Wayne SW/MO

Very nice, they should fish great. What weight rod are you going to use to push them?

It's about gone here anywhere that gets a lot of sun. I have a little on my shop roof, it's not heated or insulated, but just in spots.

It's moot when it comes to fishing the outlet however. Even though they know the odds of snagging a trout are high, or they should know, the fish aren't seen, aren't "deliberately" snagged, and they are released. The problem I have is with the injuries to the fish and the blatant non fishing of it. Lets face setting out to snag any fish you can catch in the mouth isn't fishing.

That would be me. I just can't bring myself to work too hard at it anymore.

I think it depends a lot on how old and smart your thumb is. I grew up with baitcasters and using the spool knobs to add pre-tension, I was in High school before I saw a fancy French reel called a spinning reel. I like to set my reels light and finish with my thumb. I have some better Daiwa's with magnetic and Shimano's with centrifugal and my choice is the centrifugal generally. For me the magnetic is slightly better with heavier lures and the centrifugal with the lighter ones, but the reel construction males a difference also. A heavier spool is generally better with heavier lures and lighter with light.

I believe it was bigger than 50. I was thinking a new record and well into the 60's?

Old plug it's a dicey situation and impossible to enforce more than likely. They thing is people are fishing a nymph in a runoff of current that is probably 10" deep and maybe 2' wide in the main current. The fish are trying to go "home" and they use this hatchery run off. The fish pack in so thick that it's impossible to avoid snagging them. It's really not fishing, you hang 3-4' of line out and follow a 4-5' drift over and over. The fish are most often snagged on the lift.

Not the same, think chumming. I don't shuffle, but the act is low on my list of aggravations. It's much easier to find the snaggers or discourteous fishermen and even a guide on rare occasions. Then there the picture sessions in the fall when a big fish is required to pose for with several people for 5 minutes or so. They are then sent belly up downstream, some surviving and some not.

You have to give MoDoT credit in SW Missouri. No more snow than we get they do a bang up job. I know they gain a lot of knowledge from north of the river, but they still have to apply it here and they do. It can't be easy clearing highways like 76 and 160 with the roller coaster effect.

I believe the drum is a dedicated predator. I would wonder if the Asians aren't starving themselves and the other plankton feeders out? Is the lake connected by flood or some other means to the river?

I'm thinking it would be hard to impress Wrench too much with a LM, but if you're talking SM then 21" would get everybody's attention.

We have a population of Threadfin down here and they are notorious for lacking any immunity to cold water.

Ah Hah, now we know!

it's not as bad as snagging in outlet 2.

I guess and stand by it.

I've heard that the posted fine is $50 for no registration, But I can't confirm that. I have never had my boat and motor checked. We did get the live well checked on TR about 10 years ago in my sons boat. He probably glanced at the boat tag, but he was never where he could see the motor tag.

Yup, but lets face it, if an inline spinner won't catch something you might as well go home. I think most ponds have a hog or two and getting them is the real challenge.

As I said, he was on TV asking that question. He knows!

My experience with ponds is certainly different than that of most apparently? I've fished ponds that were heavy on vegetation, no vegetation, treed, cattails, clear, dirty and probably some I've missed. I think one needs to think in terms of what is available to the fish and try to stay in that realm. The one common denominator I believe is surface and bank. Most pond fish have some food available near the bank and also on the surface. I think the hardest to fish are the cereal bowl ponds that are devoid of any structures and the ones with gills in them. How often they are fished, how long they have been stocked and what other fish were stocked can change the approach. I think the real question is what do I start with, and then someone will ask, "What time are you going to get there?".

I saw today that Gov Beebe was questioning why Missouri roads were clear and Arkansas roads sucked.

Was the road to the powerhouse dry?

Thanks everyone. Ness, under the circumstances I will make an attempt to avoid using the term Gayhawks.

I suppose everyone is aware that gas changes with the season, location, and EPA whim.

We have ice under snow, but I haven't seen the ramps. You probably need an eyes on report before making the trip.

I don't get to fish any ponds now, but Senkos worked great the last time I fished any. Ponds to me aren't much over 5-10 acres tops and if you can't walk them tube them.