Ryan Miloshewski

I ended up with 8 yesterday. Flew really well. They are loving the corn fields. Every one I cleaned had corn it their crops. I assume it's from the lack of sunflower and other fields planted due to the flooding. Should of had a limit but..well, I missed a lot.

Starting a thread to see how everyone does for dove. Can't wait to get out in the morning. I will be hunting near Clinton. Where are you hunting? After a dreadful summer of no hunting, dove is always great to get back into it. Comment on what you do tomorrow!

Only the trout know! I think in the lower lake if you fished for them like they do on the Great Lakes you'd be surprised at what you pull up. Troll with downriggers in all areas of the water column. It'd take a ton of time to perfect it, but I bet you'd land a huge brown eventually. They have to be down there.

Interesting points. I have noticed, after throwing jerkbaits and dragging cranks a lot, you do catch bigger fish. A ton of 18-22-inch fish. But, in the last three years I have only had one brown on a jerkbait that was bigger than 10-pounds. Maybe they move too quickly for them to want to expend the energy to chase it? No idea. Or, could be the jig just imitates what they feed on and see most often. And it moves slow and is worked throughout the water column. Threw a lot of jerkbaits a few weeks ago and caught plenty of nice fish. Biggest brown came on a white jig, however. A jig will always have a place on my line. All it takes is one in the mood, though, so I'll keep jerkin'!

I was just thinking "what have I done??" haha! Sorry @Phil Lilley. But I enjoy it. I love the Holy Grail and had to comment on @ness great pic. I did get some nice new Simms thanks to the very, very early part of this thread lol.

Great idea, but like Phil said most probably won't spend the money. They are great, though. They can dang near swallow it and it ends up right on the side of the lip. So much easier. With other hooks, I end up just cutting the line and losing a hook almost every fish.

"What do we burn outside of witches?" "MORE WITCHES!!!"

Three! I also like when he goes "might want to skip some, brother.."

One of my favorite movies! My favorites are "She turned me into a newt!" "....I got better." And "how do you know so much about swallows? Well you have to know these things when you're a king, ya'know."

I like to live dangerously. But I am not throwing big, articulated streamers. Mainly small pine squirrels or buggers. So, streamer is loose here.

Ended up getting the Simms Tributaries (the Soul River version that helped benefit veterans near the Soul River in Oregon is what I was told) and Korker boots. I have yet to test them out. Need to get out somewhere this weekend. Also, I just realized your photo is of the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail @ness. Amazing lol! "There are those who call me....Tim."

For streamers on a fly rod, yep. Or bigger if it's dirty. 6-8 lb for jerkbaits hah.

Depends on where, and how much generation. I have used sink tips and just a regular, ol' 6x leader when throwing streamers. They like to come up from the bottom and smash it. Granted, make sure they flash haha.

Depends on the water. In deeper water or heavy generation I use a 110+1 that goes 6 feet or so down. It's not like jerking for walleye or bass in January. No need to soak em. Work them fast and furious, put a slight pause in there--change it up. I try different retrieves until I get bit. This trip they liked three or four fast jerks and a 1-2 sec pause.

Couple came over after the floods. Do not think it's anything to worry about like bluebasser said. Even if there were a bunch, Bull Shoals seems to be doing fine...

I need new duck hunting waders too. Drake is trash from what I hear. Not surprised. I am hearing the Simms Tributaries are a solid deal.

Sounds like Simms is the right choice..

Buster Loving. Next.

Just turned 29 yesterday! I was kind of thinking that. They seem to be the best and last the longest. Thanks for the input, Marty!

I did some research on here and it sounds like there was a lot of discussion over the last couple of years on what waders are the best value. I want some input now. I am looking for something up to $160 or so. Nothing too expensive. I don't need to be Mr. Orvis out there. Just not get wet. My duck hunting waders are too dang warm for fishing..and clumsy. So, what do you recommend for a good wader/boot for $200-250? Thanks! Milo

Yea tried it with the full moon Wed/Thurs and caught fish. But it was super foggy and just not worth it IMO. Couldn't see anything and throwing the Megabass without knowing where it is landing not fun--either lose the lure or short cast a bunch. Fished until 10:30 or so two nights. Caught on jigs and jerkbaits. Did catch one 19-inch walleye. And yea, it was not a deep one and it came out in one yank..unlike mine last year..that hurt lol.

