Duckman

Yeah, they were all good ones over 55lbs. Had a couple in that 75 to 80 range. Plus had one break Meat Master and I wound up doing a back flip and landing on my head! Had to of been over 100! That's the one I'm after this weekend!

Wound up fishing Virginia, Haymaker, and Pappinsville last weekend. We tore them up! I'd venture to say we seen over 100 bills caught in two days. It was awesome! Going back Friday to the same places.

I was just wandering if anyone has ever snagged the Little Niangua river for spoonies? I would think they would be in there but I have never heard nor tried myself. Thanks, Drew

Well fellers don't wast yer time at Tabersville anytime soon. Fished Friday & Saturday and never took a fish one between five of us. Water is way the hell and gone up! Gonna take some time before she drops. Also, went up stream round Virginia and the water is way low, so evidentally at Pappinsville, where the rivers all come together, is where the flooding is starting. Oh, well see ya'all down around 81MM, Old Oar House next weekend. Be in Lund Pro V SE (black, red & silver) with a 150 Rude on the back. Has anyone heard about all the Bills going throught the turbines @ Truman Dam??? Wow! Must be one helluva kill going on right now according to one of my sources who lives right there!

Oh fergot, just guessing there Seth I'd put her around 80. Everyone fergot there scales that weekend. And yeah we were just outside Taberville. Our group and local friends down there pulled in all of about 40 bills in two days there. It was pretty fast and furious. But with the water really rising now (near flood level) it may slow things down a bit this weekend. We'll see.......

Clean'em up and have you one heck of a fish fry is what we do. Make sure to get all that nasty red/chocolate meat outta them and you have some darn good eatin'. I don't like to gaff my fish so the mortality rate is zero, unless you like totally rip them open while fighting. They are a tough fish just leave the gaff hangin' in the tree fer the big one and you won't hurt anything.

darn, dude I wouldn't be braggin' out loud on here fer landed 27 fish!! Easy feller, easy. You supposed to say I landed 2 nice'ens and then sat back and watched 12 or 13 other dudes land 2 a piece too, while I sucked down a 12 pack! Just watchin' out fer ya Buddy!! lol

Well the BILL gods blessed me last weekend with yet another top 10 for me! I'll try and attach a pic.

To get to Oar House you've gotta take BB hwy east off of 65 hwy (just north of Sterret Creek). You are talking about the Old Swingin' Bridge right on 65 hwy? The Old Oar House is quite a ways down from there. Easier to launch out of Oar House. I personally think the fishing is better down there than up by the Old Swingin' Bridge on 65?? Not real sure what the mile marker of the bridge is but you've got quite a jaunt to get there if you launched your boat behind the Sheriffs Office in downtown Warsaw.

Good to see ya here to Seth. Boy we sure got a gully washer last night! One thing for sure it is going to stir them spoonies up from the bottom, bad thing is, it is about to flood out where we usually camp on the opener @ Schell. So, we'll just have to wait and see what happens here in the next week! Will be posting more here the week after opener! Hope to see some of ya fellers down around Schell, Taberville, Montigaw, Virginia, etc.... this season. As always, I'll have a cold'en or two waiting for ya just look for the little white camper with a blue stripe around the middle.

You can go buy all the rods you want (I did too!), all's I'm a going to tell you is, get you a Penn 320gti (or 310gti) coupled up with an Ugly Stick Tiger Rod (the yellow Ugly Sticks). I use the 7' and 7 1/2' (heavy and medium heavy) and you are going to love it! They cast a country mile and still have enough butt to horse in the hogs in the current off those muddy banks!! Good luck!

Here's a couple more pics of last weeks outting. Hopefully have some more and better ones for you this coming weekend!

Not yet, but I'm sure I'll hear something in the weeks to come. They've got a big tourney out of Oar House this coming weekend. I think last year 1st place took over 4 grand home! I do know that the largest spoony weighed in at the Oar House this year was supposedly 84 lbs. I figured someone would of had a larger one weighed in so I didn't weight mine there. I waited till we got home and put it on our digital deer scale and it read 85 lbs. I sometimes wonder about that scale at the Oar House, it is getting old and gets played with by kids hanging on it all the time! But that is what they use and go by.

Dane's is in the Southern part of Taberville on H Highway, & just north of Y highway which Tee's into H Highway.

