Hog Wally

Just got back. Caught 39 keepers fly rod would have slowed me down a lot but it would have been a fun time. Kids and business keep my fly rod on the top shelf. No leisure fishin for me. It's fast and furious

The middle one is a dead ringer. The crappie are so full they are puking them out. The wind blows these guys across the lake where they get hammered by the fish. The same thing is happening every year and it makes it easy to catch em. Just set a cigar bobber up with a black anything small under it and let the breeze drift it naturally across the surface no more than 16" deep. It's hilarious.

On way home today from work I stopped by another crappie slough and there was a major (crappie bug) hatch. Who can tell me what this little aquatic nymph that flies after a brief struggle at surface is? Looks just like a big black ant with wings.

Why are hybrids and walleye so addictive? My bass fishing stuff has been gathering dust for 3 years.

I'm gonna tear the water up this year. Got plans for the Allenton access and down. The crappie are a nice filler but I want Walleye Whites and Hybrids. The crappie are biting though. Suspended no more than 2 foot deep after 10 in morn. 1/32 black grub. Match the hatch. That's all I will say about that ?

I was upriver yesterday. Did some bank fishing myself. The walk sucked but I knew of a slough with logs everywhere in it caught a limit and some of black and white crappie with a couple largemouth and a channel cat too boot

What is the word on the bite at Bagnell? Walleye? Hybrids?

The only way they will stop is if we stop em. I have no problem with rattin out any game thief of any kind. In fact it makes me feel good

Sold!

I agree on the jerkbaits! In our secret spot I bet we catch a limit of walleye there. Same trapping buddy said there is a 38" walleye at chatoeu claim access dead with gigging marks in it. And I wish that Riverpro only costed 25000. Kayser I will call you for the maiden voyage. It'll be march then so it oughta be everything bitin

Kayser? Where you been ? Have you been back to our secret spot ? Any walleye? Whites? As soon as my boat is built I'm going. You in?

My trapping buddy was running his line at Allenton and said there was two guys in kayaks killing some big crappie. Which one of you guys was it. Details please. He said main river on logs.

Yeah I know. The game warden at top of hill with binoculars told me it was $112 per guy

Oh sorry forgot to tell you it compression tested at factory setting and had carbs rebuilt this summer as well as water pump new. Hot shoe custom work on bowl and has stainless impeller with plenty of shims left. It'll run about 36 mph with two guys and gear. Two brand new fish hunter batteries I live right by river round ramp lets go for ride

It's on Craig's list I have taken this boat everywhere from Winfield dam to Bagnell but it truly is a meramec river boat. Has its dings and scratches. Gig rail goes with. It's set up for fishing !

98 alweld with trailer 96 115 horsepower mercury jet has Bimini top large live well 67 lb 24 volt trolling motor $6750.

I watched guys catching big hybrids there last year but they were all the way up by the wall. I'm just not prepared to pay the fine to catch fish

Okay so I've been in that Labadie hot water shoot twenty times and always bring white bass and hybrid type lures and haven't caught one yet. Snagged a couple legal spoons and a literal ton of Asians. Seen a guy catch a gigantic striped bass. Yes striped bass It was giant. That's what started my crazed twenty trips from Washington ramp down there but it is just so neat to get in there and sit in your tee shirt after reeling In too many Asians.

Meramec river. 141 bridge and up 20 miles I've caught my limit of whopper walleyes Plenty of whites also. Snagged below Winfield dam last spring and there apparently are a lot of walleye there cause we kept snagging them when we let our snagging rigs go to the bottom

I have found that nobody talks about Bagnell why? If I knew what was going on and when it would sure be cool. 2 hour drive for me. I wanna catch hybrids whites and walleye. Help me out. Come on guys

I see. Thought maybe it was around the caverns. Last time I was at roaring spring it was practically dried up. Drought just keeps going. River did rise though a little and it's dirty. Maybe too dirty for the giggers to stick a fork in our trophy fish

I have only been down there one time and it was this past fall. It was pouring down rain and we had to stay under numerous bridges to even think about staying out. We caught walleye and whites. It looked perfect for bass. I am waiting for my Riverpro to get built and then you can look for me around 141 bridge. I will let you know how I do. I hope my boat is done before the walleye spawn. Sold my alweld now I'm bumming. 3 days of bow season left Then its fishing like a madman. Seen guy yesterday puttin in at 30 bridge. Said he'd been catching some whopper crappies. I can see that ramp from my office stop by and go fishin with me

I will be out hittin it hard in my brand new river pro ! What spring are you talking of

And a silence falls over the crowd. Meramec. Jerk baits. Slow on the bottom anything that looks like a fish. Kayser don't worry I won't share our new honey hole

Right on ! Don't wear their lips out. As soon as I'm done with this nuisance deer hunting in Ballwin I'm fishin like a Madman. Hopefully in my new River Pro.