John's rainbow in the Trophy Area. The release of Duane's rainbow. Frank lurking below the surface.

Another week on Taneycomo for my annual vacation has ended, and it was great as always. Fishing was tough some days, but we caught a lot of fish. I saw some giants in the Narrows (20+ pound browns and big rainbows) as well as Frank, Frankie and Carl upstream from Trout Hollow. They were not interested in biting anything thrown at them. We threw the usual jerkbaits in the afternoon when the water kicked on--Spro McStick's in Table Rock Shad, Normal Flake, and Ghost colors, Megabass 110+1's in elegy bone, and 6th Sense Provokes in ghost threadfin. We did not catch a lot of fish every afternoon, but the ones we did catch were all healthy and 16-18-inches on average. A lot of bonus fish, too. Multiple white bass, smallmouth, kan-tucks, and walleye. Most came right below the cable on the south side, but we did catch one walleye right above Lilley's and I saw one above Monkey Island that was 26-inches or so. I have a feeling the walleye are starting to explore, and I bet they start getting caught down from Fall Creek quite a bit. Did not land any fish over 20-inches on a jerkbait, but we had two browns on (one broke my buddy's line, the other spit it) that were 24-inches or so and I guess 5-6-pounds. Those came below Lookout and below the Cooper Creek docks, respectively. Dragging crankbaits (Bomber Fat Free Fingerling Shad in Pearl White and Shadtreuse) was our most consistent bite with the water on, and produced the biggest fish. My cousin John caught a 21-inch rainbow, and I had a 23-inch/5-pounder on above Trophy Run that jumped and shook me. Our second day my grandpa had a brown on that we never fully saw, but it was big. Its back half came out of the water and his tail was about 8-inches wide and adipose fin was about the size of the top-half of my thumb. He dove down and the crank popped off. That is the one problem with crankbaits--they are easy for the fish to throw. We caught a lot on jigs with the water off. We used 1/16 and 1/32-ounce jigs in sculpin, sculpin/black, sculpin/ginger, and black and caught a lot of nice fish. You have to fish it slow. If you think you are letting it sink long enough, let it sink more. I did throw a 1/8-ounce white jig with the water on and caught some nice fish. I stripped a weighted black/purple wooly in the Narrows with the water off and did very well. It is a lot better and more fun than using what Chuck calls the Handicapped Rig (egg and scud/midge) under a float. Went out with Duane Tuesday morning around 5:30 am and we did not catch a lot of fish, but the ones were caught were pigs. We probably caught nine fish, all on Duane's jerkbaits, but none was shorter than 18-inches. And Duane landed a tank of a rainbow, measuring 24.75-inches and weighing just under nine pounds. Got a hook in my buddy's finger, too!

It's pretty evident Facebook fishing groups are divisive and bring out the worst in people. I hate them. You post a pic of a fish you almost always get "why are you holding it like that? Did you release it? Why'd you use xyz bait?" It's ignorant and annoying. It'd be fine if it was done the right way, but it never is. Keyboard warriors. Franklin said "never insult somebody in public, you only make enemies." Insult them in private, sure. Same with hunting groups. If you ever post a pic of a buck, you have more balls than I.

Oh, they work. Get a Jake's Spin-a-Lure and you will catch fish. Like Babler said, generally better from Fall Creek on down. From the Landing all the way to Rockaway Beach I have caught, or witnessed being caught, multiple big fish. Try trolling them with weight on the bluff banks and without weight in the shallower areas. Or cast them. Can't go wrong. My buddy has caught multiple 5+ pound browns on Jake's from Bee Creek down to Powersite. It's bigger water and acts more like a traditional lake, so trolling is good. Dickey and I think downriggers could produce some huge fish down lake. Best colors I've had on the Jake's are gold/red, black/yellow and silver/red. Good luck!