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..

I fished one of the larger lakes that restricts craft to 5-10 horsepower motors approx 10 years ago (can't remember the name of the lake). We caught some smaller bass, but were limited to a paddleboat and shore fishing along their plot. The water was quite clear visibility good, and the lake seemed to be deep for its relatively small size. A number of docks were around, and I suspect the bass population would be decent. However a distant relative of the family that owns property in Terre Du Lac as well as the Ozarks, seems to prefer Lake of the Ozarks over Terre du Lac when bass fishing. I'm not sure if his preference is biased for the bass fishing or for the bar crowd weekend shenanigan's though... The real beauty of Terre du Lac is it is 100% private and therefore does not have some of the festering problems such as over development, heavy use, concentrated pollution, etc that Lake of the Ozarks has, and there's literally no wake from other craft due to horsepower and speed restrictions. Terre Du Lac it's about 1/2 the driving distance or less for us eastern MO residents than Lake of the Ozarks. It's a perfect destination weekend getaway from city life.

A MO dept of conservation lot and fishing access exists off highway 8 next door to the troutpark. Other than that its mostly a very remote or steep and long difficult hike with watercraft including cardiac hill and suicide hill. A few private property owners land is adjacent to the rivers but are not too welcoming to outsiders. Greens canoe rental? puts in somewhere near or above the spring. These are the only real options for that stretch of the upper meramec river.

Watch using tordon, as you can end up killing any other tree, or desirable trees that may have interconnected or grafted roots.

I have been informed by both Horticulturalist and Entomologist that the traps only attract more Japanese Beetles to the area. The traps work by emitting a hormone that the insects are attracted to. So better off not waisting money on the traps and get yourself some Seven or other product that treats for emerged insects if you have an infestation. It helps to treat the yard at the correct times of the year for the Japanese Beetle grubs, as they spend most of their lives underground eating sod roots. Many products are available, but typically mid to late summer is not the time of the year to be treating for grubs... Always follow directions on the label, or you may otherwise be wasting your hard earned dollars and putting yourself and others at risk, including the fish in the rivers that we love to fish for!

I'm not too sure on rotating crops similar to large scale farming operations, but the idea would make a lot of horticulture and botanical sense, since corn is a plant that pulls nitrogen out of the soil, and beans are a part of the legume family, which have nodules that replenish and retain the nutrients (mostly nitrogen) in the soil. Not sure on the tomatoes, just they like a lot of sun typically, so nothing too tall shading them out should be planted nearby. As far as tomatoes go, the best advice is that they have plenty of room to grow to maturity. Room for both the plant and maintaining or supporting the plant as it grows to maturity. It's much easier if you can walk entirely around a tomato plant when they are a mature 8'-0 tall, than reaching into a tangled mess of branches and stems trying to pick tomatoes between plants later. I've found for indeterminate tomato plants,( plants than are more upright than bush type) heavy duty hog wire or concrete reinforcing metal mesh make the best cages. Build large cylinder's approx 4'-0" or larger in diameter and 6 feet tall or greater, using the mesh bound together at the seam with bailing wire. Large scale cylinder mesh cages will hold the plant much better than any stake or tomato cage found at the local hardware store, and can be re-used year after year, after year. Cow manure spread and tilled into the garden soil mix in the late fall will bring good results in the spring and summer. Have the soil checked by MoBOT or other garden center if your uncertain of the soil ph, and nutrient levels. We've had pictures of tomato plants reaching the 10'-0" mark on a regular yearly basis with these fine tuned methods, and have canned tomato juice to prove it. We have not rotating crops in the vegetable garden, but have been religious on rototilling in many organic and inorganic amendments each year. Broccoli tends to like the organic and amendment rich soils too, and does well given the right mixture of some shade in the afternoon.

The plant pictured could also be a common chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), which common traits include suckering and fruiting profusely, and is commonly found throughout the woods in Missouri and beyond. The plant in the photos is certainly in the Prunus Genus, which includes plums and cherry trees & shrubs. Not as commonly planted in urban and suburban landscape plantings, mostly due to other available plants with somewhat better characteristics.

Nyssa sylvatica (Black gum) most likely if it was found up around St. Louis. There are a few water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) out there as well, but they tend to be further south around the boot heal and in the southern states in swamps and near lowlands.

Cant go wrong with old town for stability and durability in our streams in Missouri. Had a predator k111 and would buy one again if I could justify the expense and use it more often. Plenty of cargo room on the larger models.

As much as life will allow. Lately its been only a 1/2 dozen times a year.

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