Kayser

I'll be back in Rolla in August, and would like to have some fresh produce later this fall- the grocery stores can fall a bit flat on selection and quality. Does anyone have a suggestion for something I could plant that time of year, or am I just put of luck? Pots or raised bed, can put in afternoon sun or shade. Looking forward to suggestions

Meramec Springs open season is bad. Little Prairie lake near Rolla is bad, at least from the shore. I have a place on the Bourbeuse, and haven't even fished it this year. Looking for more places to fish.

Wait a second, they killed 255 wolves in 3 years in Arkansas, but no mountain lions? I didn't know they were still present in those numbers then. And with that being the case, why isn't there a larger push to reintroduce wolves compared to mountain lions, since they were 1- here more recently, 2- control coyote populations. This is just curiosity.

Well, whoever did it was experienced with an electric fillet knife. Should at least bag them up and put them in the trash. Or bury next to the rose bushes-- nothing like fish guts to make big roses.

Beetle spin. Small yellow popper. Itty bitty rooster tail. They were generally chasing craneflies when I found them doing it, and I've caught them under the full moon like that. Fun times.

Used to fish relatively close to that area for a week or two every summer, dock based. Main lake point, deep side of the lake, find a ledge or contour change (not just a continuous slope), maybe some pea gravel to chunk or bluff. Fish were in the 8-25ft depth range, between docks, under docks, or on the main lake. 10" worms or bigger (any weight), 3/4oz football jigs with big craw trailers, Norman D22. Fish slow, drag the worm, twitch the jig, crawl the crank in the rocks. If I fished for bass, it was normally 5 for 20lbs or better with some in the 14-17" range as well. Early morning was a lot better, but mid-afternoon was still very productive. No, it wasn't always the same few fish (watched several go in coolers). Normally beat my brains out trying for crappie or catfish, but the bass were reliable if I didn't feel like sitting on my crappie stump or ran out of minnows. Find somewhere they feel safe, can corral shad, hide in the rocks, and escape to cooler water, and they should be there.

Video says world record for 18 ticks... Bull, I doubled that when I was a kid- I just didn't tell anyone at school. Al, that tick remover sounds like a cuticle knife. I've just started clipping some of the meat out with fingernail clippers, then squeeze a little to make it bleed and purge the area a bit. Alcohol or flame before the cut, then maybe some antibiotic ointment afterwards- quick smear and I'm off. I'm starting to get leery of ticks again- friend of mine developed the red meat allergy from a bite. I don't think I could survive 8 months on just poultry...

Thank you for taking the time to write that up, Al.

Are they in Jackson County? Namely- Kinkaid? I know it's the edge of their range, and I can't make it down to fish this month, but I want to send some friends there if it's happening.

And I'm stuck in Chicago...

Those cranks will catch crappie if you troll them. Hot pink or white preferred.

I don't think this year's cicadas will be anything like the 2011 brood for the Missouri Ozarks. The two broods this year are more on the fringes, but the Kansans in our midst and those along the lower Mississippi should see some. Brood IV and brood XXIII are the 2015. Brood IV map.http://www.magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodIV.php Brood XIII map-http://www.magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodXXIII.php And the brood XIX map from 2011- http://www.magicicada.org/about/brood_pages/broodXIX.php

Is that supposed to be an incentive? Some of us are allergic to cats.

Best month ever was a #8 cicada in 2011. Normally, a #12 foam beetle, #18 fur ant, or a #8 rubberlegs stimulator, in the opposite order.

Smallmouth Bass Spotted Bass Goggle Eye Longear Sunfish That makes 21 so far.

These guys aren't selling anything, just the produce they grow. Spore kits don't sound promising, though.

Takes sight fishing to another level. I do remember the guys from ozarkchronicles (many years ago) catching bigheads below Rend Lake while chasing hybrids, normally on blue/white or gray/white deceivers. Not sure about the silvers. They also got into buffalo, gar, common carp, and even hybrids and white bass on occasion, all stripping shad patterns in the tailwater. Never did make it down for any of that, though.

Most of the first five minutes is showcasing what they've grown, method (1 of 7?) starts around there. Ran across this video today, showing some urban farmers growing morels in their relatively small space in (what I guess) is KC. Basically, they seed the morels and let them grow, from what I can tell. Long story short, what I understand from the video- morels, wood chips, bit of rye grain (moisture retention), some unsulfured molasses (initial food) and salt (slight antibacterial) into a blender. Blend smooth. Put in a bucket for 24hrs with a towel over the top, and an airstone/aerator to further prevent anaerobic metabolism (alcohols, acids, etc, I guess). Split into 20-24 more buckets, add molasses and around a tablespoon of unrinsed wood ash (brings pH up, simulates forest fires), cut with water (I assume not chlorinated). Pour onto mulched areas, preferably shaded for moisture retention. I want to try it, but my season has been a little nonexistent. Since I haven't been able to find any this year, anybody feel like sacrificing a mushroom or two to give it a shot?

Hunting the last three days, have not heard a gobble. Considering a change in location next hunt.

So here's a question- how do you fish the Heddon baby lucky 13? Like a popper/chugger, or more like a crank?

I do not know how to write one of these haikus or find time to fish

I used to sight fish for them in Lake of the Ozarks, flats in the early mornings with dough bait. That's been about it, aside from alternative methods.

For channel cats? Springy limbs in deeper holes with lots of timber or shelf rock. Catfish will hunt the shallower water at night. Live bluegill or other sunfish are best, crayfish next, nightcrawlers 3rd. Never had a problem with swallowed hooks, just used the 4/0 trotline hooks. Always run the lines at first light.

Creve Couer Lake has a bunch. I hear there are creeks feeding into the MO river around St. Charles that hold decent numbers.

While I don't think the upper Current is a "giant factory" like the tailwaters, I have seen a brown that would have pushed the 20lb mark, hard. I've had my hands on one over 15lbs before for comparison, and also saw a 17lb up close and personal (different river, etc). Been a while, and I haven't been that way in a few years, but there were always a few double-digit fish in a certain stretch. Saw one or two every year, but never got them in. I blame my stubbornness. I repeat- the issue is NOT food abundance or overcrowding. It's harvest. Protect the browns, and you'll see a lot more real trophy-sized fish. I fish other places, and you'll never find a keeper near an access- they just aren't there. Similar looking water, or even worse looking, but further away? Nice fish. Easier access = less fish. Hell, I might make my last trip this spring to Parker, just to throw big nasties and see what an area with little wading pressure looks like. If it's hot enough, maybe even the dive mask and a gopro!