ColdWaterFshr

Ditto that, my brother. I see we have a segregated board now, Upper and Lower Taney. I like it.

My apologies. Indeed I was taunting and the 1st to make a vulgar insinuation. But durn it, it felt good.

Man, a 2-13 bass? you mean you weighed it? I don't even bother to weigh a bass unless its an obvious 5+ Anyone else think this report blows stronger than yesterdays breeze?

I'd like to throw my name in the hat for the bestest fisherman in ALL of Taney, Greene, Christian and multiple other counties, not just upper or lower Taney county, but throw in the golf course ponds, the storm water drains, the mud puddles, bird baths, and neglected Radio Flyer wagons filled up with rain. If it has water in it, I've pulled a fish out of it, and the biggest one too.

Hornyhead - there isn't any brown trout reproduction going on in any Missouri streams. In hatcheries, uhhh, yeah.

------- "The browns would enhance a stellar fishery to possibly being a world class trout river if the fish grow to sizes exceeding 10#+ and are abundant."----------- Maybe thats whats at the heart of the matter. I don't really want to see the 11 pt become a "world class fishery" because that would only bring more people and more pressure for development. I am sure browns would do well in this river and would quickly grow to very large sizes, and soon word would get out. Be careful what you wish for. The 11 pt is my favorite river, and maybe thats because its not just about the fishing.

I would have to agree with Gavin and Al about the spring branch. Many years back, in my foolish days, a buddy and I attempted to fish the spring branch, hiking in at the trailhead and following it down. It quickly became apparent that this was a bad idea. It IS too canyon-like. The water is too fast and pushy, the hillsides very steep. Not much for fishing really, and borderline dangerous. Keep it closed.

What is the felony? Bass-tournament fraud?? Send him to Leavenworth! I'd be hiring the best bass-tourney fraud lawyer I could find, Johnny Cockroach or whatever his name is, and I'd figure a way to beat that rap. Wayne County authorities speculating on 2-7 years if convicted is the funniest part of the whole article.

I'd say shes a blown out. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site..._cd=00065,00060

Words to live by right there.

Yeah, I was teasing, and I'm sure Sam's a good guy and a good guide. Still, I don't like the idea of guides and clients on rivers like the upper Current. I've always bristled at the idea of hiring a guide on ANY water, just seems like a short-cut, a stale, almost canned adventure, and its all in the name of convenience. Paying for secrets and tips. You really want to catch a fish so bad, that you don't want to spend any time researching, investigating, solving the puzzle on your own, so you hire a guide?? Just seems kinda lazy. And it turns fishing into a business transaction. On waters I don't know, I'll take my chances with bad advice from locals at coffeee shops, pool halls, and greasy diners. That and a little dumb luck oughta be good enough. Alright, crucify me!

Shut up, Beavis.

We live in an age where if you got the bucks, you can drive away from the courtroom on your 17th DWI. Or if you're on death-row, for your 2nd time, you still very likely won't be executed. So to put it in perspective, I don't really care. If some insignificant weasel decides to roll the dice with the game warden, and go to all the trouble of fishing with a semi-soft, semi-plastic, semi-scented whatever, beneath a dam in a semi-real fishery, and gets all semi-proud of his semi-results, and uh, if it doesn't sit well with your semi-jealousy of him getting away with it, then what I want to know is who is the bigger weasel?

Great post, Al. Taking your Dad out and having a day like that, how could you ask for more? Man, I just hope when I'm 80 I can still get out on the river. Catchin ANYTHING would just be a bonus. My pops is in his final glide pattern with advanced Alzheimers, so I know what you're going through KB. The solution to the jetboats is simple. We need to get with MODOT and the Farm Bureau to lobby for the construction of MORE slab-bridges.

Yes! Calling all WFT, Calling all WFT, time to assemble. Fishing is white hot on upper-current. Must get there before the guide. Alert! Alert!

Guides and their wussy clients. humpf. hope you get shut out. BLACK STREAMERS EVERYONE. BLACK STREAMERS!!! Lets all go to the upper Current! They just stocked it!!!

We've had one of these Pure Digital videocameras for about 6 months now and LOVE it. http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=s...asin=B000FD8MJS Its about the size of a deck of cards, runs on AA batteries, its idiot proof, and for $80 you can't lose! Its the perfect fish video camera. Just wish it was waterproof like my optio digital. Downside - the zooom isn't real great, but for normal shooting the quality of the video and the sound is amazingly good. Also, memory allows it to only record for 30 minutes at a time - but how often do you need more than that. Its perfect for taking 1-2 minute clips of neat things, like fishing or home videos. Dump it onto a laptop and burn a half-hour DVD in just a few minutes, erase it and go again. Its not professional quality, but I like the simpleness of it. I'm of the opinion thats there is far too many features in most electronic gadgets that you never use! With this thing - just turn it on, point it and go. Fits in a shirt pocket. If you drop it, its not a major tragedy.

I like hte Trackr boats, and with Johnny Moriss' blessings, jes wish , someday I could 'ford one. And, perhaps, I would win a lot of tournaments as opposed to fishin out of rental boats thtat leak far warse and severe.

jackfish in the mornin? jack salmon or Jacks Fork?

Brian Sloss makes some good points about the 6 beer limit and the lack of enforcement in general as being the real problem. I read Poe's plan on the link Gavin provided and the 6 beer limit reads as a recommendation, not a rule. I just think all they need more presence with agents on the rivers. And the purchase of audio decibel meters seems a little strange. Don't know what those cost, but seems a little frivolous and wasteful. And did the part about any alcohol mixture containing gelatin? Yeah right, the jello is the problem, keeping that off the rivers will solve a lot. It shouldn't be that difficult -- JUST GO AFTER THE ROWDIES - they aren't too hard to find. And they don't necessarily have kegs, bongs, or trays of jello shots. Most the time, the don't have any of those. And they need to broaden enforcement to all the well-known hotspots: Niangua, Huzzah, Courtouis, Meramec, Elk, Jacks, 11 point, etc.

Well hellsbells WD, why didn't you come right out and tell that agent you had a Champion?????? I'm sure that woulda changed the tenor of things.

(in tough guy, Dirty Harry voice) Well do ya, punk? Do you have any warrants? Fishing 3 feet above the cable. Hahahaha I think thats great, and yes, you deserve the ticket. Lake is only 20 miles long and you just had to get up there a little closer to the dam, didn't ya punk? What a weasel.

Paul Dallas - yup thats him. My drunken father. Though we've had our differences, and he has attempted to kill me a time or two, it makes me smile to know he's still out there, down by a river somewhere, delivered there by way of a Burlington Northern boxcar, or his hitchikers thumb, living the hobos dream, constantly on the lamb, sleeping in cemeteries, winning prestigious tournaments but then having to forfeit for some extracurricular activity that usually involves sponsors wives. Always a half-step behind greatness, and a half-step in front of self-destruction. All the great ones were this way: Vincent Van Gogh, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Clinton, Mike Tyson, Jim Baker, Paris Hilton. Out there suffering for their art.

I wouldn't do it. I think it is posted as no camping, but that hasn't stopped people (hoosiers). Go up the road 1/8th of a mile (towards Montauk) and camp at Eagles Nest.

Mid-May? Check when area college finals week is. Go the weekend before, and you'll have the river to yourself. I'd vote for the upper Jacks Fork.