Bushbeater

Closest is G&G on Little Niangua, Cave View Marina, right at the bridge, may come down and fuel you if you call ahead.

So the realtors put up the 1 thru 15 signs as you go up the Niangua?

Pretty good, had a ham shank in there for awhile, corn bread on the side.

Black eyed peas in progress for dinner tonight.

Noticed a couple strange things on the water today. The first is I caught about 20 whites/hybrids/stripers or mutts that were about 5 to 8 inches. Several sure had the look of pure striper. Almost like they dumped a truckload in my area. Then, after dark I was moving the boat to a covered dock and there were a couple of huge blowups like schools of whites chasing shad, It was dark so I couldn't really see what was happening but it sounded like all heck and each lasted a couple of minutes. I've never seen that in the spring before. I was lucky enough to be able to clean a nice 20" walleye and 2 12"+ crappie.

Caught a mixed bag of Crappie and Bass yesterday out of the muddy water on the Niangua. Most were small. My son had one nice fat keeper LM. Best action was on a Kaitec or craw colored crankbait.

The hybrid was carrying about a pound of eggs. Look at that belly.

Whites and a Hybrid for dinner again last night. Very tasty.

Reasonably clear, you know where I live.

I don't know if it's a run, but had whites for dinner last Friday and put another sack in the freezer Sat. Tried again Thursday and zeroed. The dang wind has made it tough. Caught all mine on a 1/16 oz. hair jig.

Mossy Pumpkin Lizard in the rootwad of an ancient sycamore tree. Ribeye steaks and fire baked potatoes. This is gonna be a fun fishing expedition.

Plenty of firewood in the driftwood pile at the end of the gravel bar. Bud Lights' good but I prefer Bud Heavy.

I figured with the stock market and the virus it's time for some good Bourbon, or Whisky, or Whiskey. I'm good with all. I'm thinking on the gravel bar after a good steak dinner on a cool breezy late spring or early summer evening. One bottle may not be enough, whatcha bringing?

I took a look at our old Erie, it's quite similar to the one you show, with a bit more of the sulfur damage. Still cooks good though. It's been our everyday skillet for years.

Right turn Clyde.

My son recently bought a Pfluger President XT, it was nasty rough, he returned it for a standard President which is better, but not nearly as smooth as the Daiwa line. We have a few of the $50 Revros which are decent, and my newest is a Black Gold which I am very impressed with. The Black Gold is rated as a saltwater reel with sealed drag. No more Shimanos here till they bring back the back reel switch.

I'm thinking 1648 jon, small jet motor, 12v trolling motor in back. Simple , cheap and ez to handle. Better make the jet electric start. A 21' Ranger would also work for the cabin at Truman.

Some days I'll stream golf, Bass or MLF and have plans on 2 monitors, my drawing in progress on another and still room for OAF. I have another PC by my living room ez chair. Wife also has a PC and a tablet.

Why would anyone in sales need dual monitors?

I noticed it on the Gasconade. Had me thoroughly confused.

The longer bridge in this photo has been replaced twice since this pic from 1964. The newest replacement I believe cost 12 million. The short creek bridge was about a quarter mile up the same road.

I stumbled upon an interesting collection of photos hosted by the Missouri State Library. Here are a couple of samples. One is Hwy 54 over LOZ in 1953 drought and the other is Bennettt, I'm not sure of the date. http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16795coll24

I also found this FERC report from 1981 discussing the Bagnell licensing for that time period. Very detailed info on flow and impacts. Bagnell info starts at page 63-39. https://books.google.com/books?id=V3waAAAAMAAJ&pg=SA63-PA43&lpg=SA63-PA43&dq=bagnell+dam+generation&source=bl&ots=hQ5wucgPe8&sig=ACfU3U0nucZDAldWRysLvtSyQNI_LdHxDQ&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj80-S1vJznAhX6B50JHXAYB0w4KBDoATAPegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=bagnell dam generation&f=false

Here's an interesting article about the design of Bagnell, size of gates and generator openings.. http://www.lakehistory.info/damfacts.html

I'll post this again so you know what you're looking for. Flicker Shad last November.