fishinwrench

Jack was last seen (by me) hangin'round Gravi., so I'm callin' fib until he posts a pic

Yep. He's registered here. ("Jamesedward"....or something like that) I think he has mellowed some with age , but the A-rig thread ruffled his feathers a bit. How are ya JR ?

....and lake level is falling fast. Wish they'd quit that.

I don't like the sound of this. Good luck with the tune-up, Bro

Here's the thing though.... How is a person guiding another person any different from that same fisherman fishing alone, as it relates to harming the fishery? Are you also not allowed to drive a leased vehicle onto MDC land, or hunt with a rented dog? I suppose that at MDC accesses which are on "navigable streams", as long as your feet are wet you technically aren't on "department property", but on smaller streams like Crane they CLAIM ownership of the stream bed and can choose to make rules like that, similar to the assumed ownership of many landowners ? Am I understanding all that correctly? Then this question comes to mind... If an angler hires a guide to fish Crane then who is breaking the rules, the angler? The guide? Or both? And is this "rule" considered a "law" ? Punishable by what?

ATTA BOY ! Slammin' beers and building guns, with carnivore fantasies dancing in your head...... That my friends is the Redneck American way! Almost brings a tear to the eye. LMAO

Try this.... Go to the very backend of the bigger coves on the West side, sneak up on the very shallowest backend docks like your hunting turkeys (TM on low, depthfinders and livewell pumps ect. turned off) and pitch that brush hog (or a big tube or jig) around the inside corners and walkway supports behind the docks. Try to "quietly drop the bait into spots that "not just anyone" could pitch to. Don't get too hung up looking for brush unless the only bites you're getting are coming from brushy spots, the bass aren't always in the brush. The biggest thing to concern yourself withon ultra shallow docks is dropping that bait into those little sweet spots on the first shot without making a ruckus. If you are spooking turtles 40 yards away you ain't doing it right....make sense? Good luck man, stay at it.

I wish they would have included an image of a yellow lab in those comparison pics. I can't afford another 1100.00 vet bill.

That's just crazy! I wish more carp would chase streamers..... I could get all involved in some of that action.

Holy Carp! Did he actually chase down a CP or did you snag him? I bet that horse wore you slick on the 5 wt.

Bed extender.

It's not my bag but alot of my customers have been at it hard and heavy. Sounds to me like the first 2 days were awesome but success rates have decreased noticably afterwards. Bagnell is pulling water hard and maybe that has moved them or spread them out more. Dunno.

I'd kinda like to study the wording of it myself. Particularly interested in how the wording prohibits fishing guides but allows daily usage by commercial canoe float outfitters.

When gear fishing (which I find myself doing less and less of thesr days) I carry a waistpack with what I consider the best of the best, but I honestly feel perfectly confident with nothing more than a 1/8oz. Buzzbait, a dog walker, a couple jerkbaits, and a handful of assorted plastics (Case Jacks worms, Strike King bitsy tubes, Zoom finesse worms) and the associated hardware used to rig them.

Can't speak for the Meramec but on the Niangua I don't believe it is a "bunch" of bad giggers, just a few that are doing alot of damage. If they could nab just one of them, and the outfitter that provides safe haven, I think it would eliminate 80% of the problem

The stuff that I have (Osprey ferrule wax) has cotton in it. Chuckie, the most knowledgable flyrod man on the face of the earth told me it was the only ferrule wax worth buying. FWIW I do like it, and only have to wipe clean and reapply about every 5-6 trips.

It will have some color to it for a few days, but if we get no more rain this week it will be in excellent shape by the weekend.

No experience with Kelty, never even heard of them until now. That "normal suggested retail price" they show is a crock though. If you are going to buy a cheap tent I can tell ya that we bought a 40.00 Ozark trails tent at wal-mart for the kids, they tried to destroy it.....and have failed. When we bought it we didn't expect it to last more than the one trip, but it has since been on more than a dozen and it still lives.

Wow ! Seriously.

That's a pretty gill. Nice LM's too, but that gill is a stud!

Al? Serious? Noway! LOL

She was a pretty one, spawning colors I guess. Been catching quite a few (more than usual, anyway) in the last few days. Even the little hammer-handle sized ones are colored up like that They seem to be kinda turned on by that hard-tail clouser.

Here ya go.... http://forums.ozarkanglers.com/index.php?showtopic=32793&hl=&fromsearch=1

And thank dog for that.... cuz there's no shortage on rediculis rules that deserve "skirting".

So tell him you think it's a boatload of half-naked women. That'll get the salaried peckerwood in route with a quickness.