MOPanfisher

Repeated attempts to re establish various aquatic plant have been tried over the last several years. They do well and look good until the lake gets really high and stays a while, the the lack of sunlight kills it out.

Received the 2015 Annual Fisheries Report from MDC. Don't know if I actually got it attached or not. We will have it on our home page soon if it doesn't attach here. 2015 PDT Lake Annual Report.pdf

I have had at least one person argue adamantly with me over the phone that rivers don't run north in Missouri. Even going so far as to tell me our dam was on the wrong end of the lake?? Somewhere are Kearney Street (and stretching out to the south fork creek drainage) seems to be about the dividing line for north and south flowing choices. there is an area out around the South Fork Creek near Strafford where the Pomme de Terre, the Sac and the James watersheds area all within a short distance of one another. Unfortunately it also happens to be an area where some invasive Hydrilla was found a few years ago.

But the big words do sound delicious.

They are there mostly out on the windy points. Says the guy who has been driving to stockton in the evenings to walleye fish.

You fellers and your big words are making me feel insecure. So here is another basic supper. Grilled walleye fillets (2 with some new Orleans style cajun seasoning), a skillet of pan roasted asparagus and cauliflower, and a bunch of Kale, no clue on the kale but looked good at the store. Not shown are the little slices of french bread dipped in the juice from the grilled walleye (butter, garlic, salt lemon) and then toasted in a skillet. So far that seems to be my grandson favorite part.

Niangua, Sac, Pomme de Terre.

Well, did you pick up any walleye?

Would take a mess of suckers over trout any day.

There is a Lebanese resturant in Spfld. I have had the stuffed grape leaves and they were foos, different but good. The memory of the coffee however will never leave me. Strong doesn't begin to cover it. I need to go back there. Owner was a super nice guy and former Army Ranger.

Several of them appear to be pre-spawn females. Gonna be a good spring on Pomme if the weather settles down to stay.

I wish I could have taken a photo last night. Went walleye fishing, caught 1 short and 2 eaters, then what might be the biggest largemouth I have ever caught, it picked up the jig on the fall, peeled drag and I though I had a big sow wally, till it rolled up. Big enough I didn't need any pliers, it's mouth was big enough I could simply reach in with my whole hand like reaching into a bag of potato chios, and removed the jig. She is still swimming in the lake.

Suckers, properly prepared are delicious. I used to grab them on Roark and occasionally on bull creek but that was over 20 years ago, no idea what the access is like now. Usually on suckers it is sight grabbing, used to paint the sinker bright orange or some color you could see, and the hook as well. When a sucker swam between the two orange spots you set the hook as yard as you could. If doing it for the first time, it takes a little timing practice, and also you would generally take off and run to the nearest tackle shop for heavier line when you started breaking them off on the hook set. some good memories of grabbing suckers. I never had much success blind grabbing where you couldn't see and were just casting and snagging.

I had a nice pile of fried wally tonight myself. Tis the seasin, and a good season it is.

Yes it's a plastic jig. Found several on line using a treble with a jig. However I have made two prototypes since I just couldn't get the dang thing tied short enough, so I opened up the eye of another hook and put it on the main. Will see if it works, won't have lost anything.

Nice stringer, and a delicious looking bonus wally.

Been having some issues missing strikes while walleye fishing. Them critters are rare enough that I hate missing them. Am thinking about putting a stinger hook on the jig. Using an 1/8 Oz jig head, with I think a 1/0 hook. Have some extra 1/0 hooks I could put on as a stinger. Would it kill the action of the swimming jig? Would it snag up more. Generally I keep it up above the rocks, but sometime it bounces off them.

I saw the tent too. Surprised someone with a badge hasn't told them to leave.

Believe me I understand Al.

Yes there were. It's the only time of year there are more than a couple rigs at Osceola.

I have had maters that appeared stunted before when planting them too early on a wet cool spring. Nice looking plants they just didn't grow. Ended up going for a cure or kill, with a full soup can of triple 13 fertilizer around each one and working it into the soil. Within a couple weeks they had come out of it and became just like normal again. But being lazy I don't like having to cover garden plants so I just wait.

No just that it wasn't too rare.

Talked to a buddy who used to work at Stockron, said they get reports or 3 or 4 musky a year on Stockton.

They are certainly easier to catch in water with some color to it. Oddly I haven't seen any service berry blooming but we don't have that many here. Rebuds are pining up and the dogwoods will be coming along. Some years they are both in bloom at same time. But when the dogwoods are open and no cold fronts the crappie can be caught somewhere. And wrench is right on, about 2 weeks difference from TR to mid Mo.

You should trash them. I will recycle them if you send them to me. I just that kind of guy.