fishinwrench

The "well people" (insured people) provide the ins.co.'s with lots of money to invest in many many lucrative things. They can't live and prosper on the premiums they collect alone. I'm sure that most of the money collected on premiums is invested wisely to assure an excellent return. No worrys about insurance companies going broke......other than on paper.

The all time clincher was the Trout Unlimited calendar pics several years ago. How could THEY not get it right? One month had a guy fishing with a rod rigged with the line missing two guides. Another showed a guy standing midstream with one foot up on a rock......nice waders but no boots. You'da thought that someone from TU would've caught that during the calendar layout.

My memory might be a little off, but I wanna say that I already had beaver fever by the time I was a mere tenderfoot.

Nice ! Very well put together.

You'll never make it to the gulf though, the Asian carp will see to that. Personally I wanna be fed to the blowflys and buzzards. I'd rather my kids benefit from the $7000.00 instead of the dude who owns the crematory.

Same age as every other river in the midwest. No? I remember in the original InFisherman RIVERS book they catagorized rivers by age and types. How does one "age" a river?

An eight-plus pounder? Good grief, she gave birth to a toddler. Feed him right and he'll be paddling Paw-paw down the river in a year or two.

If quitting altogether is an option for you then maybe fishing isn't your thing..... after all, it's not for everyone. I could quit smoking, sex, and food easier myself. I have been frustrated before, similar to what I think you are. But the enthusiasm returns quickly.

My hopes are that eventually they will begin managing the fishery BELOW the park more seriously, and I know that'll never happen until they have the Spring branch fishery at or near peak. I wanna see the Niangua managed similar to the way the Current river is before I croak. It definately has tbe potential, and the area could benefit alot from more river-friendly "friends".

No really.....It WAS bette before they got so "smart and high tech". The cynicism in this case is entirely appropriate.

I ain't griping, just hadn't been there in awhile and was curious as to why all the high-dollar "upgrades" still haven't improved anything around there yet. "Back in the day" the hatchery was 1/4 that size, had twnenty-some less staff members, almost everyone who fished kept 5 fish a day (at least), and the quality of the fishery was consistently GOOD year round, and the fish were really pretty. Now the hatchery is bigger, staffed by a whole covey of highly trained fish raising badasses with the best equipment money can buy, hardly anyone keeps fish anymore...... And the best you can expect to find on a random trip to Bennett is a bunch of 10-12" colorless cookie cutters with an occasional battle scarred and half-blind biggun roaming about like he/she just came down off a bad acid trip. Seems to me that the whole place was alot more desirable when it was run and maintained by a handful of tobacco chewin' bib overall wearing hellians with an 8th grade education, and driving in rusty 1/2 ton trucks with faded triangles on the doors. I guess I'm just too dang ignert to recognize the benefits of extra funding, a highly educated and well tooled staff, and all this improved technology on display. I'll give'em credit for one thing though, those lawns at the nature center and the RV area is nice...that there is some pretty grass ! But I'm gonna take equal credit away for the condition of the old wooden (Dip) bridge, that puppy is about to collapse. LOL

What about collected rainwater, would you be afraid to swallow it before treating ?

Even if you don't find a single White bass you'll be better off than suffering through a day at SDC

As for a comparison to the Lil'Niangua, the stretch between competition and Falcon is similar in size and remoteness to the Lil'Ni with way better fishing and scenery to boot. The deep hole at Mayfield spring and several other bluff holes up that way even have a decent population of eating sized channel cat if that turns ya on.

When you hit'em with the juice they jump clear of the electrical current, so I'm not too sure that shocking them would allow capture of that many of them. Most will just keep jumping until they are far enough away from the probes.

Hadn't been inside the park in quite awhile but was in the area from Wed.-Sat. Hatchery raceways all torn up, machinery sitting there amonst piles of busted concrete and dirt....but nobody doing any work ! Not even a wet spot under the stocking truck Friday night or Sat. morning. Are they not producing fish now, or not stocking fish daily during the weekends anymore? What's the scoop? My daughter caught some dinks fishing drys over weedbeds but neither myself or anyone else in sight of us were doing much good at all. I couldn't find a single fish over 12", although I admit we only fished a short stretch of Z2.

How about; How much did you earn this month, and what did you do?

Epic Post !

Nice! Surely he wasn't in there all by himself..... see if you can do it again and get a accurate ID on those bad boys.

Jerry, So they actually made it illegal to fish off of the docks? Or ypu can fish FROM the dock.....but not fish AROUND the dock? Having a hard time wrapping my head around that one.

I dunno, ruthead. Alot of perfectly lubricated wheels continue to get greased regardless of how loud the others squeak. Those left rear hubs have been smokin' for quite awhile.

Killer! Good luck with the leg overhaul.

LOL You just answered your own question. What makes that whole deal seem impossible is when the person who last held a title for a boat is either dead, absent, or uncooperative. The DOR doesn't seem to understand (or care) how uncooperative dead men can be, and only lawyers know the secret password that causes them to instantly understand and begin to play nice. Sooo, when you find a boat/motor/trailer you wanna buy and the "owner" says they can't produce the titles you just tell them you'll take it for 550.00 less than what they are asking because that's what it'll cost you to make it "legal", or you'll pay the asking price if THEY can provide title(s) Most will at least try for 550.00

My Missouri river experience is limited to the Mokane/Portland/Hermann area, along that stretch there are dikes that are situated 70-90° to the flow. The face will not have any sand above 3-5ft of the current water level at any given time because the surface currents keep it scoured. Dikes that run mostly parallel to the flow are nothing more than a rip-rap bank....and not worth spending time on I wouldn't think. Except for maybe the uppermost end of them.

Once upon a time they had a big meeting, all who cared were asked to attend and voice their ideas/concerns at that time or forever hold their peace. Quite a few took the time, traveled and attended, quite a few made excellent points and gave quality feedback. As soon as the doors were closed all the feedback and concerns (that they requested to hear) were all ignored. Well not quite "all"..... they DID change the ruling on foam and rubber legs.