Kayser

"Scoring" is a method of cutting the fillet in order to expose the small y-bones that are present in most rough fish to hot grease when deep-fried. The bones then just fry up into nothing, for all intensive purposes. The first thing to do is cut the scales from the skin of the fillet, called "fleecing", and fillet the fish, leaving the skin on. Then, lay the fillet skin side down. Starting at one end of the fillet (head or tail), cut the fillet from top to bottom all the way down to the skin. Very important to not cut the skin. Make similar cuts every 1/8-1/4" or so, until the entire fillet is "scored." That's pretty much it. Shake in breading and deep fry. Rob

Buffalo over carp, redhorse over buffalo. Need to find my fillet knife in case I get any in the next few weeks. Can't really do it with a pocket knife... Rob

For a 1lb fish (with the same exact tackle), it's probably a bluegill/redear, goggle eye/warmouth, white bass, smallmouth bass, carp, trout. But for the size of the average catch (with appropriate tackle), I'd have to say carp, catfish, trout, white bass, smallmouth/goggle eye, bluegill/redear. Rob

BKB- you might wanna get a different day. SmallmouthJoe already guessed july 25th.

August 15, 2009. Rob

Was curious if anybody knew if the sucker grabbing is any good at this access (when the water gets back down), or if I should look for another place to go. Thanks, Rob

Would if I could. But I honestly can't believe that there isn't a fly shop here. I guess that the fly-fishing population is centered around the cities and the parks, and not really in this town. Almost a crying shame, but oh well. All we can do is hope for a shop in the near future. Rob

The closed season means that you can't keep them, not that you can't fish for them. So it's C&R only on the bass. Rob

Found some red morels south of St. Louis three days ago. There are probably more now, but they're not as good as morels. Should be two to three weeks until we see the good morel hunting around here. Rob

Hey, more SoIL members! Well, I don't know if I classify anymore seeing as I'm in school in Rolla, but it still counts as home. Heading down to Montauk on Saturday, think I should even bother with the park, or just stick to the trophy water? Rob

Had some time to kill this afternoon, so I headed down to the Little Piney in the Blue Ribbon section for 3 hours. I've never fished this stream before, so I tried flies they could see- eggs, san juans, and big princes. Wound up catching 11 rainbows, some big chubs (looked kinda like goldfish), and this one fish that I don't know what it was- about 7" long with a black stripe running down it's side, built like a big fathead chub crossed with a sculpin. Biggest trout was about 14" and FAT!! Had 3 others almost as big and just as fat, and a 10" male in full spawn colors. Mainly, I think I just got lucky today. Still, I just might have a new favorite trout stream, as far as rainbows go... Rob

There are some big fish in the C&R section, and some good deserted riffles in the bait section. And the stupid fish taper off quickly outside of the park, as do the fishermen. Rob

Thanks for the advice. I'll just stay glued to the forums for the next couple months and see what happens.... Rob

So I'm gonna have a weekend in mid-April that a friend and I can take off on Friday and go anywhere we like in MO to fish for white bass. Going to school in Rolla, and I'm not opposed to driving 3 hrs for good fishing. As the title says, we'd be bank fishing (and/or wading) with spinning tackle, but I want to try my fly rod for them. Any ideas on where to go? Rob

I made it over to Meramec Springs from Rolla, and picked up two on an egg. Felt really good to get out after two months of not being able to do anything. Rob

Might be able to sneak out after classes tomorrow. Haven't been fishing in over a month, and I'm going stir crazy. Rob

So I'm guessing it probably wouldn't be advisable. Also, how many people usual enter the tourney, and what does it normally take to finish in the money? I've never fished a tourney before, and just wanna make sure I'm not getting in over my head. Rob

Wait, the rules say "All MO game and fish laws will be enforced." This, however, is a C&R tourney. I know there is a law on the books that strictly bans culling of fish, except for a bona-fide C&R tournament. So is culling allowed during the tournament, or do you have to make the keep or release decision immediately? Thanks, Rob

I made a type of extremely salty doughbait and sight fished for feeding buffalo in Lake of the Ozarks with decent success. Rough fish are pretty much shut down this time of year, you'd be better off waiting for summer to roll around. July is my favorite time for carp, but I don't know when they start biting. Rob

In the case of spotted bass in the Bourbuese River, they are displacing the smallmouth. They were introduced with the intention of supplementing the SM fishery, but have ended up taking over. I think that classifies as a bass being an invasive. Rob

The only river I fish for bass is the Bourbuese, where the spots are an introduced species. The last time I fished it, spots were the main bass species present. Most of the better spots in the river gave up spots, with a few smallies in historic smallie spots (big boulders). Let all of the smallies go. I personally would like to see a 15" minimum on everything but the spots, and think it would increase the overall number of natives. Rob

"Introduced" means they were intentionally put there. "Invasive" means that they spread there against the will of man, thus putting them where we dont want them and making them unwanted. Asian carp were "introduced", but became "invasive" once they escaped. Rob

A teal whistle. Simple to use, with good results. But my favorite mallard call is a Duck Commander. Rob

The brakes/rotors don't charge the battery, but the electric engine can be turned into a generator by flipping a switch. This is triggered by pressing the brakes, and basically switches where the + and - wires enter the engine, while the wires remain attached to the batteries in the same orientation. The engine, now a generator, uses the kinetic energy of the cars momentum (the spinning wheels) to power the generator and thus charges the batteries. This helps to slow the car some, due to the magnetic resistance in the generator (engine). The brakes are entirely independent of this system. If a hybrid is parked for too long, the batteries can go bad. Don't quite know how that works, it might have something to do with the formation of hydrogen gas in the batteries, but I'm not sure. Rob

But the real question is what part of said body of water can we fish? Can we walk the bank to the high-water mark, or just in the water? Or is wading even legal if someone owns the streambed? Your post refers to "waters" of the state, not necessarily to the streambed/bank. Just curious, but what is the # of this regulation in the Codebook? What section is it in? Rob