fishinwrench

If you wanna run it up here I'll pull it and it can sit on a stand until it's ready to remount. I'll feed and water it daily, no charge. If it's a Suzuki or a Honda I'll have to put a trash bag over its head though.....cuz I don't wanna look at either one of those every day until your glass-man gets done. I have a good fiberglass guy on retainer too BTW.

They can't fund it the same way they fund the "war on drugs" ? (Asset seizure). If they went after poachers and wildlife code violators with 1/2 the enthusiasm that they go after drug possession, and buzz drivers.....

I notice no shortage. I get creel checked just as often now as I did 10, 20, and 25 years ago.

Sounds like you need to giving advise rather than asking for it. GOOD JOB ! A sweep to the side has always worked best for me on sluggo/fluke/floating lizard type baits. Gamakatsu 58414 is as close to a perfect hook for the fluke as you'll find. I like P-line 15# and use a no-slip loop knot. I put a chartruese stripe on the back of my flukes with a Spike-it marker (helps me to track it and see the takes). Where I fish they are a Spring and Fall bait (with emphasis on Spring. I get no fluke lovin during the Summer. That's about all I got.

Ive caught fish with white tipped fins, and orange tipped fins in the Niangua. I used to think that was an indicator of a stream bred fish.....but it isn't. Sure is a pretty touch of extra bling on them though.

For a crowded boat/toon your best time (read;less frustration) and odds for success would be drifting for catfish with cutbait (shad or bluegill).

Dude, lighten up!

Boy, this is really gonna hurt the stringer and fillet knife industry. Fish fry's are now a thing of the past? Seriously? Noway!

Asian carp are THE BEST fertilizer...... that's what they are here for, take all you can use.

The best jet operator you've ever seen..... needs to strap his batterys down Jusayin'

Your biggest expense is obviously gonna be your boat. If you just bought a fresh rig, insured it to the hilt, and are stressing over shelling out 300.00 every 4 months for fresh batterys, or replacing a 700.00 trolling motor once or twice a year is gonna worry you..... just forget it. The expenses even if you get lucky and don't blow a powerhead in your first couple of years are outlandish. You are going to wear out lots of equipment WAY SOONER than you can even imagine, and there will be no sponsors to help with any of that for quite some time. Having your boat/motor covered under warranty just means that your down time will be longer when a component fails. In this day and age you are gonna need good credit, a new boat, a fresh truck, a rich daddy, and friends in all the right places. Otherwise you'll be worrying too much and won't be able to concentrate on your fishing like you need to.

So they had the "evidence" needed since 2006 but waited to make their move until there were no significant leins on the property ? How considerate of them.

Look at it this way; A satisfied customer (who did nothing wrong, illegal, or unethical) came to their forum to show off a pig he caught using one of their products.... and you made him feel uncomfortable afterwards.

Where do they stand on the C&R issue ?

Damanding that someone vouch for a bait company's "official position" on total C&R is outrageous. Who GAF? It's likely that there are fish eaters among every lure company in the world. Am I, as a marine tech, expected to have an "official stance" on emmisions control, or the use of jet drives on rivers? I keep/eat fish occasionally. Would you not choose me to repair your outboard soley because of that?

Yeah, what Laker said... Nothing biting on this end but the catfish. That's the best crappie report I've heard in quite awhile. And coming from the twin islands area.....that's a surprise for sure. Way to go !

Certainly been an odd "Spring". Fish came in and made beds and then they were just gone. Ordinarily by this time (late May) there are males guarding schools of fry......I have seen ZERO schools of fry yet. None. Anyone else? One other thing that is absent in the areas I fish....turtles. usually there are turtles and/or cranes on every other log, but I can fish for days now without seeing a single one. That's just crazy, why would everythng be thrown off so bad just because it warmed up early? Makes no sense.

I believe there was a solid effort to get that ball rolling in Mo. several years back.....it must have fizzled. Too bad. Most likely killed by the xbox and the wi. Lazy brats

Quick! Have someone you know and trust hit you in the temple with a 2x4 or a piece of green firewood, repeatedly, until all desire to learn and understand temperate bass has vanished from your conscience. You'll thank them (and me) later.

Oh Geeze ! Didn't we settle this on a recent fishing trip? Why enter into a contract with the state of Missouri over who you choose to sleep with? Especially since regardless of who breeches the contract.... YOU loose the most ? Any man that signs that legal document thinking that he is doing the "right thing" is a blooming idiot. The whole idea of "legal wedlock" would have never gotten started in the first place (back in the day) if the only thing keeping some crackers from sleeping with their slaves was the fear of pissing off their preacher. Ridiculous, Pointless, Lawyer food !

It's only "common" when there is an issue allowing it to act like that. It is probably a slight leak in the (cracked) primer valve. Next time it fails to fire right up, give the fuel bulb a squeeze.....if it starts right up after that then it is either a carb float level setting issue, or a leaking primer valve (red pointy thing on the starboard side) that is affecting fuel pressure when at an idle, or at cranking speed. You might also take a look at the throttle cam roller to see if it is still all there, it is a two piece roller they have a habit of falling apart.

Excellent ! You ever used those strips of red meat for catfish bait?

WTF? LOL

I'd watch ebay and CL for awhile.....just in case they are THAT stupid. I had a 15hp stolen from a motel parking lot and found it laying in a nearby ditch covered with tree limbs and trash. I guess they figured they'd come back for it after the smoke cleared. So you might take a walk along any nearby hiding places. I got my outboard back but the cops didn't feel like it was worth their time to stake out the gulley and see who came back for it.

Justin, she isn't PMSing, that's just the way she rolls. That's why it is "mother" nature. Unpredictable, contrary, never satisfied. In contrast, "father" time is consistent, steady, never changing. Eventually, mother nature will get tired of looking at father times face and there'll be a nasty divorce. It'll be interesting to see how fairly "the judge" rules on that one.