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That is beautiful stretch through Salida! I fished the Arkansas down by Cotopaxi on the 13th. Browns were definitely active. Won't be long and the Caddis Will be swarming up the valley!

I think I got lucky catching him Terrierman! bs1827 It was still dark at the boat ramp when we got out the schnapps. The shine was amazing to have on the ice. When I snagged my buddies spot the jar was pushed into the shavings next to the hole. Never will there be a more inviting ice fishing spot!

Mdc's funding allows them to keep Missouri a desirable place to go enjoy the outdoors. 80% of the county I am in is public land and full of deer, elk, and antelope and yet I would rather be hunting whitetails in Missouri during the fall. The type of people in this country that would sacrifice our outdoor resources for anything political or personal are a threat to us all. Missouri just has a large population of cancerous hillbilly morons that infect the whole gene pool. I might be a hillbilly from Missouri too but at least Im not such a fool to throw my kids outdoor opportunities out the window because of political bs. I will be driving out the darn mountains 1000 miles to go hang out with my friends at Bennett Springs and Taney at the end of the month maybe not for the stockers but for the experience. It is special in Missouri and a lot nicer than any of the states touching it. I have had so many great experiences in Missouri outdoors and it would be shame to end up being a craphole with less public land or public water access. Missouri needs more bigger tracts of public land in central and northern parts of the state. let Mdc use the extra $ buying land everyone can use. Munflinger is a D*$kh*le

Met some buddies at Twin lakes at 5:00 am. Headed out on the ice at 5:30 and started getting the holes ready. There was no wind on the lake which made it really nice out there. The vexilars were saying 15 feet of water at our first holes. No bites. Started to drink moonshine to warm up. Moved out farther on the ice and we drilled a grid pattern and used depth finders to map out a ridge that dropped from 20 to 30+ feet on 3 sides. As we started fishing here a older man came out of a ice fishing shed about 50 yards away wrestling a 30 incher. It was an amazing sight as he was an old white haired man in flannel and the scene looked like it was straight out of a ice fishing movie set in the 1920's. That did give me some more confidence that we might catch a nice one. We had nice fish coming through our holes but they were being very tight lipped and we only caught one 10" in the first couple hours. My buddy had a nice one messing with his line but he could never get a hook set on the fish. He finally became tired of this and went to do some exploring by heading to shallow water to drill more holes. I stayed back and decided to try his hole that he abandoned. It was the best decision of my fishing life and not so much for him. After 15 minutes of bouncing a white tube jig tipped with sucker meat off the bottom I received a light tug followed by a big boy TUG. At this point I was having a conversation and had been fishing while partying and had not had a bite all morning so was very surprised. After a 10 minute battle that included some strong runs and dives I was able to bring this beast out from under the ice. We took some crude measurements and pictures and dropped the fish back into the hole and he took off strong. The fish was between 32-34 inches and around 9-11 pounds. It was the first lake trout that I had caught since moving up in June. Beginners luck I guess. It doesnt hurt to go ice fishing with guys with 20+ years experience!!!

I just moved to Buena Vista, Colorado. It is up near the Headwaters of the Arkansas river. There are 6 engineered rapids in town. It seems like they are fun to float through but the main objective of whitewater rapids is to make a "hole" that kayakers and paddleboarders can get into and stay in facing upstream so they can practice tricks in. I was shocked when I first saw a guy on a paddleboard standing up, facing upstream, in a class 2-3 rapid, doing tricks. When he wiped out he had a small window to get his board and get back to shore before going through 100 yds of rough water but he did it and so do many others. I moved here from MO on June 13 and so far 3-4 people have died on the river. I was shocked at that and hundreds of people still go out there daily. There is a very deep respect up here for the river, you have to have it or it will kill you. Anyway, the river is stuffed full of browns. With the swift current you can gaurantee there is a brown behind every decent sized rock for 50 miles in every direction, or at least it has seemed that way.

