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@BilletHead @Mrs. BilletHead congrats on a successful dove hunt! Looks like you guys had a great time and maybe some sore shoulders😉

@jimithyashford I agree with what TJM @tjm was saying in his response to your question to me. I have the same opinions in regards to the health of the trout populations in the various trout streams across MO. I love to catch brown trout and the red ribbon sections had degraded over the years that they were not enjoyable to fish anymore. There is one river where there is a blue ribbon section that runs into a white ribbon section. Upstream in the blue ribbon section I would regularly see and catch trout in the typical holes and runs. Down in the white ribbon section, those same areas were devoid of trout. Since I had a goal to catch a trout in both sections, I fished the white ribbon section for a couple of hours until I found a rainbow hidden in a small overlooked hole. I also feel that many of the blue ribbon sections run through more scenic parts of the state making the experience for me far more enjoyable. I have been living in Maryland for the last 7-8 years, but if you go back into the OAF archives you'll find a lot of posts from my trips across MO trying to catch trout from every white, red, blue ribbon creeks/rivers (at least as of designations prior to 2014), the four trout parks and Lake Taneycomo. I also have fished a number of the urban trout lakes across the state. I lived in Columbia at that time. I had to travel well over 100 miles each way to trout fish and got pretty particular as to which creeks I would go back to and fish. To follow up on Pete's @snagged in outlet 3 response, I would include a number of microjigs, John Deere, chenille grubs, glowballs, etc. that you can also pick up at Weaver's. You can also fish nymphs under floats on spinning gear if you don't want to fly fish. While wading I have caught both rainbow and brown trout in the Niangua up by the Hwy 64 bridge and down at Barclay's access using marabou jigs, microjigs, and small jerkbaits. I don't recall having more than a 6 trout day at either access point. Hopefully you can have some more success with different techniques and get to fish other trout creeks across the state.

Caught it in a spot that is much different than Taney😉. Possibly a stream bred trout,🤔

Congratulations Dave! Lots of sweat equity in those catches!

Congrats on a great trout Pete! That's a bit bigger than the rainbow I caught yesterday😉

I would say the same. Fish the different sections of the park. Use different baits. The park will provide lots of opportunities to see fish respond to different baits and how you can change slight tactics to get a response. Catching fish there should give you some successful techniques to use in other areas. Also listen to Wrench and others on applying what worked in one location to other similar locations. I personally didn't like fishing the white or red ribbon areas in MO. I found that the further I got from easy access on blue ribbon streams that I found better fish that were likely to bite. If I wanted to fish stockers, I'd fish the parks or the urban lakes in the winter. Your power bait setup with six inches between shot and hook plus using a #20 treble hook with two or three Gulp eggs will catch a lot of stocker pond trout in Feb. If you can travel try, get to know OAF folks and get down to one of the "fests" on the White river in AR.

Now who will admit that they sang this while reading the lines🤔😉?

I grew up watching this man fish. I have always wanted to fish the places he fished and target those same species. Though I haven't seen a Walker's Cay episode in maybe a decade or more, I never list those dreams. RIP Flip😒. https://www.wired2fish.com/news/in-memory-of-flip-pallot-a-legend-lost-a-legacy-cast-forever

This sounds about right😆😂

We do like dutch babies. May have to consider making one of these😉

Go Dave!!!

Love the Braise😉.

Our season doesn't start until Sept 2nd for squirrel and you can only hunt on sunday in a couple of counties. We do have two subspecies of fox squirrel out this way. The Delmarva fox squirrel is off limits. They look like big light gray plush toy squirrels. The northern fox squirrel is fair game and a different subspecies than the eastern Fox squirrel in MO and I may try and get one or more this year. I hunted big fox squirrels in MO during the first few seasons and cooked them for hours to soften them up. Now I prefer to only shoot the juvenile fox and grays.

Would be happy with redfish, gafftopsail catfish, southern or gulf flounder along with a couple of micros, e.g., longnose killifish, diamond killifish, flagfin mojarra, clown goby, etc....😁

I should be fishing by the 18th of Sept. A day and a half in fresh and about the same in saltwater.

Thanks buddy! Haven't seen you in a while.

I hope that the grassies in Houston don't mind eating that microjig, since I will have a couple with me. Dave do you think that the spotted gar would eat that as well? I have a couple of target spots for them as well.

Congrats on the big grassies!

Jeff I dug deeper and confirmed that what I was told was incorrect and that Steve W of Apple and Steve W lifelister are two different people 🙄. I don't want to perpetuate a false association.

Our bloodworms are now $19 per dozen. Fishbites baits are $7.99. The naturals catch a lot of fish though🙄.

Looks delicious!

At least I was that night😁

Looks like a great time. Happy birthdays to you guys!

I just hate when this happens 😆!