Chief Grey Bear

How is this the fault of the MDC?? You will never see a forced kill on any species. You can be encouraged but not forced. Until the Smallmouth in those streams are listed as threatened or endangered, you are seeing about about the strictest regs you are going to see. And we are still a long, long way from that.

Northern, Shadow, or Ozark??

Ahhhh, finally Friday and as promised, here is your Friday Fish Porn. Anyone care to correctly indentify the species in hand?

Awesome pic Ronnie!

I wonder if all those shot up trees were innocent bystanders??

Yeah! Stupid MDC! What the hell do they know! Nothing, those asshats! Meramec River Mainstem and its tributaries, except as noted below: Black bass—Daily and possession limit is 12 fish and may include no more than 6 largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, combined total of both species. Spotted bass—No minimum length limit Courtois Creek Mainstem and its tributaries: Black bass—The daily and possession limit is 12 fish and may include no more than 6 largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, combined total of both species. Spotted bass—No minimum length limit Big River Mainstem and its tributaries, except as noted below: Black bass—The daily and possession limit is 12 fish and may include no more than 6 largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, combined total of both species. Spotted bass—No minimum length limit. Bourbeuse River Mainstem and its tributaries: Black bass—The daily and possession limit is 12 fish and may include no more than 6 largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, combined total of both species. Spotted bass—No minimum length limit Huzzah Creek Mainstem and its tributaries: Black bass—The daily and possession limit is 12 fish and may include no more than 6 largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, combined total of both species. Spotted bass—No minimum length limit Oh, whoops.

It is no secret that mammals, birds and insects have been on the move northward since the 80's due to warming conditions. Is there some reason this can not relate to fish? Other than it is not one of the self established theories.

How about this one??

That is absolutly hilarious coming from you.

I don't know. There are no hard fast rules to Mother Nature. Come on, you know how women are.

Or these

We'll have five weekend in June. Shouldn't be to hard. We know the second one is out.

Has Mitch got a hold of you yet??

You were chasing Whites with the long rod? Coolman chu too?

Yeah, I'll have to track him down and devise a plan from there. Now would be the time to find him too. I still remember where you told me he was too!

I will. Dylan ran into someone while he was fishing this fall and that person told him he saw it too. I'll have to set a "trout" line and see if I get him.

Ah heck no. Post at anytime you want. Notice I posted at 2:30 am? My neighbor from down the road stopped by to tell me my truck was in the ditch across the road. Thought some one may have tried to steal it. Anyway, I am with you on this cat's posting. It was all self promotion. That is why I said he was all the way up to 1 post.

I am not discounting your theory Al. It is a valid theory. I am just saying there are other factors involved and we can't point the finger at just one. If you will remember, there was also a very severe drought in the early 80's that dropped both the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to the point nothing was moving. There was more water moving in the Missouri this summer during the drought than there was in the drought of the early 80's and we were swimming all over the river near Boonsville without any worries. Heck, you could literally walk, and we did, half way into the river. The spots would have no trouble moving around. And really it was surprisingly clear. We went for some catfishing and I was really bumed I didn't bring my bass gear. I would have loved to catch a bass out of that big water.

Ha! I'm in the SW baby! It's always 70*.

Thanks to fellow forum member, Woundedone, I have my computer issuse resolved. A great big THANKS! Now I will be able to do the Friday Fishin Foto again as requested.

Disregard. I got it fixed.

Pretty close except one problem. I would like for you, Al, or Gavin to find one post where I said, or Andy said that they are naitve to the waters in question. You won't because you can't. But keep preaching it son. All I have ever said was you can not prove that their migration into the Meramec system was directly attributed to man. And you can't. Did you forget they are naitve to the Mississippi? Did you forget the Meramec drains into the Mississippi? You are aware that fish move around? You do recall the tagging studies of the smallmouth by the MDC? Do you think it is only smallmouth that move around? Are they displacing smallmouth in the Meramec system? Does anyone have any scientific studies to collaborate it? According to Al, they haven't done any studies in the area. So it is hard to say. Opinions are not fact. I do know that the MDC has always listed habitat degradation as the number one cause of smallmouth decline. That is a fact. So if you have facts, present them.

Simmer Al, just messing with the new kid.

Oh you are right, I do get excited. There is a trip coming up this June that I am really pumped about and can't hardly wait for it to get here. But I don't think it moved.* *(now where are you guy's finding the emoticons? They are not on my screen. And can we not multi quote anymore?)