Smalliebigs

92% of the bass are gonna be in and around 8% of the river in the Winter, when the water temps are colder. When it spikes after a warming trend like this the bass start to move, now they are on the prowl in around especially that 8% they were just holding in very predictably.......then it can be tough but, they are eating, oh they are eating. Lower Meramec is full of fish that eat fish and that's all I say about that. let's go

92% of the bass are gonna be in and around 8% of the river in the Winter when water temps are below 45... which they were well below that when I went the 23rd. When the temps spike a little the bass will be on the prowl in and around that 8% of the river but, eating for sure. Then it can be tougher in the Winter and I like it then because it’s tough and most will give up when it’s cold again. They were more than likely cruising and eating where there a Winter haunt is which can make it a little more confusing but, identifying the a Winter haunt is paramount to forming any pattern. I have been catching more big bass this Winter than most for me but, I also have been following fish movements more than anything else and the abundance of billions of Shad this year. Honestly the Lower M is a fickled Biotch and that is also part of the allure for me but there are beast in them there waters that people think are poo poo

Well I am the insurance guy up there and in certain areas they will come strong but, you just have to be aware

Man this cracks me up..... I think if some of you boys came up here in real ghetto of North St Louis most of ya would turn into Casper the ghost. I only carry in very select areas where I have to take pics of properties up here and it’s more of a matter of self awareness. Out in the sticks I don’t even consider it, I’m with GAVIN take a blade, although I had a piece with me when I floated with him and Larry StL on the Piney once and almost broke it out hahahaha so I may be talking out my posterior on this one.

Wow!!! I guess I could make my lame observation of campus pusses but, I won’t. Lame

Start decluttering my fishing gear piles... totally!!!! as always try to catch the biggest fish I can every time out.....pretty simple

Shhhhh hahahaha

These have become my buddies at this point. The coyotes did a number on their population here my woods until the MDC trapped most of the Yotes as they must have been killing too many cats or scaring people over at Powder Valley??? Either way this little group has grown in the last Two years.

Man you guys have some serious sets of goals lol. I’m lucky to even find time to go fishing much less have an organized list of annual objectives. I catch a ton of big bass even though I’m only going when I can squeeze it in between work and taking care of my family. I guess my goal should be to retire so I can get some more time really.

Sweet!!! There are some nice Smallies eating there, very nice!!!

Ding ding ding.... agreed with this answer 🙂

I’m in..... seriously I need to do this....pretty soon I’ll have a jet to bring

Man this looks like an absolutely great time with a lot of quality people. I have to do this jigfest someday.

I have to admit you can take me giving you monkey dodo and not be all butt hurt about it......that impresses the hell out of me. You nail very nice river fish with good consistency as well.....this one was some sort of rare one just swimming around and I lucked into it. I truly hope one of you guys get to tangle with her as she is swimming back in the river

Very slightly murky.... I like that Mitch

A hand tied Rabbit jig in Olive with a Zoom Skinny chunk in GP..... creeping thru some rocks and felt a solid tap and saw the fish down in the water flash and thought man I hooked a big olde Gold Drum??? Not sure what I was thinking hahaha and then it starts bulldogging me like a horse and I started freaking and ran to the front deck and had to get on my stomach and try to lip her. I had to pry her jaw open to even try to lip her, it was a pretty entertaining couple of minutes 😉

I’m not trying to make believers out of anyone on here hahaha. It weighed anywhere from 5.11 to 5.2 on Two different digital scales that had been zeroed every time but the wind was blowing pretty hard at the time and that slab of a Bronze warrior was turning into a kite so we went with the lowest reading. Unfortunately we are cropping out some of the pics for security purposes..... take it for what it is. Definitely the heaviest Missouri River run Smallie I have ever caught at just under 21 inches. I have caught longer ones thought up 21.5 but only weighed probably 4+ lbs

Wow man normally I ignore your crap on here because it’s obvious you’re a campus indoctrinated clown. This is a statement only a complete millennial would make who sounds mad. you mad bro??? About your situation??? making blanket statements about older Whites guy being entitled is pretty much showing us all you are a liberal puppet who only knows what the professors told him about the world. You obviously did not come from the school of hard knocks. you have a set of balls sitting behind a keyboard calling older white dudes entitled and calling guys kids “demon spawn” hahahaha this is classic

Awesome stuff Bret and kudos on you and JD getting his PB Smallie.......OUTSTADING brother

Great job Jim.... I caught some really nice Crappie on the Meramec last week on the white bladed jigs you tied for me, superior quality jigs you tie for sure😉

middle.....below the Bourbeuse confluence at a private piece of property the second day.......the first day was right near the access at the Bourbeuse

I wanted to continue on my rampage of recent and fished a hole just down about a mile from where we fished yesterday. Different hole same results hahaha what a blast