Simsmarine

Providing they can tell the difference between a Bud Light can and a brown bass.

Hand fishing is a "deeply rooted tradition" on the Salt river and its tribs where I was born and raised. You'd be amazed at how shallow of a hole a 18lb flathead can be in.

Quote the line that made you wonder.

OR, here's an idea... giggers could just stop punching holes in gamefish, all would be forgotten, and we could all live happily ever after. Let's try that as an experiment instead.

Gonefishin', I wasn't taking a "potshot", I was just trying to inject a little humor into the topic before it gets "heated". Hell, if you think I'd kick a sexy cousin outa bed, you're crazy ...same goes for sexy Giggers BTW, how many more posts do I have to make to escape this "chestnut Lamprey" status ?

Yeah ya know I'm about "over" hearing what a "Genuine Ozark Tradition" gigging is.... Marrying your cousin is a genuine ozark tradition too, but they quit that crap a long time ago once they learned of the damage it caused. Nobody is "turning on it" because of that. They are "turning on it" because the evidence that it IS a problem is like a slap in the face to anyone that spends a reasonable amount of time on the rivers. Furthermore, this debate is no more fueling PETA than the vice Pres. hunting accident is fueling gun control.

ATL giging thread Here's another gigging debate that I think better states my true feelings about it. I go by "fishinwrench" on that board.

Mysterious Glen Sims ? I'm afraid the mystery spawned from the editing and/or the person doing the quoting. I wish I believed that.

When I read Kathys accounting of what I said I was afraid it would be confusing. I told her that the "breaking point for me was on a late evening float/wade, we had paddled up and were standing just below a riffle when the gig boat came from downstream, we stepped aside and they accellerated to shoot the riffle. Once through the riffle they backed off to an idle and eased around the bend out of sight (we could still hear them, but could not see them). several minutes later my buddy says "looky here" and points to a solid 3 lber drifting through the riffle, I waded out to it and sure enough, it was stuck right through its guts (looked like they had stuck it from a 45 degree angle to the side). Before it got to dark to see clearly we counted two more smallies. I WAS FIT TO BE TIED ! and mad enough to destroy some trailer tires and call the law had their truck been at the access where we paddled up from. But it wasn't. No, I don't "wade the river in the dark", it was not dark yet, they didn't have their lights on when they came upriver, and the boat was not shut down, just idling". If I had thought that they were "up to no good" I would have gotten the numbers when they came by, but they slowed down and waited for us to get out of the way before they shot the riffle, we moved aside and gave a friendly wave to let them know it was ok to go for it. I haven't ever done any gigging but it obviously doesn't have to be "dark of the night" to gig. At the rate they were going I'd bet my last dollar that those guys that nite killed 10-15 bass.

Captain, If you're there 4 days or sooner after the stocking truck it can be great. But once the word gets out the locals that have learned the typical holding areas thin them out with Powerbait REAL QUICK.

My Wading boots stay damp for 2-3 days after I've been fishing, seems to take the felt a long time to dry out.

I got out for some crappie fishin' before it turned cold. Did pretty good around 8-12ft. brushpiles. As for netting shad when they aren't surfacing in the lake: I see quite a few guys throwing nets from the bank just below the dam (north side) in the winters. I assume they are getting some there.

Kyle, My sources tell me a 1/8-1/4oz. chartruese (marabou) Road-Runner tipped with a crappie minnow, fished on 6-8lb. flourocarbon is a sure bet. Look for chunkrock on the outsides of bends, and areas where sand banks turn to...something else (gravel, rock, mud). Good luck, and post up a report when you get back home.

SOLD, Thanks.

Sometimes they do that when shocking a section, so that they don't count the same fish twice I guess. I think a section from the anal fin would be better for the fish.

Hmmmmm I've seen bloodworm flys made from nothing but larva lace, or stretch tubing....same materials. Condom worms are simply latex. I think it'll pass for legal, it'll be interesting to hear the WORD. I bet the snaggers will love it

That would have been amazing to witness,...from a distance of course. My Dad and I were at the "right place/right time once and got to see a 50 yard section of mud-bank collapse into the Salt river, trees and all. Talk about a sight that makes you feel really small

1989 Yamaha 4hp outboard, less than 3 gallons of fuel ran through it. 550.00

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Still need to sell the 20, and still need a 9.9 or 15. Shoot me an email at simsmarine@sbcglobal.net if we can help each other. Thanks, Glen

Last year I was on a trip and broke my St Croix LU, I bought this rod to keep me fishing until I got my new SCLU back. This rod is 8'6" and is rated 6/7, it was only fished 3 days and is good as new, the cork isn't even dirty and to be honest it casts and looks as good as my SCLU 7wt. I intended to keep it as a backup outfit but could really use the cash right now. comes with rod sock and aluminum tube. It also comes with a Cortland CLX cassette reel (in box)and new WF7F Cortland 333ST line, the other spool cartridge has a new 333ST WF7F/S sink tip line on it. The whole 9 yards (if interested) I'll sell for 175.00 + shipping or I'll break it down like this: Rod=80.00 Reel,extra spool,lines=100.00 email < simsmarine@sbcglobal.net >

No, nothing scheduled. But serious tournament "teams" around here are like a marriage...you are joined at the hip and one seldom goes without the other LOL And when they come by the shop it is always both of them. Actually it is much more sacred than marriage, they lie to their wives all the time but they would never withold information from each other On LO the low end is actually from Shawnee bend (10mm) to the Dam, but during the winter when you hear someone say "low end" it usually means from the mouth of the Gravois arm (7mm) to the dam. Some call it "low end" others call it "Northshore".

The lower lake area is on fire, reports of 14-17 keepers per day are what I am hearing. Jerkbaits, suspending deep crankbaits, and hula grubs are killin'em. Even talked to one team that have been doing well slow rolling big bladed 1oz. spinnerbaits. Reports from the mid-lake area are slightly less exciting. From what I can decipher, the dividing line seems to be right about the 7mm lately.

For reasons I don't fully understand Catman, They just aren't there in numbers worth the effort. My theory is that because the bottom is covered in nothing but sand/silt below Bagnell, making it good habitat for mid-column fish like white bass/crappie, and chum grubbers like catfish. The walleye and black bass don't feel "at home" there.

I'll let'em know, I'm sure they'd be glad to copy their report here. until then here is the last known report from Station B&T: 10-1-05 Truman Lake report As the water temp. is starting to cool, things are picking up a little at The Tailrace. Crappie good on and off, lots of small fish. Whites have been fair; few hybrids that I've heard of. Catfish probably best with a few big fish starting to be brought in. One I've heard in the 70's, several in the 20's to 30's. October and November are upon us so we should really see a lot of big fish caught if we can get some rain here and there. As mentioned by Caster a few days back, Ron Cummins AKA The Hybrid King of Truman Lake passed away a couple of weeks ago and will be sorely missed. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out his family and friends.