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I bet that's some pretty pricy technology. It was sure impressive though. In years to come I'm sure it will be a pair of goggles to wear just like that vision.

Use as small a split shot as possible, with light line. I use 4-6 pound test. Let the crawdad sit on the bottom, reel in slowly if you're getting no bites. Another good way is to throw a crawdad or minnow right at the edge of the current without a sinker on and let it float around naturally. It just kills the bigger bass which tend to be smarter than average.

My advise is that since you're on the james river. Get a split shot sinker, a smaller sized hook, go to the river and catch a few 1-2 inch crawdads, then wade to the first good riffle that has a small eddy of water at the end of it and cast it into that spot. You will have a goggle-eye, smallmouth, or catfish on you line within seconds if they are there. If not, walk to the next riffle and repeat. This is my fishing routine in just about any stretch of river in this area, and I bring fish home everytime I want. PS, I return the big smallmouth, but anything about 12-15 inches sometimes comes home. There are fish all over these rivers, sometimes techniques need to be changed around. Good luck

I've been fishing down in that hole some lately. Did you catch any white bass? My son caught 4 a few days ago.

Wow it sounds like you are gonna have some fun. Maybe I will see you float by me somewhere. I plan on being on the river with my boy both days, but will be walking in on private ground to try and avoid the crowds. Good luck.

I assume you are camping on that float, because that is a very long float/drag. The catfish are biting awesome, if you find their little holes.

Just jump in with a life jacket and a tape measure.

Live bait will always out fish a lure of any kind from my experience. I always go fishing with a little dip net and bait bucket. Usually small crawdads about 1 to 1 1/2 inches is the best. Or small minnows caught in the shallows. Remember the smallmouth size limit is 15 inches down there.

I talked to a guy cast netting minnows 2 days ago and he had been going to Walnut Springs and using jugs. He said he had been doing good, but nothing real big.

I'll second that. I've trapped these local rivers for 20 years during the winter and the water is low. Always loaded down with hundreds of pounds at times in the boat. I've found ways around logjams and trees and even slick as snot shallow flat rock bottoms and across gravel bars that stretch across the whole river on the upper Finley and James Rivers at times. Having to carry everything across everyday for 5 or 6 days in a row. There is ALWAYS a way around with WILL power.

I sure wish Stockton was closer for me, I'd be eating walleye for dinner all the time. Bull Shoals is tough on me.

That's it! No weight? No length?

Out of a canoe, I'm not sure exactly what spot, other than up in the Pothole somewhere.

Hey, I saw you called this morning, but I forgot my phone at home all day today. Apparantly someone hasn't showed you how to catch them whites, haha. I didn't meantion that walleye were being caught also before it got light in the mornings. Apparantly a limit of em to.

I have not been down there in probably a month, but I heart from a friend today that the white bass are there to be caught by the bucket full. Along with some walleye. I hope this helps someone who wants to catch some.

They are defintely done here in south MO, but I would say there should be a few left to be found up there, but overall I would say that are about done.

Congrats on the fish, looks like it's gonna make a great dinner with a lot of nice flaky meat.

Some whites will stay. They can be caught all summer if fishing the right spots. I've caught whites as far up as Hwy 160 up the James and up to Riverdale Dam on the Finley.

Me and my boy went up to Taylor Shoal this evening. We only caught 6 whites and missed a couple others. There were a couple jet boats up there doing some bowfishing which spoiled the evening bite somewhat, plus the mood to continue fishing. It kinda sucks when they come right up to you with those bright lights. The first boat literally run right past a guy in a canoe within 10 feet without slowing down. Most of the fish seem to have either continued upstream, went back down after spawning or all got caught.

Now is a great time to look. Most(not all) have popped up. Which makes it easier to find them now more than ever. This is a great time of year to look for morels. A lot may be to dried out or rotten, but some are still keepers. Plus with them being easier to find makes it easier to find new spots for next year. I always save new areas I want to look for this time of year. Good luck.

I found all these yesterday afternoon and today while turkey hunting. They are popping like crazy and it may be a short season if the weather doesn't cooperate well. So go get em. Well I guess you will have to trust me, I can't get my pics to upload. I got 8 pounds or so.

You poor soul, lol. I hope she's good at other things to make up for not letting you fish when they bite the best.

Thanks Wayne for the tips. I sure would of thought these Table Rock guys would have known more. Maybe I need to start bass fishing.

As has been said. There is no secret place to find morels. They can be found anywhere. Dead elms are very spotty on having morels, but when they do have morels, there is usually a lot of them and they are nice sized. Sycamores have always been my go to tree to find em, but last year I found probably 20 pounds in cedars, maybe more. The same spot this year had a few so far on the hillsides in the cedars and then I walked up the bottom and would find a few under several of the bigger sycamores. Good luck.

Now that sounds like a bunch of good eating. I wish i knew a spot like that.