Johnsfolly

Those are a couple of nice bucks. I bet thay both will remember that hunt. Congrats!

And to think that we probably get to pay for that guys insurance.

BH I was hoping to find some Barry lyrics that would be applicable for your meat massage. I just keep going with Lou Rawls with "you'll never find another marinade like mine. No one massages me like the way you do."

The Fishes of Missouri stated that the MDC stopped stocking northerns in 1974. In the 90s may have had some naturalized populations in borrow pit lakes or ditches along the flood plain around the Mississippi in Clark and Marion counties. Looking at the distribution map in the guidebook there were pike collected in the Osage near bagnell and near the Maries river confluence. Those collections could have been done anytime from 194t to 95. I'll see if I can find out if there have been any recent collections of pike in the state.

Don't know if you would have a slide rule.

It is really hard not to say forget our plans, I'm fishing Taneycomo this weekend. I hope that all of you that make it down enjoy the time that you spend with each other and catch a bunch of fish.

By the way Hank does dry age meat in his beer cooler which hangs above his homebrew beer.

Got to meet Hank Shaw in KC last night. Really enjoyed his talk. Seems like the kind of guy you can move the dry aging elk ham in his beer cooler to grab one of his home brews and sit and talk about hunting, fishing, and cooking. Really relatable guy. I felt a little inspired by his talk, but have not been real successful securing red meat from the field. So I had to find something to do with a pound of store burger. So I diced half of a medium yellow onion and a carrot and sauted them in olive oil. Minced three cloves of garlic and added the burger to brown. Then added diced roasted red peppers and some of our pickled chanterelles (Hank Shaw recipe). Once meat was browned I added smoked paprika, powdered garlic, thyme, two tsp of brown sugar, 3 tbsp ketchup, tbsp dijon mustard, and 2 tbsp tomato sauce. Salt and pepper. Allowed it to simmer to incorporate the flavors. Turned out to be a pretty decent sloppy joe.

I don't seem to catch enough crappie to get that much slime. Ok I rarely ever fish from a boat. It seems to me a cooler with ice would be a better way to keep any crappie. Keeps them fresh on the bank and I would imagine on the boat as well. Just a thought.

Norm Great to hear about your recovery. Keep up the fight!

Welcome back to MO. As you can tell by the posts there are no trout in Missouri . No reason to even bother trying for them here. After fishing Colorado, I would love to hear about any fishing you do down at Blue Springs.

Congrats Dan! Great trip. Did you catch any walleye last Dec? I know that you are getting into the difficult time of year to make your goal. Keep up the good work on those walleye. Just a few more months to go.

Tonight was comfort food. I made a meatloaf with a more southwest flavor by adding smoked paprika, garlic powder, then chili and cumin powder. Served with mashed potatoes made with sour cream and bacon horseradish dip instead of milk. Little salt and pepper to taste.

PW I couldn't think of a better place to get lost than on a stream loaded with fiesty and beautiful brown trout. Congtats to your navigation misfortune! Great pix even that pig of a rainbow took a nice photo.

QB I hope that you have a quick recovery!

Ham I thought that the Browning Airstreams were the only Power Poles needed on your boat .

Congrats those are great looking brown trout! I would always like larger if fewer fish especially if they are the ones that you guys caught on this trip.

Tofu Not dogs!

Been fishing other waters. Will get to the Current to fish in Jan or Feb.

Mitch Most guys did fish jigs exclusively but some of us threw jerkbaits and other lures. I don't know if anyone fly fished.

I may get a lot of eye rolling when I make plans for these trips, but I still am able to go. She puts up with a lot. Who else than a good woman would support the 2500 to 2700 miles I have travelled and food / hotel costs for me to go after trout all over this state and now in Arkansas. Unless we have to make plans soon, I'll get back to you later this month once I get through our big glut of work before Xmas.

Do you think that you will still be able to meet me down there in Jan/Feb? Does your wife zero out your account at the end of the year ?

One of the guys that I work with has these stocked in his farm pond. I still haven't been able to get over there to catch one. Congrats on catching one of those guys! I think that they are pretty cool looking.

That's a nice rainbow. Now that I have seen and fished some of that water, I can better appreciate that fishery. Seems like it's managed well. You should let the fisheries guys know that they are doing a great job!

Phil Sounds like a great deal and I do have to get down to Taney to try to catch a brown and finish my trout goal for this year. Unfortunately we already have made plans for that weekend and I will not be able to attend. I look forward to living vicariously through the posts from the event.