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I agree with you Mitch! He makes it seem easy but you know that there is a lot of talent behind what he does. I agree with the sentiments! Just have concerns about use of family. Too many issues with my extended family 😌! Keep taking us along for the ride buddy!

Congrats Dan! As always you get dialed in on those stripers!

That's a great bird! You didn't mention that it was your first bow kill turkey. Congrats again buddy!

Awesome buddy! Congrats again! You guys are getting your money's worth out if those kayaks! Nice photos still miss your videos😞.

I will warn folks now that this post is likely to contain explicit photos of non-trout species that are natives to Missouri ! So myself and my family are back I'm Missouri for work and a bit of a vacation. We have been taking advantage of the plentiful fishing and hunting opportunities that Missouri offers. (also while I still have resident licenses!). I have been helping (sometimes pushing not so softly) in getting my daughter onto a variety of fish species. She had a goal of 40 different species and we passed that milestone some time ago. In all of this she had not caught a trout in 2018. There were also some species in the Niangua that she could catch as well. So we headed down to Bennett Spring. We atarted fishing right off for trout. Livie was fishing a glo ball under a float. I started with a 1/125 oz white microjig. The water was running clear and there were many fish in the pool above the whistle bridge. Livie was getting bit but struggling on getting a hook set. I got no love on the white microjig. Not even getting solid looks. I switched to a glo ball just as Livie hooked her rainbow. I even landed a few on the glo ball. Nothing too remarkable size wise. As stated in a different post there were lots of smaller and eager trout present. After 10 am the fish started chasing baits with more vigor. I switched to a John deere microjig with a yellow tail. That bait got them excited. I had luck doing a twitch twitch twitch pause technique on the smaller fish. This guy had a the most pronounced spotting I have ever seen in a rainbow. The larger fish would attack the microjig when I gave it a continuous jigging motion while reeling in a s steady pace. Several were over 12" like this one. There was a boy fishing with his grandfather and was using a way too large white and red jig. After watching me catch seven trout in quick succession I had Livie go over and give that bait to eh grandfather and boy to fish the side of the river where I had not used that bait already. There were lots of fish on that side and they should have had at least a few follow and maybe catch one. The grandfather put it on his line instead of the boys. I switched to a all green John deere and caught a few more. I don't know if they ever caught any trout. Livie was sore lipping many Ozark sculpin with micorjigs and glo balls. The bait casters below the bridge moved out and I couldn't resist putting on a 1/16 oz tri-olive Zig jig and cast down stream behind a large rock. I got bit by a Northern Rock bass (just like when I fished this section back in Feb with a couple of OAF folks). Since I typically consider my fishing years to run concurrently with my MO fishing license any fish that would catch in Jan and Feb count for 2017 and not 2018. So this rock bass was my first for this year. We had some worms with us to try to get Livie on a rock bass as well. so we moved down stream. Livie did make good and landed a rock bass (her 52nd species of the year). She also caught a striped shiner. It was getting cold and I wanted to try for another sculpin species and possible hornyhead chubs. We headed to fish the Niangua just below the Rt 64 bridge. Livie caught a few longear sunfish on a worm. I spooked a couple of decent smallmouth and missed a 14+" rainbow right by the bank. We weren't catching much and Livie was getting discouraged and was still cold. I decided to move us to a pool just below where the outfitters put in their canoes. I put on a 1/4 oz bell sinker and a dropper with a #12 hook. Loaded that with a piece of worm. Livie fished that rod while I fished a UL husky jerk perch colored Rapala. Livie landed a sculpin on her first cast. I'm pretty certain that it's an Ozark, but I will get some confirmation. She also caught a bleeding shiner. While she caught those guys I landed a 13" rainbow on the Rapala. Livie couldn't get her cast to go into the spot that I kept showing her. So I made the first cast and she let me fish that rod. I soon hooked in a hornyhead chub, my first one of the season. I cast back into that same spot and gave the rod to Livie. She got bit hard and landed her first hornyhead chub of the year which is her 53rd species thus far! I landed one more rainbow on the worm and we decided to head back home. It was a great fall day in the Ozarks!

Looks like a great day. Congrats on catching some fish and enjoying the Ozark fall!

