Johnsfolly

That's just funny right there I don't care who you are !

Good luck! Can't wait to see more this year.

Great fish. Congrats! Are you over 20 lunkers for the year?

Since the producer/seller of the product covers the inventory and returns, I have heard that there is a lot of theft from Walmart stores that goes unchecked. Another reason to avoid Walmart

Maryland state record is 2.2 lbs. Just about the same size as this fish.

Got out this evening and finally got a few perch. Nothing as big as this beast. Longest was almost 11 inches and the smallest about 8 inches. Too dark for photos😕. First fish was a small pumpkinseed.

I have a buddy that spends half of the year in Vermont. I hope to get up that way some time to fish with him and to fish New Hampshire. Their mountain top pond brook trout initiative has me intrigued. That is where they fly and stock brook trout from helicopters into the mountain top lakes and ponds. If the hike don't kill me it would be fun.

Missouri is not known for yellow perch fishing. So it's really amazing at the size of some of the perch being caught in Bull Shoals! I'm still trying to catch my first perch of the year here in Maryland. Webster County angler breaks days-old record for yellow perch Brian Holiday of Fordland caught a 2-pound, 3-ounce yellow perch from Bull Shoals Lake. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Brian Holiday of Fordland for becoming a state-record holder after catching a 2-pound, 3-ounce yellow perch from Bull Shoals Lake. This is the second time the record for yellow perch has been broken in 2020. “Missouri is on the very southern range for yellow perch, so records for this fish are uncommon,” said MDC Fisheries Programs Specialist Andrew Branson. “It’s even more unique that we’ve had two state-record yellow perch caught within days of each other.” Holiday caught his state-record fish from Bull Shoals Lake Jan. 27 – just three days after a 1-pound, 14-ounce record had been caught in Nodaway County. MDC staff verified Holiday’s fish’s weight using a certified scale in Springfield. Missouri state-record fish are recognized in two categories: pole-and-line and alternative methods. Alternative methods include: throwlines, limb lines, bank lines, jug lines, spearfishing, snagging, snaring, gigging, grabbing, archery, and atlatl. For more information on state-record fish, visit http://bit.ly/2efq1vl. MDC congratulates Brian Holiday on his state-record yellow perch. The 2-pound, 3-ounce fish was caught from Bull Shoals Lake Jan. 27 using the pole-and-line method.

@fishinwrench I fished the Bethel pond in Columbia for lots of years. I would have to look back through my records for an exact number. I have been checked probably about 6 times over last 8 years in Columbia. All after the Feb 1 catch and keep date. Only been to Mexico, Jeff city and Kirksville once. I was checked at Kirksville while ice fishing. Possible that has to do with proximity to MDC offices. I was checked twice the last two years at Little Dixie Lake near Columbia during the last two crappie spawns that I fished before we moved. Been here in MD 2 yrs and have been checked 4 times already. Maybe it is me😌. Anyway done with this thread. Maybe we can agree more on the What's cooking thread😀.

The urban program receives such a small number of fish in comparison to even just Bennett's that your arguments are laughable. There are about 35 urban lakes that may receive about 1000 to 1500 trout each. Even if it were 10K trout each that is still far less than the trout parks. Based upon 2 to 2.5 fish per permit sale Bennett's gets stocked with well over 400K fish annually. Taneycomo used to get stocked with over 600K trout annually. Yes those lakes do get a few lunkers just like the trout parks. I can't speak to what trout fishing was like in Missouri in the 60s and 70s. Maybe it was the best ever. Lots of things cost less then. I also believe that there were a number of private hatcheries releasing fish back then as well. Your rants just seems to me that if they aren't dumping big dumb fish into the Niangua for you to catch the whole program is garbage. On a side note I have had my tags checked many times while fishing the urban lakes. Only once in over 20 years was I checked on the Current. Maybe you need to go fish one of those mud holes to actually speak from experience.

We like to salt and pepper the filet, squeeze just a little lemon juice on the fish then coat with ranch dressing. Bake until the meat flakes.

I like cod. Had a fun three day trip over 30 yrs ago for cod. Went out with the Yankee fleet out of Glouchester MA. It is possible that Dave Marciano from Wicked Tuna was a mate on that boat at that time. I had the big fish pool lead up to the last four hours of fishing with a 22 lb cod. Lost it to a 40 lb hake that wasn't hooked. It ate a 5 lb cod that was hooked. We caught lots of fish. Saw lots of whales. Lost lots of $12 diamond jigs. Saw a couple of guys catch wolf eels. Just a great time. We had lots of baked cod and fish chowda after that trip.

Simple and flavorful. Diced chicken legs browned and cooked in jar of store tikka masala sauce. Served over coconut rice with steamed then seared baby bok choy.

What do you call a pair if crows? Attempted murder😀!

I didn't see the autocorrect version. Kind of funny actually. No I am not a guy that likes being taxed for no reason. We pay more in gas here than Missouri due primarily to the taxes levied on each gallon of gas. In Ireland and UK there were folks that feel that there should be more taxes on gas to dissuade people from buying gas. 20 yrs ago it was close to $4/gal there. So Gov't organizations should be held accountable. But where is the MDC doing less management? Just because you disagree about where the fish are placed, that's too bad for you. I don't see that as less management. The costs (feed, staff salaries, raceway repairs, etc.) to raise bigger fish increase annually yet the trout stamp or the day tags have not increased in decades. We do pay more in gas here and it's because of the taxes tacked onto the gas. The MD DNR does not have a sales tax going to conservation. They rely solely on license fess and Pittman Robertson money. The MDC tax separates that departments ability to buy and manage more public lands. The trout park fees and the trout tags allow for larger fish to be released regardless if that is a white or red ribbon stream or urban pond.

Complain, complain, complain, about the MDC. We pay $10 for the trout stamps here in Maryland and the stocked trout are 6 to 8 inches in length. State doesn't have the money like MO does to hold them until they are 10-12 inches in length, let alone release that many 2 to 3 lb trout. There are no tailwaters like Taneycomo. Lots of creeks with very few and small brown trout, nothing like you can catch from the Current river or pre-flood North Fork. Here in the northeast a 20" trout is equivalent to a 5 to 7 lb bass. Anyway instead of realizing how good you have it compared to other states, just complain away!

I have taken my oldest daughter's BF hunting with me a couple of times. So far he hasn't been successful. Nervous or just watching out that he's not going to have an "accident"

Sounds like a great day Bret! Hey if it doesn't work out between them you still may have a fishing buddy. just saying .

When I see an old fish like that I wonder if lake trout are having recruitment issues in those NH lakes. There may be old ones like that fish but are there any young ones?

Fake news 😀!

Congrats on the night shift fish! Chunky bows are fun to catch. Good luck during the day buddy!

Not much chance of that happening 😂! I kid I kid! Couldn't pass a set up like that one buddy.

I better leave before there is a bolus of high brow cattle jokes that I will have to ruminate on before I find them funny.

Of course you would not have lived as long as you have already. And no replacement parts back then.

My largest rainbow on a fly ate an olive mohair leech. I don't tie them and no longer have any. Caught a lot of trout on it even with poor casting.