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Got a hankering to taste some fried carp? Or would a carp burger, carp sausage or chili-con-carp be more likely to land on your plate? You'll have a chance to try all of the above during the first-ever World's Bowfishing Fair on Friday and Saturday at Springfield's Bass Pro Shops. The Bowfishing Fair showcases the growing sport of hunting nongame fish with a bow and arrow and is part of the third annual U.S. Open Bowfishing Championship that's being held on five area lakes this weekend. Carp is a popular table fare in Europe. But Mark Morgan, associate professor of the School of Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, hopes to sway Missourians to give carp a try. He and a chef from Columbia will be cooking up a variety of carp-based dishes Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. as part of his campaign to "Eat MO Carp." "The fish we'll be dealing with are bighead carp and silver carp — the one that's famous for jumping," Morgan said. "But any of our recipes will work for common carp and grass carp that you have down in your area." Because carp is a very bony fish, Morgan said the key is getting the fish into a ground, boneless form. On Friday, Missouri Department of Conservation will show how to clean carp and will cook free samples for the public. On Saturday, Morgan's crew will offer carp-in-a-cup "walking tacos" for $3, carp chili for $3, carp burgers and sausages for $4 and carp burritos for $5. Money raised will help promote the Eat MO Carp campaign to market carp as tasty food. "There's a larger movement taking place where eating invasive species is a tasty way to deal with an environmental issue," Morgan said. He notes that silver carp and bighead carp populations are exploding in many U.S. lakes and rivers, with detrimental impacts on native fish. "Once you get carp into ground form that's 100 percent boneless, you can put it into just about anything where you'd use ground meat."

The info leading up to this event grows daily. Now i read about them having carp burritos, smoked carp, carp in a cup, and so on. Thinking i may venture into Bass Pro tomorrow between 10/7 and see what this carp tasting is all about.

Came across this video of Bob Lusk. If your not familiar with his work, he is a very knowledgeable guy when it comes to fish behavior. In this video, he explains most of what i see on this forum being debated about C&R, how long it takes a fish to grow to trophy size, does harvesting affect size and numbers, etc. Do yourself a favor and watch it. At minute 18 he explains the C&R debate. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/bass-fishing-fish-biology.html

Good price for that setup.

There is a big bow fishing tourney there and hes part of that. I believe hes doing a seminar at Bass Pro in Spfld the next 2 weekends also.

Caught an 18" eye on Stockton last week that looked like that.

Pretty much sums it up. I can see KVD in those shorts he has on. Speaking of KVD, he will be on TR the next week taking a vacation at Big Cedar. Maybe you TR guys will see him out there.

And i wish the world were a better place for children.

The one i seen was an 03'. Think it was in Nixa. It had a local number.

http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/01/28/man-charged-shooting-springfield-police-officer/22467527/

In the early morning hours of Jan. 26, 2015, a Springfield police officer on patrol noticed suspicious activity behind a business that had closed for the evening. He called for back-up, and Officer Aaron Pearson and another police officer arrived at the scene to assist their fellow officer. Police investigators believe Officer Pearson was shot by a man who has four convictions for resisting arrest or assaulting a law enforcement officer. Officer Pearson suffered what Police Chief Paul Williams referred to as "career-ending injuries." He is listed in serious but stable condition at a Springfield hospital and has a long road of rehabilitation ahead of him. Aaron is 30 years old, married and has two children. Employed by the Springfield Police Department (SPD) for three years, Pearson received a SPD commendation in 2014 for a methamphetamine investigation. Officer Pearson is originally from Blue Springs, MO – east of Kansas City. Both his father and father-in-law were law enforcement officers.

Good read Jim. I read that last night. With points being one of the most visible forms of structure, that article if full of good info.

Now thats funny stuff right there. ^^^^^^

Lots of those out there. Seen one on CL yesterday for 8000. Nice boat

If you have a Sat. early morning free, hollar via PM and i will take ya out. Im sure others here would do the same. Ol. SacRiverJim is known for helping guys out that are new. Hes a good guy. Your line will work for a rec. fisherman. Tackle will depend on what fish your targeting. Get with some of us and see what were doing and using. Lots of areas on Stockton you can fish in your boat. I like the Ruark area

On the brotherhood comment: I worked for the union as a carpenter for several years. Looking at them from the outside, i never understood why they stuck together, went on strike together, voted to pass laws together, and always thought it was silly. Well, that was until i became one. Then looking at the outside, from a union member, i understood where they were coming from. Im still a strong supporter of unions. I dont go to meetings, vote, etc. anymore, but i believe in what they stand for. Law Enforcement is the same way. Looking at it from the outside, you will never get it. Especially in these troubled times, its more imperative for LEO to stick together, as a brotherhood. Its the ONLY defense between the bad guys, and yourself. Most agencies have a ride along program. You go in, sign a release, get briefed on whats expected from you as a civilian in a police car, and enjoy your few hours of learning what it would be like. Those ride alongs have woken alot of peoples eyes.

