Where to go

Well I found out that Bull Shoals Lake is a really great place to go vacation with your family and friends. There are many activities to do like jet-skiing as well as boating and inter tubing. I also personally really enjoy cliff diving as well as scuba diving. I especially find scuba diving intriguing and hope to go back and stay at a nice resort on bull shoals and go scuba diving.

Thinking about Fishing?

Well it is getting to be that time of year again.... fishing season is upon us. And there are few better places to be during fishing season that Missouri. Missouri offeres some of the best fishing in the country, and if you are looking for some up to date fishing reports on the lakes in Missouri, then look no farther than the newly redesigned Show-me-Lakes website. This site has some sweet fishing reports on Bull Shoals Lake, Truman Lake, Lake Taneycomo and many more (10 in all!) So do yourself a favor and pay the SML website a visit before you embark on your next fishing trip... it will pay of big time for sure!

Great video from Ron Paul explaining how to solve our economic crisis

Hey everyone if you get the chance check out this video. It is very informative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMXy-u8vqyE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ronpaul.com%2F&feature=player_embedded

Tax return

So I got my tax return today and it was money (quite literally). I got back almost $600 and I am pretty excited. I think I am probably going to go buy a shotgun with my money.

Headed home

I will be headed home today to visit with the family for easter. I am pretty excited to see everyone as well as to watch the BLUES game tonight. Hopefully my dad doesn't go to Bull Shoals Lake so he will be around and we can hang out lol he loves the lake house.

Blues 5 Coyotees 1

So the Blues picked up 2 needed points tonight in phonex vs the coyotes. Bull Shoals Lake, Adding to this good win was the fact that Nashville lost their game to chicago so the Blues mooved into sole possesion of the last playoff spot in the west! Their are only two more games to go and the Blues next game is at home vs columbus. Columbus is also fighting for their playoff lives (althought their are slightly better off than the Blues and would need an near epic meltdown to fall out of contention for a playoff spot). The game is Friday April 10th at Scott-Trade... GO BLUES!!!

Fishing reports for the begining of April

Bull Shoals Lake:
(Bull Shoals (East): 55 degrees, normal, dingy; white bass fair on various baits and lures; crappie fair on jigs and minnows. (West): 52 degrees, normal, clear; black bass good on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and jigs; walleye fair on jerkbaits; white bass good on swimming minnows; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow

Clearwater Lake:
Water is 61 degrees, normal, clear; crappie fair on jigs and live minnows; all other species slow.

Lake of the Ozarks:
(Bagnell Tailwater): 47 degrees, high, dingy; crappie fair; white bass and catfish slow; paddlefish good; black bass closed in the Osage River. Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie good; black bass fair; catfish and white bass slow. Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 49 degrees, high, dingy; crappie and black bass good; white bass and catfish slow. Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 49 degrees, high, dingy; black bass fair using jerkbaits on windy points, and Carolina rigs; crappie good on jigs and minnows, find brush and you'll find crappie, use black and chartreuse or red and chartreuse; catfish slow; paddlefish fair, concentrate on deep holes; walleye fair, use live bait bouncing on the bottom above Ha Ha Tonka. Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 49 degrees, dingy; black bass fair using jerkbaits on windy points, and Carolina rigs; crappie good on jigs and minnows, find brush and you will find crappie, use black and chartreuse or red and chartreuse; catfish slow; paddlefish fair on the upper Osage, concentrate on deep holes.

Mark Twain Lake:
Water is 45 degrees, high, muddy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; all other species slow.

Lake Pomme de terre:
Water is 55 degrees, normal, clear; black bass fair on plastic baits; white bass fair trolling white jigs close to surface; all other species slow.

Stockton:
Water is 48 degrees, normal, dingy; black bass good on crankbaits and spinnerbaits; crappie good on small plastic jigs; white bass good on spinners and plastic jigs; walleye good on jerkbaits and swimming jigs; catfish fair on live bait.

Table Rock Lake:
James River arm): 54 degrees, high, dingy; white bass good and can be found just below the city of Galena in eddies or back waters. (main lake): 54 degrees, high, dingy; white bass good on white spinners, pearl swimming minnows and live minnows.

Lake Taneycomo:
Water 50 degrees, normal, clear; upper lake: trout good on flies and white/olive marabou jigs, orange/chartreuse glo balls, chartreuse/silver and white/silver Rooster Tails when generators are running; lower lake: trout good on chartreuse/orange colored Power Baits and nightcrawlers.

Truman Lake:
50 degrees, high, dingy; catfish fair on live bait; crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow. Truman Tailwaters: 50 degrees, high, dingy; releasing 30,000 cfs; walleye, white bass, and hybrids fair on jigs; catfish fair on live bait, and crappie fair on jigs and minnows; all other species slow.

Lake Wappapello:
Water is 57 degrees, black bass fair on crankbaits; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; channel catfish good on trotlines and jug lines at night; bluegill fair on crickets and worms.

Finished EMT class!!!

So I got my EMT results today and I passed!!! I am really excited, when I move back to STL after college I can now apply for jobs at an ambulance service which I am very excited about. I was pretty nervous for taking the test because I wasn't able to study as much as I wanted since I had several other tests and school assignments but I was able to study for 3 or 4 hrs. on Thursday and then study for 5 hours or so on Friday night which helped alot. I am really excited/glad to have passed and finally be finished with the class. I started the Class last November ish... I think, so it took quite some time to comlete but it was an amazing class/exsperience and I am so glad that I was able to pass! Oh and other news that is noteworthy is that I got an 86 on my written/take home section of my history test so that is totally money.

Blues Win oh yea!!!

