fishinwrench

26788 Cook rd. Gravois Mills 573-569-5406

I have my doubts that howling at the Governor is going to change anything. If you don't wanna pay it then don't launch there. Let the parking lots set empty for a month or so and they'll get the message. If the parking lots DON'T set empty then they win. I'm sure Bassin Bob (or some other high profile icon) will figure out a friendly way to fund a nice ramp for poor fishermen with Poorboy boats in that area before long. Seriously though, they've been paying attention, and they noticed that fishermen will gladly pay insane prices for things. They aren't gonna be left in the wake of that.

I guess that's my point to not wanting them around. If I had drove from my place all the way to the Current to spend a day fishing, then got ran off by a mountain lion, I'd be kinda pissed. It would be worse than having your day ruined by an unreasonable landowner. At least with a landowner you can argue the law.....The mountain lion doesn't give a rat's @$$ about the law. I kinda enjoy living in a state where I can let my kids play on a gravel bar when we go camping and I don't have to stand there like a secret service agent protecting them. Nope, we've lived this long without Cougars in the woods, just fine, and I'm all for keeping it that way.

Why do we care which state they screw in ?

I know very little about Rotax engines other than they are short stroke/low torque, therefore lighter, (I have had no official training on them whatsoever). For Ozark river use I wouldn't want my intake grate on the bottom of the hull, I'd rather it be where I can get to it easier. An inboard jet will not cut as sharp of a corner as an outboard jet will, so you loose some manuverablility, but they will run faster and shallower, all other things being equal.

Depends on how easy (or difficult) the wire fish goes. Usually the newer the boat the harder it is. If you drop it off so I'm allowed to work it into my own schedule I'll do it very reasonably, but if I have to stop working on a better paying job to "get it done NOW" then I have to charge accordingly (says the curvy bookkeeper). ?

As far as glass bassboat go I have always been the 3rd owner of all of mine. The 3rd and 4th owners are who gets to truly enjoy the boat and gets their money's worth out of it.

Naw, but you're welcome to fish it from the back of my boat. ?

Love chatting with you on here.... but you just stay the #&$@ away from me! ?

Be happy to, but I don't touch tools unless it's above 40° outside. Some decent weather coming next week it looks like.

Not afraid of snakes at all. I could sleep in a room full of them. Wasps and bees don't effect me either, they can crawl all over me for all I care, and I never get stung because I am at one with them. I'm not actually afraid of monkeys I just hate them and want them all dead. Spiders on the other hand are all out to get me, they are like the grim reaper to me, so my blood pressure immediately peaks at the sight of them. Throwing a spider on me, if I live through it, might get you killed. ?

You just haven't spent any time with me. I'll straight-up jump into your lap at the sight of a monkey, or any spider bigger than a dime. I still go do things, I just do them while scared.

It was just a tick check, I promise.

I poke you when you are OUT of your cage, and I'm still alive. Proof that you wuv me ?

I used to think I wanted them here, but then it occurred to me that one of the things I love most about Missouri is that you can wander the woods and streams all your life and the most dangerous thing you have to be concerned about is a bee sting or being attacked by a horsefly. I believe there are way more cougars around than we think. I have only seen 2 bobcats in 53 years but a single trapper just north of here has caught 3-4 just recently. I never see skunks wandering around either but every February the roads are covered in dead ones. I have a hard time believing in Bigfoot but it IS possible I suppose. IMO the people who are deficient of IQ are the ones who want all deranged Pit Bulls irradicated..... but say they want cougars left alone to breed. If you think a mean Pit bull can hurt you worse than even the sweetest cougar then you're high on crack.

The answer to that is Yes. Each holding area that you fish is different and each fish has a different attitude. Once a fish has refused your fly, don't show it to him the same way again.

My #1 fly everywhere that trout live is a Leech, either mohair or pine squirrel. They'll eat it drifted, stripped, on the swing, or hanging in the current below you. Sizes 12-6 (small mohairs in clear water, larger squirrel fur ones in water with some color). Olive, Amber, or Tan.

Relative of a friend went out catfishing the other day and had a hard time finding shad. Threw the net down a dozen times on what looked like big balls of shad on his electronics but all he brought up were bucketfulls of 4-5" bluegill. I thought that was interesting. I lose faith and confidence too fast in deep water, so I can't stay with it long enough to stay on them. If I don't get bit right away then I'm back to the shallows where I feel like I know what I'm doing. The deep fish seem flakier than the shallow fish to me. There one day ànd gone the next for no imaginable reason.

Y'all let me know if you turn into LO structure fishing wizards after watching it, or if it just causes you to drive around in circles for weeks without a rod in your hand. ?

Good deal. ?

I have bass fished in all directions except for West, and it's mighty hard to find a lake as consistently good as the one in my back yard. That's why I'm here! ??

Once again.....Welcome to reality. ?

Awesome. Lipless cranks don't get seen much by river fish around here. Not sure why not.

Not bad at all! Which lipless crank?

I have a 9' 9wt. St.Croix Avid I'd sell for 160.00 or trade for a decent fast 9' 8wt. If interested I'll post pics later tonight.