Daryk Campbell Sr

Great job. Thank you.

Dang it Vernon!

Did anyone else "feel" the water in your nose we sensation? At the point of impact, I felt as if the water was forced up my nose. Weird.

What about closing certain areas of the lake for a few weeks at a time to tournaments. The whole lake doesn't spawn at the same time. Collect data for a few years and find the spawn patterns. That info is surely already available. The area(s) that are likely spawning should be restricted in some way. This would have to be on your honor. We already have tournaments that restrict certain baits/lures. Why not certain areas for a short window. I don't like the idea of closing off the whole lake due to small businesses not being able to collect much needed income. We can blame many things on why the size is just not there, but maybe, just maybe catch and release is over crowding the prime areas. Just a thought.

I am glad to see them. In was not complaining, not by any means. Pretty nice to see the info again.

Not sure how I came upon this, it opened when I clicked on new content. Great advice from a great poster.

I am camping this weekend, but would like to join you sometime.

I would be in. I enjoy catching any fish. I have been known to target carp. They put on a great fight. I throw all fish back, I could care less the species. I just want to catch.

I really enjoy your reports. Looking forward to it.

They are my next desire.

Being Easter weekend, I hope you have a decent turnout. I would like to experience this once.

Had to look it up: I'm sure you've told me John, I'm certain we discussed it in person, but couldn't remember. A taxonomist is a biologist that groups organisms into categories. A plant taxonomist for example, might study the origins and relationships between different types of roses while an insect taxonomist might focus on the relationships between different types of beetles.

You can tell your grandkids that you 'were there when it all started'. 😁

Savage

Just wanted to share my lunch break micros. All caught and released in Arnold, MO. Beautiful fish in the streams.

Nice seeing the different species. Glad you all are getting to fish, and she still enjoys your company.

No guts, no glory. Thanks for sharing with us Bo.

Plenty of carp stocked in Carondelet Park. Looks like Horshoe Lake. I have caught a few there as a kid. I would have thrown it back. It is a stocked pond that is in the middle of the city. No worries at all about that fish being able to go anywhere. The kids probably have seen it, and count on feeding it. The closest river is River DesPeres, which is an overflow from the Mississippi River. It's really more of a sewer drainage. Locals talk about the Brown Trout in there. There is no connection to the lake(pond).

No butterflies in that "man's net". Good job both of you. Thanks for sharing with us.

I really did not consider looking for gills. It was crawling around the rocks away from the bank in the bottom of the creek. It could very well be a newt. The tail was very perforated (for lack of a better word). Yes, they all had the second stripe. I don't see a black spot on the dorsal fin. Except this little guy.

Gonna have to mark my calender. Shucks, guess the fish didn't read the post in time either. Better luck next year.

Here is another shot. @snagged in outlet 3 I'm not sure of the creeks name. It may be Antire creek. I've always just know it as "the creek at Beaumont".

Seen a good size blue racer in the woods yesterday. No morels though.

Man!, can't believe I missed this. CGB, alive in the flesh!? In public!? WOWSERS. Well? How did you do?