Johnsfolly

Sometimes there isn't an option to do the right thing. I'm not saying that this is what happened to the fish in Taney nor am I trying to start a fly versus spin fishing discussion, but I have recovered dead sublegal length fish in the Current that had gill damage due to being hooked deeply possibly from small spinnerbaits, e.g., roostertails. Since you can't risk being cited for keeping a short fish, they get released and just don't recover. As Ham mentioned, these fish will be cleaned up over time.

Congratulations on your keeper! Everything changes from this point forward. But those are some of the best changes in you life.

I have fished and caught fish in wild trout streams here in MO, in PA, and Wyoming, but also in farm pond or drainage ditches. Some the best Oscar fishing that I have experienced was in a drainage ditch in Florida. I like to catch fish or attempt to catch fish wherever I am. I don't live in the Ozarks next to a trout or smallie stream. So I do enjoy going out and catching trout in the urban lakes. I'm looking forward to fishing several new urban lakes this winter just for the change of scenery. Also my daughter loves to fish for trout through the ice.

Great find. I still haven't found a hen tree in any of my mushroom areas. So am a bit jealous.

Congrats on a nice buck. I still go with any deer with a bow is a trophy and most are great eating.

Good luck Marty. I did have a real good buck pass without giving me a shot last Sat on public land. Looked like your tall tined pictures, but with little more mass. My son hasn't committed to hunting this youth weekend. If we did, the wind would not be good to go after the buck I saw last week. Need a N or NW wind to get on him.

Congrats on the freezer meat. Good luck on hunting the buck.

I would love to participate, but would need to find a boat.

Nice haul. It's been so dry in my area that I haven't even tried to gather fall mushrooms.

Good luck Marty. I' going to try to get out this weekend and if I do will be hunting blind. I'm just going to a public land area that has always held animals. Not comfortable leaving cameras out there.

I love big male browns in their breeding colors. Just great fish!

Here the catfish that I would worry about (if I lived in India or Asia). The Goonch.

It seems like every fall there is too much going on to get down to Taneycomo to try to catch some of these fish.

Great photos.

Awesome brown trout. Great catch.

I wonder what effect they may have on the plankton communities in those lake systems. I haven't heard much about them like I have for other invasives, Quagga and zebra mussels, Bythotrephes sp., etc., that do adversely affect the biological communities.

Mitch I wish guys like you would stop picking on the Scots and the Irish by making fun of their dancing. So what if it's jigging season. Let them dance. You said gigging season. Nevermind. Okay I dated myself, but who can tell me the reference?

I paint most of the ones I use. However, any of the trout patterns will work for browns. I find that I get more bites using ones that don't have rattle chambers like floating or countdown Rapalas.

I agree with taking a medium light rod if you think that you will encounter larger rainbow, cutthroat, or brown trout. I prefer lines that the fish may no be likely to see as well, but in the # test needed to land the fish you're likely to encounter. 2 to 4# if only small fish like rainbow or brook trout and 6# for bigger fish. I use P-line fluoroclear and often carry two separate reels with different line typically 2# and 6#. I will fish light jigs (1/125 to 1/32 oz), small spinners, even nymphs under a small float indicator with the 2# and more reaction baits like crankbaits or bigger jigs (1/16 to 1/8 oz) on the 6# line. good luck and let us know how you did.

David, I would agree with you if I'm fishing in MO. When I lived in Florida 10 lb. fish were as common as 7+ lb. fish are in MO. I still have never caught either a 7+ lb. bass or 10 lb. bass in either local.

I have both 1 and 2 piece spinning rods. I don't seem to notice a difference in the feel of either type. I do find that I am less likely to close the trunk or a car door on the 2 piece rods when they are broken down.

Phil, I checked several multipage threads and even some that were from last year and had no issues moving between the pages today. thanks.

I love the video. I haven't gone to video, but try to capture as much as I can with still photos when I get out with my family. I hope that he is a fisherman for life.

One of the lakes that I fish locally, the pink fluke outfishes pearl or baby bass patterns. I still fish the other colors, but pink really gets the strikes even in the same weed beds and cover areas. Bubblegum worms work really well there also.

Phil, I just started getting this issue about two weeks ago. My biggest issue may be for the older threads like my Variety Pack thread for total species for the year. If I reply it takes me to the second page, but not when I open it directly. The system tells me it's loading and I just get impatient and back out before it gives me any further messages. I just tried it again with the same issue. This is an issue with my phone and my laptop (Windows 7).