fishinwrench

Killer ! 👍 Boy it would suck to feed one of those dogs, wouldn't it? Big sucker ! 😳

Honestly the only time you might notice any tracking issues are going to be very windy days.... when you don't wanna be out there in a square nose jon boat anyway.

Yep, easier to launch & load too. And doesn't impede vision. Plus, running your TM wiring harness along the port side keeps it from interfering with any dash mounted electronics, or anything else on the Starboard side.

Off to the port side is fine...... unless you are actually using it to "troll". And even if you are I would want it mounted on the port side anyway.

They are required for all fishing year-round in Lake Taneycomo upstream from U.S. Highway 65 bridge I did not know that, thanks.

Folks do realize that with exception to the winter C&R at the trout parks, no trout stamp is required, anywhere, unless they are keeping trout to eat/mount right ?

They don't require you to present a fishing license before giving you a daily tag anymore. Just throw 5.00 on the counter.....and they'll throw down a tag.

I haven't seen any in quite awhile.

In all honesty, if 40.00 stops them then they weren't very committed to begin with. Whatever they decide to do instead....is likely gonna cost 3 times that.

That was my immediate thought. 👍

The really cool part is that fly was buzzing around my plate of Tater Tot Casserole, and out of nowhere here comes Mr. Robber fly..... and snatched that lunch pest right out of mid-air ! Landed with him.....and started munching on his head. 😲👍

I always thought they looked wicked.....so I would kill them. But now that I know they eat flys, they get a pass from now on. 👍

I've done it. #12 Mohair leech, right in the face. They fight harder than you'd think, but it couldn't break 5x tippet. I tried to kindly release it, but he wouldn't settle down.....so he got heel stomped 😔

Woah ! 👍 I'll pay you if you can teach MY daughter that part ! She doesn't seem to understand "Stop just as soon as the fender goes underwater" The fender of the TRAILER......NOT THE FENDER OF THE G-D TRUCK ! 😲 She's a mirror atheist..... Doesn't believe in them. 🙄 A well paid engineer mind you. Thinks my truck is a submarine.

Oh look, a red Grackle ! 😉

The bullhead where I grew up had yellow meat. Just didn't seem like anything I wanted to cook & eat when there were other choices. Caught a flathead from the Missouri River once that had yellow meat, it also had a 8" piece of auto door weatherstripping in its belly, and the meat smelled a hint of diesel fuel...... It never made it to the grease either.

I can't even comprehend being COLD right now.

Go with that thought 👍

Before the lake was impounded the area near the Monroe/Ralls county line was OUTSTANDING bass water. Even a stupid kid with a couple of Heddon River Runt crankbaits, Jitterbugs & Lazy Ikes could literally load the boat. There were Hellbenders too. And without a doubt it was the bullfrog capital of the world! I'm talking about messes of bullfrogs that could land a guy in jail ! 😉

No begging necessary, I've mentioned them here in the past.....but I'll PM you👍 You're 100% correct about "finding the sweet spots". Ya gotta float on through the slow mud-bank areas, and concentrate on the bluffy, rocky/gravel, clay bank spots.....which are typically just around every other bend. I used to have access to certain areas that made it really handy for short trips, but I've lost track of those people over the years. The one really cool thing about the streams up there is that it's just as easy to navigate upstream as it is downstream 😊. I had a little BassTracker Bantam plastic boat with a MinnKota 10 on it, that fit in the back of my truck and was the perfect rig for those creeks and the nearby strip pits.

Were you filming an episode of Survivor? I've never known anyone to intentionally target Bullheads......only cuss them.

Good grief! 😳 There's no way in hell that I would even try crossing that bridge.

I obviously haven't spent time on them all, but the best Smallie stream that I have fished, in this state, is a good hour or more north of what everyone considers the "Ozarks". Never saw a 20"+ come from it......but the number of 15-18 inchers far surpasses anywhere I've ever been.

A few years ago I read/heard something about whippoorwill numbers being on a huge decline, and that kinda bummed me out......But this year, around here, they are as thick as I can ever remember. Seriously, there are times that you can't even carry on a conversation outside for all the whippoorwill noise. Even during the 4th when everyone was shooting off fireworks....the whippoorwills were fired up big time.