Wrench, with all due respect, all of things you mentioned, have gone down considerably. Facts are: Lets take a look from 1993 until 2013 "the time frame i have available": 1993 Violent Offenses 37,191 2013. Violent Offenses. 26,168 Factor in the population rise in those 20 years, and the ratio as a whole would look even more impressive. This is for the state of Mo. only. Property crimes: 1993 216,944 2013 196,078 These include burglary, theft, motor vehicle thefts, arson, etc. The country as a whole benefits from honest law enforcement, and even those that dont follow the straight line do good for society, as they answer calls and apprehend criminals on a daily basis, help those in need, save lives when needed, etc. Unless you "not wrench as a person" has walked in those LEO shoes, its hard to even begin to understand the nature of the job. Trust me, its nothing like you see on TV.

First, sorry to add my comments to a thread that wasnt about this. I seen a list terrier, but didnt read thru it, as it would have been easier to list the things that dont bother him. Ive been to, and have seen numerous times over the years where businesses "non law enforcement" have held fund raisers to help someone in need, including breast cancer "they have a whole month dedicated for this", and to see someone question a good deed by helping a police officer who was shot while on duty, just makes my ears ring. Maybe the world will go to craps, and ol' wrench will fence his place in to keep the thugs out when they come to take what he has, when there are no law enforcement to help him out of his jam. again, sorry to the OP.

LEO's are in direct contact with the community, day in, day out, not your typical citizen, therefore, fundraisers for fallen LEO is a way for those that have been helped by the officer, to be given the chance to give back. Thats one reason, but i can list many more You anti-cop wrench? Kinda seems that way.

Yes Quill, the boat traffic is unbelieveable. We seen not 1 pleasure boat, due to not much open water, and the main lake area that is open was very rough due to amount of bassboats running. They have the main lake marked with bouys for a safe running zone, and run they did. We stayed in the Little Caney area and fished that area 99% of our trip. We fished the dam area an hour pulling C-Rigs with no luck. Water temps were around 86 to 89. As far as what a bass lake should look like, to me that is it. Shallow water flats leading to deep water, Lots of cover, grass, rock, docks, and did i mention trees? Talking to locals, Nov. seems to be a good fall time to get a good bite.

Made it home last evening. I learned a few things while down there. The first is i dislike fluro line. I switched all of my rods to fluro the day before we left, on a recommendation from a friend. My experience with it is: Fishing a lake that is full, and i mean full, of trees isnt the way to go with fluro. No matter what bait i used, it was going to run against, around, over a stump/tree and fray. I retied more this wknd because of that than i have all year. Using topwater and fluro doesnt mix. Most of you that use ot figured this out, but for those thinking of switching to fluro, and fish topwater, bad choice. The line sinks whch causes the topwater to pull down. Luckly Walmart wasnt far away to get new line. Another is i have not seen more PowerPoles installed on bass boats anywhere than i did there. Due to the shallower lakes in Tx. there is a greater demand i guess. A tourney Friday and Sat. had over 300 boats and i seen 1 boat that wasnt equipped. Poor guy. And the funny thing is, i didnt see 1 boat use theres. I know shallow water/spring is ideal, but thats like owning a snow mobile in Tx. Just not worth it. I was born not far from Fork. My family lives down that way. I spend a few weekends a year down there camping on Texoma. The heat this weekend on the water was brutal. Talked to a few guys staying at the same place we did, that were fishing that tourney, who said they chose to wuit fishing at noon both days because of the heat and sun. Man it was hot and humid. Zero breeze or clouds. I read on here of bad experiences on the water, and usually just sigh, as ive spent my entire life on the water as a fisherman and pleasure boater, and can count on 1 hand the bad experiences in all those years........Well, not on Fork. No issues with us per say, but seen several instances where i woulda jumped in a guys boat if it had happened to me. Just the lack of respect from some of the bass guys to other fishermen was mind bogling. I understand Fork is a huge pressured lake, with a chance to catch nice fish, and that they want to win a tourney, but geez, dont come in so fast on a point with 10 other boats, and run into the side of another boat because you didnt shut it down soon enough. We have trees in our Mo. lakes. If you really want to see what Fork looks like, go across tge bridge on 13 Hwy north of Osceola, Mo. over that area of Truman on the west side and look at the trees, then multiply it. That lake is crazy stumped. Tge lake was still up above full pool, but you could see the stumps just under tge water, and trees sticking up. When the local at the resort said to be careful, he meant it. Luckily we came back with no prop damage, but seen a few guys hit stumps while running big motor. Overall we had a great time. Trish missed a few fish on a frog early. I caught a few good fish, with that 7.8 above being my best. I lost 2 at the boat that would have been close, due to frayed fluro. I even used jolicious rainbow topwater and caught fish. Missed more blowups on it than i caught. Think we will head back down in Nov. and try it again.

I thought this thread was gonna have a picture of a "hot" girl. O' well

Made it down today at 3:55pm. We had the boat in the water at 4:10. 7th cast i landed my first fish. This 7.86 pig. More updates after my night trip.

i wish i could catch that many keeper size bass in a day during a tourney. Good fishing

Ruark West or East campground fits the bill. Ramp, camping with elec., coves to get away from wind, safe. Your boat will do fine as its not in the main lake.