Wayne SW/MO

Fish trout water for them and smallie water or them. They'll mix in a few areas, but generally they'll be lying in their comfort zones.

If you plan on floating to NRO I would rent from them. Dark jigs wouldn't be a bad choice. You can find marabou jigs at the local shops around the park.

I have a Scott 6 wt with single foot guides, it's 25 years old and no problems yet.

I have an Extrasport and while it wasn't cheap it has lasted me. It's about 15 years old and still doing the job. I think in this area the manual inflatable would work well. You'll probably never use it so I wouln't think the cost of CO2 would be a problem. Before buying a SOT for use in Missouri it's a good idea to note where the scuppers exit the bottom. If the opening isn't recessed you run the risk of cracking one from catching on a rock.

You definatly want something short. They make them, but they aren't cheap. The inflatables would probably work for you. A lot of it depends on where you'll fish, how athletic you are and what you'll be wearing..

Problem is that is not indicative of the tailrace.

If I remember right a state record Brown came from BS and was caught in the mouth of Swan. It wasn't near as large as todays record however.

They are a great fishing platform on the right water. For fishing it is hard to beat a SOT. You have stability, safety and secure storage. I've had a Wilderness Tarpon 12 for many years the only con is the same one that plagues all SOT's, weight. It isn't all that bad if you handle it right though. I can sit on the side of mine with my legs over the side without worry.

It appears to be a Buffalo in the right hand picture.

Red Beard is on the east side above Barclay and Ho Humm is downriver (north). Rendezvous is also down river from Barclay. All are private take outs.

About that, but speed will depend on flow.

I see carp sometimes below the Powersite dam and I've caught quite a few on spinning gear there. Seeing them is a different story, but maybe i'm not looking hard enough. I did catch 2 of my 3 fly carp there, but I happened on a huge number feding on top. I never determined what they were sipping, but I had a rod with a Griffiths Gnat on it and they took it. the downside was that they were only 2 or 3 pounders. I have a kayak, 2 in fact, and a jon. I need to see if any carp are still around in Taneycomo, the bow hunters hit them hard at one time. I want to try some with Wrench later this summer also. I see you have pontoons on your SOT. Are they for stability or to stay level with the motor? What size battery do you use and where to you place it?

I have a couple of squirrel tails dyed orange that are natural, not bleached, and of course somewhat mottled. I used it for the claws on my dud crawfish and they were the only thing that I liked. I have a question, if you see carp in a pod and moving have you been able to interest them, or do they need to be tailing?

The problem with Prosperine is the shuttle, it's l-o-n-g. You could do Moon Valley to 64. There will still be some smallies up there and a few trout. Have your family drop you off at MV and call them when you get to the 64 access.

How much are you willing to spend?

The weather is unavoidable and because of the whites timing and requirments for a good spawn they won't always be sucessful. When the eggs get washed out of the streams with gravel bottoms into the lake bed they're done.

Here I would have to go with these on most of Missouri's streams targeting trout., ElkHair and the G Gnat Hares ear and Prince dark clouser The reality is it would depend on the time of the year and the water. I would be carrying a completly different set on the Deschutes or Taney. Did the author mention "Fishermens luck".

Good question. They used to target them really heavy on Texhoma, but they seemed to have bad years irregardless of pressure. I wonder sometimes if the size is dependent on the water and when the females come in to spawn. If they come in at night, like they do more often then not size seems dependent on the males and wether there is a lot of them. I know I'm not a big fan of frozen fish so I generally only keep one or two meals of crappie or whites.

You really only need breathables if you fish coldwater streams in the summer. I always kept a pair neoprenes for late fall and winter smallie fishing. If you go swimming nothing will do you more good than a pair of belted neoprenes.

Yeah that's another one, but all my grandparents, most of my great grandparents and some of my great great grandparents were born here and I ain't never heard anything in my family but Mizzuruhh. :lol: I have some orange squirrel I want to try. Have you ever thrown anything orange at carp?

I agree.

Who would have thought??? They sport originated with low light sources, so there is no reason to allow the lights that they do. For the uninformed, , most giggers today are running generators on their boats to power metal halide lights, the kind that light up parking lots. The old time giggers could only gig in shallow water where they saw primarily suckers only. As far as better light making identification easier, it doesn't take much light to tell the difference between a smallie, which is about the only illegal fish they will see, and a sucker.

My belief is that water temps are the key and a short cold spell won't affect the lake that much. I know the bulbs are early, probably because the ground is warmer than usual.

I think the problem is twofold, one of course is enforcement and second the department doesn't want to eliminate a sport. My solution Is to limit the lumens and what produces them. It wouldn't be hard for them to enforce the lights and without modern stadium lights they wouldn't see the majority of smallies.

It's always good to know where to get something to eat and of course anything that makes fishermen the good guys never hurts.