fishinwrench

Go back and read how it all transgressed. I bypassed a thought you had, but then you pinned me down on it. Ya did too! 😅 Now stop it. I have to go back to work.

Who told you that Norforks D.O. gets funny? What's funny about it? Why is it funnier than anywhere else that stripers inhabit? They wouldn't have to move to the dam area in order to be "deep"....That lake is deep as hell everywhere. There may be current in the dam area that resembles tidal influx, and if they gravitate to that area I would assume that to be the reason. Not just because it's deep there. I doubt that they "enjoy" eating trout better than they enjoy eating shad, bass, or creek chubs.

My opinion was that you were full of beans. I wasn't gonna say it.....but then you pushed me to reply. See, I can't win here. You demand that I give my honest opinion, and when I do, you take offense. I ain't no striper expert, I just fly by what I've seen and experienced. Things that make sense to me I assume are true until I learn differently. I don't change my mind just because some biologist claims something else..... because 90% of the time they are FOS.

I don't have an opinion on everything. There are way more threads on OAF that haven't had ME in them, then there are threads that I have posted in. I didn't debunk your opinion until you DEMANDED that I respond to it. I was just gonna leave you to it, but NOOOOO you made me respond to it. Stop picking fights and go change your pad. 😂

Not familiar with that place, but I'd argue that they weren't "trapped". They may choose to stay because they've learned that another blast of water will soon be forthcoming. Makes more sense than backing off 50+ miles to wait. I bet they could get out of they wanted to.

They do run up, but prefer to take the turn up the Bryant for the most part. Less heavier flow would be my guess....but I don't know. White's don't really care for fast flowing water. Some flow is good, but a raging torrent they pretty much avoid.

That they got there by seeking out cooler water? Yeah I read it. You're full of beans. 😅

Stripers, when spawning, have to run way further up a tributary because their eggs need to stay in the flow for a couple days or they won't hatch. So stripers have to migrate further upstream than white bass when spawning. I don't see them literally becoming trapped when the water level recedes though. Even gar aren't stupid enough to let that happen.

They've jumped over the hill from Truman. Been around quite awhile. They'll sit on the crest of dock roofs only in coves that are very quiet and nab short bass and probably crappie occasionally. They don't like alot of human activity. I don't see them as a problem. The upper Gravois has a bunch but they all vacate the area when a single boat, or even ducks an geese move into the area. Craziest Water Turkey story I've ever heard was a guy netting a fish had one accidentally swim into his dip net....and scared him half to death. 😂

How come that never happens to whites/hybrids?

I think it's time for this biologist generated misunderstanding to be shutdown, or at least brought back down to a more reasonable level. Stripers won't necessarily hunt down and gobble up individual trout. They key on schools of baitfish, and on some lakes they dump truckloads of stocker Rainbows. When they do that the rainbows stay together in a school....and yes stripers will corral them and feed on them, because they are acting just like a school of pretty shad or herring. From that, brilliant biologists have deducted that Stripers eat Trout. Not really. Stripers feed on anything that acts like a school of baitfish, and when trout do it they are no exception. It's unlikely to find a school of wild stream born trout in an area where stripers can get under them and blitz feed. It's also unlikely to find a lone trout just hovering near the surface or in mid-water column. A lone trout nymphing along the bottom, or in a tiny eddy mid-riffle is not likely to get gobbled up by a striper. So there's no justifiable reason to promote the slaughter of all the NFOW stripers.

Had we all not already given him the best advice we had? Good luck with your Yokohama's!

Dropped a Molotov cocktail? Bet he never does that again!

No problem. Just have your people call my people. 🐌

They don't have to be much bigger than that to be a blast. A day of catching 13-16 inchers is all it takes to make me feel like I had a great day. 👍

Eh, that was just what I happened to have handy, for scale 😅 How 'bout this labor day popper? It's my weekend "tournament winnings" 😎 🔨

I'd call it a goggle eye too.

Doubt you'd wanna put up with me for 3 days, but you're perfectly welcome to. We have an airbed and a spare room. And I'd be happy to eat your cooking 🙂 Yeah early season dove hunts..... I've had my fill of it, don't miss it. I have this thing about eating a bird that's been dead in my vest during hot/humid weather for 4+ hours. I guess toting a cooler bag is an option....but that's just one more "thing". Plus, there's always SPIDERS everywhere in the fields this time of year, and I turn into an adolescent female when a spider touches me. I wish I could pop them out of the road and driveway here with my airgun. I could gather enough for a couple meals in 3-4 days if it was legal. Be alot more fun.

We can go chase Whites or LM on poppers/streamers any evening that you wanna cruise over. Just gimme a heads up the day before and I'll meet ya here or at the ramp. I'd love the company. I've been on a 100% fly-fishing kick since June. The bassboat hasn't been wet since then, been having a blast in the Jon boat.

If you are into fly-fishing at all, this is the perfect time of the year to plop and twitch big foam hoppers, especially if the water is incredibly clear. You can move a smallmouth 25 feet to crush a grasshopper in clear water, just simply by plopping it down next to the bank. It's something that not very many people do, so if the fish have been hassled by fishermen all summer.....this will still get'em.

Well let's see it!

Neighborhood of 30# I'll say 28.61

Good reminder 👍 I had a chimney fire once, that was a real eye opener. Fire and sparks were blowing out of there like a jet turbine. Scary!

Naw I don't wanna buy it. I've already got a growing pile of them. I try not to accumulate too much salvage stuff around here, because one day I'll have to clean it all up and get rid of it.

No the Gravois Mills public access, right off 5 hwy.