Midwest troutbum

Have always had better luck at cardiac hill and upstream. But neither location compares to any trout park. Suicide pool seems to be too warm for trout and too muddy from other species mucking the place up.

Im no biologist but reason leads me to believe cows concentrated fecal matter in a stream can't be a good for a streams health or very sanitary for most occupants. If anything you would think Missouri Dept of natural resources would use this angle on the subject to force or educate the landowners to be more conscious of their decisions and actions. I'm no lawyer either but cows in any river Seems like an infringement or gray area in the clean water act to me.

Franks red hot... "I put that #&%$ on everything!"

Does seem strange to place a structure in a low area that was formerly a pond. Lots of extra site work is required at taxpayers expense. Seems there should be more suitable land to build on considering its not landlocked new York city out there. Best of luck catching and transporting the fish should they truely be pest and disease free.

3.00 inches in the rain guage for ballwin mo. This is the total rain storm total approx three days.

There are at least two types of mantid in Missouri. The American mantis and the Chinese mantis. Interesting mantid fact: the female mantis if hungry bites the males head off after mating.

Just another suggestion to any potential newbie gardeners or horticulturalist is try to keep from watering the tomato plants leaves. This is best achieved with soaker hoses or commercially available drip tape. This practice can be applied to most plants including ornamental plants in the landscape. It helps to keep many spore based plant diseases down. Removing dead leaf and plant matter from both the plant and along the ground throughout the seasons is also good practice.

Columbia mo location closed a few years ago.

Columbia mo location closed a few years ago.

Columbia mo location closed a few years ago.

I know this is an old post but pappys smokehouse is voted best barbeque in St. Louis. Not to far west of downtown. Willie Nelson approved with a photo and autograph along with many other famous people. Its a destination restaurant so be prepared for a line at the door during weekends. Reasonably priced. Any of the sybergs owned establishments are good, especially Helen Fitzgerald's or sybergs westport. Good wings and Irish/American menu. Reasonable prices. Located in st. Louis county. Senor pice in ballwin mo for Mexican food. Hotshots bar and grill for sportsfans. (Many locations) Ted drews frozen custard for desert. (Watson road) Imos or Pi for pizza. (Pi in kirkwood mo) Charlie gitto's on the hill for Italian (the hill or Chesterfield location). These are just a few sugestions and not all are kid friendly.

Well its mostly water patrol that's assigned to the rivers. So the highway patrol is still out enforcing the rules of the roads unless backup is needed. The arrest and convictions must occur to help cover the additional law enforcement, criminal and court system jobs and help justify the funding for those jobs. So river holligans only put themselves in that position and can blame themselves for their arrests and money lost due to their actions. Obey the law, be kind to your neighbor, think before you act, behave like a civil person and you have nothing to worry about. And if your being negatively affected by othersacting unruly that's what the cops are there for. To serve and protect the innocents rights even if it means sorting an event out after it occurred. Enforcement was never intended to be personal bodyguards.

This is exactly the case. Best solution is to catch your own minnows in the body of water you will be fishing. Unfortunately many people are lazy and wont spend the time anymore or have the knowhow of our past generations. Were're living and today's youth are growing up in a fast food mentality world in which people have little to no patience anymore. Time is money. No time for prep work. Just buy the bait and go. Were all paying for the quick fix. Second word of advice is kill all purchased bait that is not used. It takes no effort and can protect your fishing resource for future generations. If you know or see someone selling invasives report them even if your remotely suspicious. Afterall there's not enough conservation agents or public resources available to be the watchdog of the entire state or neighboring States 100% of the time. Preach responsibility and good stewardship of our water resources to those that are unaware of what's happening to our world.

Now the mountain lion have something challenging to hunt and eat. The forest and ecosystems are all about balance and the population pyramid.

I believe the felt sole ban is statewide... I personally read signage in MO trout parks, MO trout stateparks, as well as fishing access points (which may coincidentally be managed for trout) that all clearly state the threat of invasive rock snot, and either state clearly the new law, or make reference to it. Please see Al Agnew's post, as it's nearly word for word as how its clearly written in the MO law or legislation. There will likely come a time when the law will include all waters in the state of MO. The law may seem like an invasion of privacy on the surface, but if it does anything at all to protect our streams for many generations to come, then my personal opinion is i'm all for it. It seems pretty simple really, especially if all it requires is to remove the felt from the soles of my shoe. (I never owned a pair of felt soled waders anyhow, as they were all the cheaper models with 100% rubber soles, and or rubber soles with optional metal cleats). Good excuse to get a new pair of waders..