Full story by st louis blues dot com

DETROIT (AP) -Not even David Backes could explain what happened.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound winger scored a career-high four goals, including the go-ahead score with 4:07 left, in the surging St. Louis Blues' 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

"I don't know what happened," said Backes, who also had his first hat trick. "One of those games where you kind of black out and then they're patting you on the back."

Andy McDonald also scored, and Chris Mason made 34 saves to help the Blues jump from ninth to eighth in the Western Conference playoff race. The Blues are a point behind seventh-place Anaheim and one ahead of ninth-place Nashville.

"We just battled in the third period," Mason said. "It was back and forth and we got the two points."

St. Louis rebounded from a 3-1 loss in Chicago on Wednesday night that snapped its winning streak at five games.

Nicklas Lidstrom and Niklas Kronwall each had a goal and two assists and Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen both had a goal and an assist for Detroit, which lost its third straight and fourth in five games. Ty Conklin stopped 28 shots.

"Obviously, the job I'm doing here, the team is not ready," Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said. "So, myself and the leadership group here, as a group of individuals, we've got to do better than this. This is unacceptable."

Backes broke a 4-4 tie with his 30th goal of the season, scoring on a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle.

"We felt that David had the potential to be a 30-goal scorer," Blues coach Andy Murray said. "But we didn't think it would happen here in Detroit."

Kronwall tied it at 4 with 4:43 left on a slap shot from the point.

Franzen made it 4-3 with a spectacular effort at 3:52. He made a move and jumped around St. Louis defenseman Mike Weaver in the slot, then beat Mason as he was falling to the ice for his 33rd goal.

Lidstrom tied it at 2, with a power-play goal 1:13 into the third period. His 14th goal came on a slap shot from the point.

But Backes' third goal, just 24 seconds later, restored the Blues' one-goal lead. He beat Conklin from the slot after a mix up between Conklin and defenseman Jonathan Ericsson behind the Detroit net.

McDonald's power-play goal 2:53 into the third made it 4-2. He tipped in T.J. Oshie's shot from the point.

"Mad is an interesting word. Frustrated is a waste of time," Babcock said. "I'm just telling you I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed in the job I'm getting done here. I'm disappointed in the group right now. This is very un-Red Wing-like."

The Blues took a 2-0 lead in the middle period on Backes' first two goals.

He opened the scoring at 6:02 when he slammed in a one-time shot from the slot off a pass from Brad Winchester, who was behind the net.

Backes' second goal came at 9:26 when he put in a rebound off the back boards.

Datsyuk put Detroit on the board with 5:17 left in the second with his 31st goal. He tipped in Lidstrom's shot from the left point.

Notes: Chris Chelios is Detroit's nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy, which goes to the player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey." Chelios is the NHL's oldest player at 47. Only Gordie Howe, at 52, played when he was older. ... B.J. Crombeen is St. Louis' Masterton nominee. The rookie has diabetes. ... Red Wings' D Brian Rafalski missed his second game because of a sore groin. ... Lidstrom's goal moved him past Hall of Famer and former Red Wing Larry Murphy for seventh place in power-play goals by defensemen with 115. Murphy is a Detroit television analyst. ... The Blues beat the Red Wings for the first time in six games this season.

NCAA tournament

Midwest Region

Team that everyone loves: Everyone's darling right now is West Virginia. I suppose I like them as well, almost by default. I'm not really a huge Kansas fan, and the fact that they play the toughest 14 seed in the last decade doesn't help (just meaning that if they are 15-20% to get upset in the first round instead of 3-8%, the winner of the 6/11 game becomes more attractive). So, I think WVU will beat KU, and even MSU or whoever gets to the Sweet 16 from the bottom part of the bracket. I guess I'm a sucker here for one of the teams with a strong late season push.

Another team everyone seems to love is Arizona. I'm not really sure what to think-- at first, I was like "wow, a sick talented team is going to be seeded double digits at the end of the tournament and own some poor sap, overrated single seed." Well, that is sort of what happened: Arizona got seeded as a 12 (they should absolutely not have gotten in, with only 2 road wins) and they play a small conference school in Utah. I would say >50% of the nation is picking the 12 over the 5 here, since a 12 'always' beats a 5. I'm going to go ahead and give the nod to Utah here because the games are in Miami, FL and AZ was so abysmal on the road.
Missour Bull SHoals Lake
F4: I don't know, call me boring, but I'm just going to pick L'Ville because of their coaching and length/athleticism. I think The Ohio State University is a hell of a tough 8 seed, and I think Wake is probably the best 4 (although I think the fours are particularly weak, and I think Wake is particularly mercurial)-- both of those teams are too inconsistent for me to pick them to beat L'Ville, who is hot, hot, hot right now. Also, since I'm going WVU to the elite eight, I'm not sold that I can go upset-upset-upset and throw a 6 in the final four. Meh, I don't really need to extend the Midwest analysis anymore, but I don't think L'Ville should have gotten the #1 overall.

Audit the Federal Reserve

This is ron paul's bill to audit the federal reserve. Please go view it and call or fax or write your representative in congress and voice your support for this bill.

http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/

Big Game Tonight

BLUES VS BLACKHAWKS!!! The big game is tonight in Ozark County Missouri.
Right next to Bull Shoals Lake. You definatly need to be there for this game. It is going to be huge and the Blues basically need to win out the rest of their schedual if they want to make the playoffs. Chris Mason will be in goal with his 25th or 26th consecutive start!! That is pretty impressive for a goaltender of his age. Well I will update everyone with the results of the game tomorrow mooring and LETS GO BLUES!!!!!

First New Post

Can you believe that the new SML website is up!!! If you were thinking about visiting the Missouri Ozarks now you will have a resource avaliable to you. The page on Bull Shoals Lake Resorts is especially great for planning a trip to the lake. It has lake resorts located on Bull Shoals and a bunch of background information for peope to see as well. All in all it is a great resource and everyone should go check it out!