Johnsfolly

Prairie State Park in Lamar MO have bison ranging throughout the park and elk in a smaller section. We have seen prairie chickens booming on their leks down there 15+ years ago. Can't find them there now .

Great report and some awesome photos! Congrats!

What was this thread about?!?😌

Probably because it's beyond your 5 county travel radius😌. If you see the elk at Peck ranch you are going to have to get gas. That would definitely add up fast.

Sounds like how I make pork and sauerkraut. Love chinese 5 spice and pork. Too bad no photos. Sounds really good.

Some of the ones we were catching at Bennetts were the size of some brookies that I ate out west. Heads off and guts out dust and fry😁.

Missed my big opportunity with my Maine charter trip being cancelled of catching sculpin large enough to fillet. May just have to fry up some Ozarks😌. You know that as soon as I decide to eat them I won't be able to find any.

@duckydoty and @JestersHK Sound like a great time. Wish that there was a Folly in the boat with you. Would have given DJ more opportunity to get in the water to retrieve snagged baits !

In the Whiter and Norfork river systems the brook trout are the candy! Duane you'll have to paint up some brookie baits for Jigfest !

Good luck buddy. I want to see you tag a big brown on this trip. Wish that I didn't have to work/pack, etc.

Well I guess that it could be worse😌.

I can see it now. My daughter's first buck taken with a self bow and stone points. Jeremiah only fly fishing for natives and throwing non-natives into the garden compost. Cooking only with goose fat and eating squirrels that they shot with their air rifles. Nah who am I kidding the kid couldn't hit a squirrel in my best spots ! He does like sculpin fishing! Crap so does Marty !

I hope that my two oldest get back into these outdoor activities. My oldest has a boyfriend that will soon replace me in my friendship with Marty and my son knows more about military firearms that I will ever know. So they haven't gone too far astray. My youngest has the fever, but is just getting to the "I'd rather hang out with my friends" than you dad stage. Good thing that we are moving so it takes her a while to get some local friends .

Your crappie are eating my darters and shiners ! Kill them all!

Can anyone confirm if they indeed have stopped making the Airstream? The shelves have been cleared in more than on Bass Pro shops that I have visited to replace my broken one. Ended up in St Charles BPS and replaced my 7' with a 6' since it was the only one on the shelf .

I could only dream of an invite like that! Want to see photos from that trip!

I'm getting ready to try to teach my youngest. I have an 8 and a 9' 5WT and will get her using the 9' first. My other two kids didn't have the interest to learn. Apparently I'll have to use my fly rod to fish Marty's hoppers. It would be good for both of us to practice .

Very cool. Don't get the idea that they have children. That alone eats deeply into your travel and fishing budgets for a while. Would love to see the smalleer fish on flies.

Congrats Dan! Couple of nice walleye. Glad to see you out on the water.

Can't wait to battle the laurel bushes to get these guys in front of some brookies in their native range - means they go back gently to fight again. Passed by the river that I fished for then last March on our way to Missouri.

Looks like a great night of catching! Great job!

I think that I am only at 376 casts sinve I caught this one😒. Got a few more casts before the next. Maybe this Oct.

TJM - thanks for posting this. I didn't go into algal/plant effects on dissolved oxygen. The reason that runoff containing high amount of nutrients/fertilizers like phosphorus and nitrogen affects the dissolved oxygen levels is mainly because of the affect on algae and plant biomass. With the increase nutrient loading into the water the algae will reproduce rapidly and "bloom". In a heavy algal bloom a few things can happen. 1) populations of toxin producing algae/blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) can dominate the system and cause detrimental effects like those during a red tide (dinoflagellates cause these). 2) and as you mentioned the increase algal and plant biomass can shade out other plants and algae which creates a large die off of the algae and plants being shaded leading to decomposition and a drop in DO.

I agree about the look of the fish. To me the musky is more appealing just because they are fewer in number than pike. Pretty exciting when you have a big one trailing one of your baits that you are doing a figure 8 by the boat!

Another meal that started with the self-pick option. This time in Virginia. This guy got steaked. The steaks were seasoned with salt and pepper then cooked in a trace of olive oil. Once they were flipped, drizzled with teriyaki glaze and flipped again to caramelize the glaze on both sides of the fish. Steamed broccoli drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette and homestyle new potatoes. Not shown was a leaf lettuce salad with cashews, black olives, artichoke hearts, and raw broccoli.