

The main draw back is the cost. Everything else about it is better.

By the way, my partner and I won the Bull Shoals Walleye Tournament Saturday. We brought in a tournament limit (5) that weighed 17 pounds plus change. We also snared the big fish award. Tournament was put on by Mid-South Walleyes and Reef Runner lures. Had a good time and obviously had a really good day.