E Green

round 2

My wife and I moved to the southern MO Ozarks from Milwaukee, WI in spring 2010. I absolutely love the wildlife and scenery in this region of the country. I created this thread so I could post some of my pics of this amazing landscape and all the wildlife i am lucky enough to see. Hope you like some of the photos... "the spirit moves in all things....." john bell

i would love to visit okefenokee swamp someday. i also want to visit a couple swamps in arkansas as well. Still, there are some treasures to be had here in southern MO. Mingo is amazing! Otter Slough and Duck Creek are also very cool and great places to see herps and other amazing wildlife. One of these days, I am going to pry myself from my local streams right by my house and do some fishing at these places as well (mingo, duck creek and otter slough). Everytime i visit these places though I can't seem to put my camera down...haha

Northern Watersnake or yellow belly watersnake-taken in our front yard (west of poplar bluff-Marc Twain Nat Forest-close to cane creek and 10 mile creek)

Mingo Nat Wildlife Refuge-Cottonmouth

This was a BIG Timber Rattlersnake I came across on our trip to Arcadia Valley a few weeks ago. Amazing creature....biggest rattlesnake I have seen outside of Mingo Nat Wildlife Refuge...

sorry for the turtle porn...i am just trying to figure out how to post pics on this site...haha

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I went with the Patagonia Guidewater Stockingfoot Waders. Wow....amazing product/company! Wade fishing is so much more enjoyable now which is saying something because I wasn't quite sure it could get much better. I find myself gliding across the creek with ease where before I was stumbling without grace...haha I'm not sure if I will catch more fish but atleast it looks like i should...haha I also got the Old Town Dirigo angler kayak (been out on 3 short test runs....still trying to get comfortable with that but I can already tell it will be loads of fun once i get everything worked out. That product certainly has many pros but there are a few cons i have noticed as well. It is pretty difficult to get it up and off of the car. 49 lbs didn't sound like that much when i ordered it but my bad lower back has since told me otherwise. Def need to come up with an easier way to load and unload this thing.... hoping to hit the 11 point for the first time this weekend. I live just east of elsinore MO and will probably just wade fish for this first trip. Any suggestions?

thanks for the info on the bbq place. I will certainly hit it up next time I am that way. Looks like I might have to try my luck on lake G as well.

man those are huge! Would love to catch some bluegill like that. where is this pilot house BBQ that you speak of?

cool...looks like a great stream

herp dork here...that is a very cool snake...thanks for posting

wow...nice

wow!

MSU-THANKS! Man that sounds perfect. I appreciate all the info. and yeah, thread title def read like aKY bourbon thread....haha

wow those are amazing! I need to take a family trip to that place.

i am planning a family trip to Ironton in may during the Arcadia Valley Mountain Music Festival (may 17-19). Also planning on spending some time visiting elephant rocks and johnson shut in state parks and hopefully millstream gardens, taum sauk and ft. davidson. I won't have very much time to do any serious fishing but it looks like the cottage we might rent just a few miles outside of Ironton is right on stouts creek. The owner told me that you could fish on the creek but I just thought I would ask on here to see what info I can obtain as well. I will have my two little ones with me (1 and 3 yr old) so I will only be able to get out and fish about an hour in the early am before they wake up and maybe a little in the evening. any help or advice is very much appreciated! thanks

nice little story in the may issue of MO conservationist called After the Storm: A joplin Update FYI

so what were the good creeks again? haha

We took a family weekend vacation to Jasper Arkansas last year. The cabin we stayed at was amazing and that area/Buffalo River just blew me away. I def want to get back next summer.

well...i took my new kayak out for the first time yesterday...got out in the middle of the small lake (pinewoods in carter county)and my pole fell overboard before i could even make a cast. Talk about fail! thought the rod holder would hold it in place...oops! love the kayak though! haha

used rackattack...yakima J bowdown I think it was called...10 % off and got free locks with it and free shipping...seemed like a pretty solid deal. Rack will be here friday and i plan on finally getting my kayak wet this weekend. I can't wait! thanks for all the info/suggestions

my old town 120 dirigo arrived today...on my birthday too..haha...very cool. Well I am so excited to use it but I must say I certainly underestimated how tough it will be to get the 'yak up on the car. 50 LB Kayak is heavier than i thought....haha....oops!

very valuable and informative website this is...thanks again! kayak being delivered next thursday.....can't wait