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Sounds like a great trip. I bet Dylan is still talking about it.

Yeah, that's not one of my favorite floats. It has some good fish but it's usually turned off every time I have fished it. Did you have any luck at the old mill? I've almost always had good luck with the goggle-eye there. I hope it gets turned on soon. At least the flow and color has come back to normal.

Ditto.............. Has this forum come to the point of catch and release of catfish? Geez people, this is getting out of hand. I wonder how much of this is, as grandpa used to say, " Pure D envy"? It's a catfish already. I haven't heard of any shortages of this species.

It looks like you'll fit in just right. Welcome aboard.

Don't forget the natural and recurring axis changes that the earth has done over the many millenia. If I remember right, the last major ice age that effected this part of the world was because of that. I have no doubt that we as a world population have contributed to, if not sped up, the current climate changes that we are experiencing. I still have to wonder how much is just the natural way of the "Big Blue Ball"? It has a way of deleting bad files and starting over with new uncorrupted files. If you get the drift. Sort of a re-boot, if you will. So, in the name of mankind, and the rising costs of daily living, I have made as many adjustments in my life as is possible to minimize my footprint. As we all should.

Yep. If it weren't for your great guiding ability, I would never have known about this little gem.

Yep you know it well. Have fun on the Jacks. Looking forward to getting together sometime this summer.

I voted "Something your wife does not like to do". Really it is a big part of who I am. It's much more than a hobby, it's a passion. If I needed to feed my family, I have no doubt we would get tired of fish real soon. As for recreational, It's as much of a way to get together with friends and family as anything.

Before you ask, Paradise Creek is not the name so much as the feeling I get everytime I get to float and fish it. I was able to set up a float with my two sons and my soon to be daughter-in-law. Thier first time on this creek. The morning started off good for about 20 mins. I caught 2 brownies right off the bat, then it slowed down. The creek is running at it's normal level and it doesn't have a lot of deep holes in the upper end. We were throwing everything from buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, saltcraws, and assorted sizes of soft craws. The soft craws were the early winners, as the fish would readily take them and run. We had several fish boated before the clouds finally went away and the sun started to heat us up. During a slow period I decided to try the spinnerbait again. I cast to a shaded eddy spot with some limbs in the water. Boom, the first good brownie. It measured right at 14". I cast right back to the same area and boom, a 12' brownie. Pretty cool when you see the hit from 40 feet away. I called to my oldest son to get down here because the spinnerbait bite was on. He casts in there and boom, another 14" brownie. Now I'm really in my element. Nice agressive fish hitting the spinner. On downstream a bit, my youngest hooks into and lands a nice one of about 13" on a softcraw and later another of about 14" , and my S2B d-in-Law is catching them too. I can't even try to do a complete play by play for the entire day. Suffice it to say that we had at least six fish that were 14" or more. Most of the bigger fish hit spinnerbaits and YUM "Big Show Craws". The fish total was close to 50, with Goggle-eye, perch,and some big hungry chubs thrown in for good measure. It was a great day on Paradise.

3 guys fishing, more than 40 fish caught, kept 7 brownies. By my count, it could easily have been 18 brownies kept. Then, they get berated at the take out. Come on guys lets not beat him up here too. He was well within his rights to keep these fish. Maybe Phil should put some kind of a notice up for all new members to read that says "Beware of posting about legally keeping any fish on this forum". Just so you know, I don't keep smallmouth, largemouth, or SPOTS, but that's my choice. UH, I think I might actually agree with you this time JD.

Sounds like a good time. I'd really like to get up there one of these days.

Al, I read your whole previous post and this one. I was already wondering if the rivers you spoke of, with few or no small fish, but loaded with big fish, was because the prominent food source might be the young smallmouth. Could that be a correct summarization? Seemingly ozark waters are full of crawdads and numerous minnows, not to mention all of the smallmouth fry. Just curious....

..... you realize that the only reason you work is to buy more lures and your wife starts asking if you are having an affair.

Nice pics Flytyer. I had a great time. It was fun meeting new people. I hope we can all get to together again. And as a side note: The food was awesome. I'm still waiting to see if there are any after effects from the stuffed Jalepeno peppers. Just kiddin' Kevin. I loved them.

Last year my son and I found a bunch back in Wolf Pen. I think you could have walked across thier backs. Some of them were huge too. I think it was in July,but it might have been in June.

Hey CDC, Chief started a new thread. You and everyone else going this Saturday should check it out. I'm looking forward to it. http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=23265&pid=149526&st=0&#entry149526

I'm there.

Golden Rainbow trout.

Here's Chiefs favorite recipe.

Now that's funny right there. Me? I don't know. I'm still kinda on the fence about it.

You wanna know the really bad thing about these people that cook this crap? They can be someone you know and would never suspect. My dad told me about a guy who just got busted in Barry County for making and selling Meth. This guy took over a very prosperous heating and air business from his father. He was not only cooking and selling the stuff out of his company truck but in his home with a young child present. I say,"Hangem'High", this stuff is killing a whole generation.

Wow, what a huge waste. I can only hope that someone gets hung, literally, over this deal.

I'm wondering if they weren't dumping thier meth lab chemicals? That seems to be the thing to do. They set by creeks and rivers and dump the crap in the water when they are done.

Thanks CDC, that was supposed to be a secret between you me and the other 12 people who witnessed it.

I've tipped a few times, so I know exactly how you felt. I'm glad you kept a good attitude about it and stayed with it. I hope you had your stuff tied down. A couple more trips and you'll be a pro. I hope your Dad isn't afraid to come back though.