fishinwrench

Now that you mention it I haven't fished those streams in a long time. I bet they'd eat a club sandwich hopper with reckless abandon right now.

I had an experience like that while night fishing once. Turned out to be bats biting my line. Seriously.

One of the keys to better hookups on flukes and Senko type baits is using a "low sweep to the side" type hookset. Not sure why it works, but you'll improve your catch rate considerably by setting the hook that way.

Cool underwater shot. What kind of line are you using in that pic ? I have never been able to see the line (P-Line flouroclear and CX) in any of my underwater pics. It may just be the angle of the light source though as most of my UW shots have been taken later in the afternoon. FWIW I have always had the same experience on the stretch just below Cedar camp, Beautiful water but something seems "wrong" with it.

If ? Don't you mean "When" ? And has it not happened already ?

No registration sticker, probably has some delinquent taxes. No whistle, paddle, PFD, or fire extinguisher either, that's a real revenue building outlaw craft there.

Looks just like the aftermath of a certain tournament held out of Gravois Public access on L.O. three days ago. I pulled in there Sunday morning, took a look around the ramp and my blood pressure hit the roof.

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Well you didn't say "carp"...but I ain't eating them.

Believe it or not you can still get parts for those control boxes. Good ol' J/E Try getting parts for anything Merc related prior to 1974

We definately do. Problem is few of us can afford to prove it. The old "innocent until proven guilty" cliche, in regards to the law and justice system, is a fable. When actually faced with an incriminating issue first hand you'll get a big spoonful of reality that can be pretty hard to swallow.

Or if you happen to be cheap, a few creative bends along a piece of wire clothes hanger works just as good.

Mercy ! I feel sorry for the dude. 1) for having that rediculis antic plastered on the internet. and 2) for being in neoprenes on a day like today. and 3) for failing to even catch a darn fish.

LOL Chinks..not "chics", although a chic with a knife is equally as threatening. But about the road past the blue spring entrance...Yeah I know, I started down it once but chickened out. It didn't look like a tire had passed over it in a long long time. According to the topo map it leads to a really cool looking spot on the river. The boys at Bird island could tell you all about it. I tried to warm up to a dude at Blue Spring once but he wasn't very chatty. For being reasoably close to Lake O and everything, that area is remote as hell and those folks live by their own rules. Kinda cool really, but I always get the feeling that I could "come up missing" real easy jackin' around out there. The old school teacher gal that ran the market up by Tunas used to tell some pretty freaky tales.

Yeah. Kind of an iffy place to leave your truck though. I had a problem with a group of chinks there once, asshole pulled a blade and it got a little tense for a few minutes.

Instead of taking the left at Berry bluff go straight and take the next right to Bird island (there should be a sign on the tree). Stop at the trailer and someone will come out to take your 3.00 and tell you where to park. Below Tunnel you can access at the Edith low water bridge off rt.E

I wish they were still "stamps". Why can't we have Smallmouth stamps ?

Just to clarify....You are required to possess a trout stamp (during the regular season) only if you plan to keep any trout.

Sounds like you might be keeping your boat moored overnite at a dock that is wired improperly. Check the condition of the zinc anode on your gearcase, is it heavily pitted ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

Didn't someone here announce that they'd lost a flybox at Crane awhile back ? Looks like you found it. lucky dog !

Nice one Roots ! Have you ever floated the stretch below Leadmine (Bird Island area) ? No pricks down there, ever.

Oh that, well you see, the powers that be have changed their minds about the do-do content after realizing what it might do to the tourist economy. They have a new line of $#!T that they are reporting now...that puts the do-do concentration in the lake to shame. It's funny because they call themselves the "lake preservation group", a group spearheaded mostly by bank presidents and newspaper owners and journalists, and their mission statement clearly says that they are "committed to Preserving the REPUTATION of the lake". Not a single word in the mission statement about preserving water quality. Real Funny hu ? But for some reason not many are laughing.

Well crap, if I'd known he was selling Avon, and not a Jehovah's Witness I would have let him in.

Why, are you doing something WRONG in there ?