Nice fish, I am moving from St. Louis to Buena Vista in 8 days and can't wait to hit some of the water up there. I love reading this forum and will try to contribute to this new section once I do some exploring. I will probably be hitting Twin lakes and Taylor park when not fishing the Arkansas. Maybe we can meet up sometime and do some fishing or hunting. My buddy lives in Gunnison so I will be down that way every now and then.

Not personally. Back in high school I remember being at a couple parties that were obviously out of hand and when the police came to break it up, they always brought out the dog. It was overkill and always reminded me of being the same breed that had attacked and threatened me numerous times. Maybe I'm just being tough on shepards. I know they can be great dogs but only after being trained properly. Pitbulls are no different. If not neutered and trained at an early age they are pieces of crap. Take the Cesar Milan for example. His best dog was a 100 lb pitbull that was properly trained. That really makes me think the breeds that are known to be violent need extra training or all of them, not just pitbulls, need to be outlawed.

This whole darn country has went dog crazy. Dog breeding should be illegal and every dog should be neutered or spayed. The way I see it is they are crossbred, inbred, dumb down wolve dogs that people defend way to much. I have been attacked by German shepards twice and would like to see every German shepard put down. They are more violent toward people than any other breed I have seen. They have a mean bark but a weak bite and are worthless if you ask me. The Ofallon MO police love them though and treat them like people.

I hope they pull it off today. I sure would like to see a game 7 back in St. Louis. That goal in OT was a heartbreaker but if we win in Chicago today I would like our chances on Tuesday.

Kathy, well stated. JD you make no sense and then get butt hurt and resort to "koolaid talk". I hunt deer right here in MO and so do most people I know. We all think your point of view is hilarious and ridiculous. Most deer farmers either sell deer to the public to be released on a piece of property without a fence to improve the local genetics or to a high fence hunting operations of which all people involved do not care about the wild deer herd or have no idea about anything other than paying for a big buck because they lack skills needed to go out and get one on their own. It doesn't take rocket science to know the difference between a wild animal species and domesticated livestock but apparently it takes a little more knowledge than JD and his deer farming sympathizers have. Deer farming should be heavily regulated by the conservation department, not the dept of Ag and the people who have done a great job degrading land and resources in our state for my whole life.

Is there anywhere in the St. Louis Area with decals yet? I am wanting to put one of those bad boys on the cherokee.

Sweet, Man it must be nice to go out the back door and hit the Niangua! I got to say you always have some good reports and pictures.

I have been reading many articles about Wolf numbers remaining steady in Montana and the Northern Rockies despite all the hunting and trapping. It seems as the hunting and trapping is what is dispersing wolves into new areas thus causing the remaining packs in the area to be smaller. In theory this will allow the wolf packs to still trade genetics and most likely disperse into new areas while still keeping numbers in check. Perhaps elk numbers will grow while wolf numbers stay around the same and more hunters and ranchers will start to appreciate the wolves. Sounds like a limited number of Grizzly hunts are on the horizon, if delisted so that obviously will also help elk herd numbers. I honestly do not really think it is that easy to connect the dots so to speak as is done by the Discover article simply because I have taken Environmental Science in college and have also done similiar studies and I have seen how these assumptions are reached. I am confident wolves will continue to show up in new areas and elk will be fine and hopefully hunters and non-hunters will start to get along better. http://mtstandard.com/lifestyles/recreation/in-bitterroot-wolf-numbers-remain-steady/article_ca01aae8-b547-11e3-8032-001a4bcf887a.html

My buddy told me a great piece of advice regarding safety while ice fishing after seeing all the people at Busch. Up north it is the norm to only make holes 8 to 10 inches wide this way you or somebody else cant fall in the hole after it freezes back over. Down here people make big holes that could freeze over thinly and might get a little snow on them and then it becomes a trap. Just thought I would add this to prevent some one from falling in a hole.

Thanks for the video! Best part "oh my god" followed by "I dont know what to do". I also need to go to the Little Red, even more so after seeing that hook jaw beast.