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Not a bad resolution, all things considering. Probably changed his shorts over than one. Thanks for the update.

I bet a lot of people wouldn't have realized what they hooked into. I wonder how many other fish died in those nets as well. It gets worse the more you think about it.

I was surprised he was able to get away w/ it for so long. W/ the depthfinders you guys use now, someone could have seen his fingerprints on the nets. Amazing that someone would go to such lengths, but by my calculations, he had over $50,000 worth of eggs either sold, ready to be sold or ready to be processed. I guess 50k will make people go to a lot of effort. SKMO, I'm guessing the crankbait fisherman then call the dept of conv? I hope he got/gets a reward.

I used to have a '62 richline which was riveted and it never leaked. Storied outside or under a car port for most of it's life until I sold it in 03 or 04. Don't know if that info is worth anything or not. I guess it just depends.

Be nice if the News-Leader would cover this since the dateline is Springfield, Mo. I'm glad he was caught. If each fish held 10lbs of roe (the article says that's about the max) that would be 55.6 fish one poacher killed. That's awful.

I've not been real impressed w/ Thunderbird, at least the Mac version. Have multiple accounts is a pain. I use Microsoft Entourage (kind of a hybrid of Outlook and Outlook Express) and can several accounts all separated, even w/ different font preferences, etc. Terry, what are your issues w/ Tbird?

I usually stay out of these hot topic discussions, but that doesn't even make sense. In terms of laws, games laws seem to be as cut and dry as they come. Whether his wife or your friends can catch fish is a moot point. They were in violation and it's up to the discretion of the agent to write a ticket or not no matter how noble the intentions.

I don't even think MO Gazetteer or topo maps from USGS get detailed enough. I think you can get a map from CU, but not topo. There is a topo map of Fellows Lake, but it's bigger than Lake Spfd. Edit: here is a link to lake Spfd: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?pid=726964 Here is fellows lake: http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wrc/drought/lakesurvey/fellows.pdf

He works in Michael's shop, so I don't think he was exactly bashing him, just saying you can get a lot more from a book than a conversation.

Great report! Thanks for the info

What's that like to cast Tim? Is the timing much different w/ that short a rod? Sounds interesting.

How you dress the hook? I've always wondered how to get that rooster tail look w/ a feather.

I have some and never use them. I'm always afraid I'll hang them up on the bottom. Any secrets?

Don't think it's live, but the archives are on there. www.espn1400.com

go to ozarkanglers.com (the mother site) and poke around the Taneycomo and the white river sections. We have all articles (10 yrs +) archived there. Many may say Taney, but they're just general trout fishing articles you could apply to just about any river, esp. the jig fishing articles.