Since I am now going to be working prior to the event I may be able to btng something after all. I don't know how well the chicken mushrooms will travel but may be able to bring some mushrooms from the Asian market like last year. I'm going to have a busy travel schedule. I'm planming on being able to fish Thursday morning but will have to be in Columbia Thurs night then back down to fish Friday afternoon then will be there through Sun.

Daryk Riley's station 129 Co road 640 Mountain Home AR I would figure that you are about 4 to 4.5 hours away.

I love the Abbott and Costello meet the Mummy and meet Frankenstein. I allso like the old hammer films. Watched a lot of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Has anyone else seen Dracula: Prince of Darkness with Christopher Lee? He doesn't have any speaking parts in the film. Supposedly he said the scripted dialogue was terrible snd the scriptwriter states that he didn't write any dialogue for Lee. Thought that was pretty funny myself.

Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make! Love watching old horror movies. 80 years from now they may say that's when they used to do stunts with real people. Or that's when they paid actors in movies and not just voice overs for computer generated characters.

We're out of our powdered chants 😢. We did dry the rest of the hen that Livie found before we headed out here. I couldn't find Don' chuck wagon batter mix in Maryland (yet). I'll have to pick some up and fry up the chicken mushrooms we have when we get back to Maryland.maybe Rick @Terrierman will give out his cocktail sauce recipe 😁.

You and me as well😢. Maybe Santa @BilletHead will bring some to Jigfest.

Take a look at the what's cooking thread. Hundreds of pages that have braised meat meals and tips. The longer that you cook the neat and keep it in liquid the more likely it will be tender. If I am not following a recipe my fallback is to dust the squirrel in seasoned flour (salt, pepper, garlic powder, sometimes curry). I'll brown the pieces in oil in a dutch oven. Once brown I'll add chicken stock, a mushroom liquer (chicken stock soaked dried porcini mushroom), usually white wine or an amber beer. As Marty said keep the liquid halfway covering the meat. I'll add cut carrots, onions, and garlic cloves. Cook for 2 to 3 hours. During tge last 40 min add in some more liquid and sliced flavorful mushrooms (chanterelles, baby portabellas, etc.). Serve over noodles or rice. In salivating thinking about it now.

Congrats and thank you for your service buddy.

I wet mine and use game shears. I keep the tails dry so cut them before I wet them down. With as many squirrels that I kill each year always seems to take a bit of time to skin them.

She was getting a bit metaphysical and insisted that we go with the flow. She has been outfishing me the last few trips. No problems for me or my ego. I have a long term goal to fish with my grandkids and if her outfishing me now ultimately achieves that goal then I win😁.

