SBE. in the evening, and right in the bubble,

if you want wipers, fish the bubble, bigs ones, and there are a lot of them, last nite, excellent,

sharkbait, did you get my pm al…

sharkbait. the ph# i have on larry is 308-920-1405. i havn,t stopped by his buisness in a couple months so don,t know what,s up. a good start would be to stop at the johnson lake golf course and talk to tom, he is part time help there in the summer, he,s the owner of the building that larry is in,that,s the best i can do for you , sorry, al….

thanks shew and msky. msky, i,m not sure what golden dip batter is, is it a premix in a pouch stuff, thanks again, al….

the ice in the canals are pretty much gone, with ice along the edge, johnson lake inlet is about 1/3 open, from the inlet east edge, out to the lake is about 60 yrds open this morning, the middle of the lake is just starting to turn a very, very, light blue with white ice by the dam, the outlet is open. elwood looks like some melting along the edge, the johnboat structure that,s been there all winter had shifted to the east about 10 yrds. al…..

was working out on the canal system laying block today, ,COLD SUCKER OUT THERE, drove by the diversions and canals system, water open in front of the spillways, canal system is breaking up, but has big ice floating, plumcreek midway, gallagers still frozen over, stopped at the ramp. you can still walk on the ice , it,s still white hard ice, if you go by youngs check, and it gets warm, you had better have 4 wheel drive, al…

was at elwood last weekend, auger went to 18 in, before breaking threw the ice. the edge was a good 8 in yet, there,s water setting on top of the ice and it looks like open water, but still solid. and was good fishin,

elwood ne, thanks again, this will keep me busy while the wife is at the casino, al.

thanks. jason, where in council bluffs is the store you were talking about. i,m just looking at all tackle places, might find something i really need. bass tournaments start in a few months so looking and shopping, were staying at harrahs fri nite, so council bluffs tackle shops are something i,d go see. iv,e been to canfields ,sheels ,pro shop cabalas, a few yrs back the bass federation was in on the omaha sport show also, is that still the case. there,s nothing on the web about them, thanks al…

his sourse works for them also. that,s why it still may be a wish, because it all depends on more snow fall that still has to come, and things can change in a heartbeat, al. and my little fishing partner seth…

jason, if he was bailed out, then i,m glad someone was there to help. talked to a dealer west of here, has champions, soon as he can move them he,s out of the boat business , , with the growing infux of people coming in this area, it,s getting to be a business mans dream, wages are 8 to 12.and doesn,t look to change, and more in the 8 to 9 area than the 12, it,s hard to spend $40,000 for a boat with that kind of an income, let alone make a living.

mid- america center, council bluffs this weekend, not sure how big or good it is, al.

larry , is still open. he also bought johnson lake marine, he,s made a lot of people happy in this area, he,s been very busy, up untill the storms have moved in anyway. al….

Federation sports show feb 22–24. i think it might still be part of the omaha show also.????.have a room at the casino, that weekend, make my fortune, get the cash, then new boat, in that order i hope, al….

i was thinking of waconda boats, just couldn,t think of the name at the time, . the dealer i believe the rumors are about is still in buisness, talked to him a while back, about a new skeeter. we chatted about the rumors being said about his practices, people starting these rumors should be ashamed of them selves. my opinion, and based only to those spreading the news. he worked on my 10 hp merc and also my ranger last yr. did a great job, price wise,and quality wise. have had waconda do work also. and also good people, thanks al…..

central.s web site showed about 5 ft rise at elwood. if they don,t put anymore water in elwood till spring, that boat might be on the bank again, . been told i have another grand kid coming this summer. i have 1 granddaughter 1/1/2 yrs ,claire, seth, 6 months ,next one in july, gonna have to get a bigger ranger, three grankids kids in a boat, that,s going to be interesting , and all bass fisherkids…. al…..

the water is shut down at elwood, looks like around 5 ft. somebody has a johnboat duck blind stuck in the ice, or maybe its a new ice fishing hut. ?????? al….

the grates work great. a old fishing pal and i used to use them on sand pits, .

they were putting a new base on the ramp a few weeks ago with the rock. but it got to the point where there loader was sinking in the mud, and had to give it up. i,d say by spring the water will be around the corner ,

brian and dick, i made the move. al.

the jokers responsible for the closing started last spring, beer party,s on the ramp. they refused to let boats unload on the ramp, because of beer party. trash, and beer cans thrown around, gosper co depudy,s were called on many calls to the area. they had a free place to party with not having to use a park permit. wish they would have put up a sign, park permit required to use this area. might have been a start to stop the problem, al…