txdave

we will be down closer to the dam.

Wife and I are coming to Bull Shoals in April. Looking for guide willing to bass fish or walleye no so much crappie. Willing to fish however the guide wants to.Both of us can throw bait casters or spinning reels. We would also like to keep a few fish not looking to fill an ice chest with fish. Keep 2or 3 for a fish fry. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Are there any marinas that rent fishing boats on Beaver Lake? all I can find are pontoon boats.

Forgot we will be pulling a camper and hiring a guide at least one day then renting a boat.

My wife and I have our month trip planned to the white river in October. Looking for a spring trip around 10 days. We will be traveling from Rockport TX. We like to fish with whatever is working from artificial baits to flipping nightcrawlers on a spinning rod for spots and fly fishing for trout. Time frame would April/May. The group has always provided good suggestions so I thought I would ask again. Thank you for suggestions.

Thank you Xraydude. The sites you recommended look like a great start.

I am looking for information or a good place to find information on fishing in the badlands. My wife and I are wanting to plan a trip in May. We are retired so the amount of time is not an issue. In the fall we usually make a trip to the Gasconade river for smallmouth fishing and then down to the Whiteriver for a couple of weeks of flyfishing for trout. We pull are travel trailer so we are only limited by campgrounds. Would like to know about about public fishing access. We are also not limited to just flyfishing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Txdave and wife may try to make. Is there a RV park close by?

I hunted around Mehlville. Still have my Sheridan. It got to where it would not hold air. Found a guy in California that built high end air guns and he rebuilt it.

I hunted rabbits in the St. Louis suburbs 55 years ago with my sheridan pellet gun. The rule is you had to have a hard frost this would kill the "wolves" this was the parasite that caused tumalaria (sp). I also had a beagle that you had to catch to stop him from running rabbits. I kept track one year and killed 112 rabbits with the pellet gun. The family eat everyone. My mother threaten to whip me if I went rabbit hunting again and brought rabbits home. I used to have to carry a copy of the hunting rules to prove to the St. Louis county police that I was not breaking the law. Those were great years.

Lisa Ballue

In 1974 I was a senior in high school. During Christmas break I would usually find some kind of job. Pay was about $2/hr. I usually worked about 160 hrs. for $320. Coons were $30-50 each. Muskrats were $7 each. told my mother I was trapping she told me I was crazy. We lived in a suburb of St. Louis. I managed to catch 100 muskrats and 40 coons. Drove to a fur buyer in Illinois. Came home with a check for $1900. My mom and dad were blown away.

Guys I live on the coast and fish the saltwater a lot. Like everyone is saying steel only for mackeral, blues and sharks. we catch a ton of Jack Crevalle up to 40lbs and use 80lb mono for a leader. Just check after a fish to be sure it has not gotten chaffed. For the trout and reds 20lb mono or flurocarbon is great.

In the 70's my uncle talked about going to Peel AR and dragging night crawlers for trout. No idea what kind they caught. Also, back then I caught a 22 inch rainbow fishing under lights at night fishing for white bass.

Live in Rockport, TX and fish for reds and trout all the time. Fly fishing I have a 9' 8wt. Most fly fishing for the reds is site casting to cruising or tailing reds it is a blast. Throwing plastics I use a bait casting reel with a 7 ft. rod similar to a flipping rod. I can throw a popping cork with the bait caster however, it is a lot easier with a spinning rod and a reel in the 3000 or 4000 range. When I am done fishing I spray reel magic on a rag and wipe everything off. If the reel gets dunked it is taken apart and cleaned otherwise the saltwater will corrode the inside of the reel.