I was able to take off a couple of hours yestetday and decided to put my hunting license and fall turkey tags to work. Got my 12 ga and my camo on and headed to a National forest land access that I had found hen of the wooods mushrooms and had a chance at bumping some turkeys as well as bushytails. I had a modified choke and my small game loads. I had my turkey choke as well as a couple of turkey loads as well. I headed across a wide cattle field heading to the woodlots. I immediately saw a fox squirrel off near a single tree in the field. Then a couple more. No shots on any of them but good to see active game. As I headed down to a wooded creek bottom I had a shot at a large fox squirrel. I prefer grays or young foxes so let this guy bound away. I headed up the over the ridge above the creek and heard some squirrels ahead and to my side. About 20 yards to my right I saw a pair of grays. The one gave me a shot opportunity but moved higher in the tree. The two chased each other around and headed back down the tree. The first one gave me a shot and I dropped it. The second soon stopped in the same spot and met the same fate as the first. Two shots and a couple of nice grays on the ground. Just need a couple more for a fine small game meal. I got moving again. As I was coming around a stock pond I could see a coyote near a large lone persimmon tree. I made some squeaks with my mouth. The coyote would look up in my direction but wouldn't leave that tree. It didn't stay too long as I headed towards that area. So my goal was to get some aquirrels but to also find some bones for my daughter's halloween costume. I went into a stand of cedars that I often find old cow bones. I found a jaw bone and vertebrae. As I was sneaking through the cedars I heard some squirrels ahead of me. Two ran up ahead of me and no shots. I saw some more bones ahead. I picked up both lower jaw bones, a couple of molars and the skull plate of a spike buck. With the bones secured back to the hunt. I got into a couple more grays and shot my third of the night. I have found that I can move through the noisy woods calling on my turkey call and not spook too much game. Often I will get squirrels to respond to that call. I came around the end of a ridge top and found an older slightly yellowing Hericium coralloides. I've eaten and ejoyed these guys before and was dissapointed to find an older one. As I headed along the backside of that ridge I made some hen clucks and yelps and got a response ahead of me. I snuck closer and called some more. The bird responded. Hoping that I could get it headed my way I continued to call and got response. This went on for a while. In that time I was able to switch out my choke tubes, loaded my turkey loads, and got my headnet and gloves on. The bird seemed to head away from me slightly. I snuck over to the ridge where I thought that the bird was when it first responded. As I got to that ridge top I could hear scratching ahead of me. I decided to sneak in further and not call. I got to a tree to setup just above where I could still hear the scratching. I must have moved slightly since a blue head appeared ahead of me. She was agitated and moved away from me. I shot thinking it was about 50 yards but more likely 65 yards and a clean miss. Since this was a single bird I called for a few more minutes and switched back to small game set up. I was heading back out of this section of woods and bunped another fox squirrel. No shot. Then a gray that came back down the tree towards me. The fourth was in the game bag. I was walking along an old grassy logging road and thought that it would be cool to bump a rabbit. Around the next bend I saw a cotton white tail bounding away. I put the gun up and the rabbit stood to look at what was behind it as I shot. I had another run off into some thick brush and got away. The game bag was certainly getting heavy. I decided to skirt the next cattle field in case I could get another rabbit. I was thinking at this point that I hadn't seen any deer. About 80 yards ahead of me was a feeding doe! I watched her for a while and tried to get a good photo. Too dark and far away for my camera. Would have been an easy rifle shot. If I had my bow maybe I would have tried to reach a stand of small trees in front and to my left that would have put me about 50 yards to her. Maybe another night. Definitely enjoyed the evening and headed home with a Missouri mixed small game bag and a bunch of memories😁.

Worked first couple of days of our stay here in MO. Still thinking about how to get Livie on a species that she has not caught this year. White crappie seemed like the best bet without having to travel far. After work we got the rods in the car and headed to Little Dixie Lake. Since we weren't going to have a whole lot of time, we decided to fish trout magnet jigs right off the dock. Livie was fishing a 6' airstream UL rod with #2 lb Pline fluoroclear line. She had a white and chartteuse jig body. I had a similiar set-up with a 7' airstream UL rod and same line. I started with a black back and green belly jig. First fish was going to get a cookie. Livie had her first fish before I had even got to the end of the dock. It was also a white crappie her 50th different species since March. So she gets a cookie 😁. She had three more crappie before I caught my first. I switched to a black and chartreuse jig and Livie caught a couoke more to my one. After this beat down she offered to let me fish her rod and I oassed 😌. I did look for another bait like hers. Could only find a pink back white belly jig and put that one on. I go into Livie's Tai Chi approach to catching these crappie. She would say that if you go with the flow and don't care to catch a fish you will catch a fish. We ended the night as it got dark. Only fished about an hour. Livie had 12 to dad's 7 crappie. Was a great time and beautiful evening.

Sounded like an interesting day for sure. Congrats on getting some of those fish in the boat!

Looks like a great time. I always enjoy catching a bunch of different fish. You guys were successful in that! Congrats!

Thanks Dan! Those fish are under my skin ever since that first trip. I'm working on a musky trip somewhere, possibly Pomme, for Sunday. Lots of encounters to keep me coming back, but it's been a while since I held one. Love to change that soon!

Looks fun buddy. We have spent so much time in the salt that I have not caught a bass yet in Maryland.

Are you taking out your daughter? Livie wants to spend time with her friends this weekend .

I'm in MO and have my bow in tow. I have plans to get out sometime this weekend and early next week. Just have to plan around where to go during the youth season this weekend.

Looks awesome guys! Still have not found even remotely comparable smallmouth waters in Maryland like those in Missouri. Have to keep looking hopefully with a couple of HD hellgrammites in the tackle bag.