Yes nimrod I fish blue mountain and pettite jean i live rite at the mouth of the river I with you on the post spawn. and your dead on about the bank beaters I mean whatever they bring in with em they leave rite on the bank . pisses me off to be frank here in arkansas we have some of the prettiest landscape and people wanna trash it up.I also fish year round cold/hot/rain/ice dont matter just like being out there and learning.