Head up into Schell Osage Wildlife area. Go clear back yonder to the big curve in the river and that is where you want to be. If you have a map of the wildlife area it is at the furthest point north on the area and the curve in the river resembles a big horse shoe. Haven't done exceptionally well there this year yet but the water has been real high for the past week or so. We have pulled a couple dozen outta that hole thus far this year. We're gonna give it hell this weekend for the final-final outting of the year for Missouri. Hope to see ya there. If you don't like that spot, I would also recommend Montagaw Springs, where the old bridge used to go across the river. That is a real good one too, but it catches a chit load of boat traffic. That is why I prefer to go upstream of Taberville quite a ways to get away from all them boaters. Iffins you are not sure where I am talking about stop in there at Dane's (Bait & Tackle 417-432-3391), and they'll get you headed in the right direction, plus they sell cold beer! Good luck buddy!

Well it took around 5 seasons to break my record of 76lbs, but I did it last Sunday. Launched out of The Old Oar House and went up stream towards Truman Dam and here is what I found lying in wait. Tipped the scales at 85 lbs. My best yet but by no means am I going to be happy until I hit that Century Mark!! See ya all at Schell Osage this weekend if you are heading that way. Look for a white and blue bumper pull camper hooked behind a Chevy z-71 and that will be us. We're taking the fryer down for this final-final weekend and going to have us a "BILL" fry right on the river bank. So stop in and have a chunk or two if you get in the area.

Naw, not going to get in that tourney this year. The last weekend of the season we are planning on campin out at Schell. We've got a couple buddies from Nebraska wanting to go with us. Last year we slaughtered them down there on the last weekend so hopefully they treat us well this year as well.

Haven't done near as well this year as the previous. Water is real high now down there. I'm heading to the Oar House this weekend to try out of the boat.

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Here's a good'un just tipping the 55lb mark (flatty) & Here's a decent spoony tipping the 76lb mark.

Haven't made it down that fer yet. I will be able to tell you more by Monday when we wrap up our tour. We're going to start at Schell Friday night. If all goes well there we will stay Saturday, but if Friday night don't pan out like we are anticipating we will be working our way to Osceola. We usually don't have to run that fer but you never know. I've been watchin' the water levels at Schell City and they are on the rise! So I'm gettin' excited and my knees are knockin'!!! I don't anticipate we'll have to go as far down as Roscoe or the Springs and we'll be into them. But until then I'm just going to watch the river level, here ya go check it out iffin's ya get a chance: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.p...iew=1,1,1,1,1,1 Copy this link and paste it into yer brouser up there and it will show the levels. Pretty cool sight and I'm here to tell ya that it is dead on the money.

We usually just find a place to fall on the river bank unless it is rainin' then we just fall in the pickup! Don't know where to tell you to stay if you are lookin' fer a room. You might try looking in Taberville, Schell City, or Roscoe. If there is nothing at these places you'll probably have to go to Osceola or Clinton. I've never looked fer a room so I'm not much help fer ya on that end buddy!

Yeah it's not very wide here. I'd say on average 60 yards or less wide. Boat traffic is not horribly bad up here this far. The boaters know better than to hang around where we snag off the banks. I don't think if I was in a boat I would hang around these crazy hill billies either!! They get plum crazy sometimes. Heading down tomorrow after work and then we'll be down all weekend anywhere from Roscoe to Schell City. Just depends on where the pack is at!!

How's it goin Seth? Just started hittin' this board again so sorry I didn't get caught up with you earlier, but yeah we opened at Schell yesteday. Saw a dozen or better small males taken but nothing to speak of yet. Water is really low at our usualy hole. Hopefully we get these rains next week and bring her up to par. If we do you can bet your entire check that you see me down there everyday! We'll probably see ya around this year if you get in the wildlife area just look for us on the long dead end road back where the river makes that great big narly bend. We'll be there!

Snagged around Taberville & Schell City yesterday. Saw between a dozen and two dozen bills taken. Mostly all were small males under 50. Personally I ripped off the bank from 7:00 p.m. to midnight and never took a fish. With as many people as we saw rippin' we sure didn't see a lot of catchin'. Give her a week or so and hold on to your shorts!!!!! Any reports from around Springs or Roscoe (just down stream from Taberville) anyone, anyone?????