Chief Grey Bear

All of you have obviously over looked Missouri's #1 hands down Blue Ribbon stream.....HICKORY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ronnie - Come on over here this summer, Buzz and I would be glad to show you around. We will put you on some fish, you will have to catch'em. DD - Yeah, so far so good. It can only get better I hope! MC - Check out other pics of trips that Buzz and I have done on Shoal. There are some really nice fish in there. There were also a couple of nice trips that my dad and I took on Spring River last autumn in the Spring River(mo-ok) forum. It will give you an idea what you can get into around here.

With all due respect, I don't think it took "about a week to admit" that it was a Mountain Lion but, weather it was tame or wild. There was a battery of test to determain a lot information on the animal.

Count me in. I love catching fish.

Ahhh, the fabled trifecta! (I have no idea how you spell that.) Nice going Al. I was hoping to get a nice brownie too. Not yet though. To do that this time of year is outstanding! When I looked at the pic yesterday, I started to question myself as to if that was a largemouth. My eye caught what could be a spot at the base of the tail. So then I started to look at the eye. Didn't look like a eye for a spot. I then looked at his lips to see if I where to hold them shut. did it look like they would protrude beyond the eye. I wish his dorsal fins had been standing up, then I would know for sure. THEN, I saw you posted to here and I thought "Yep, he is calling me out on it." I caught this guy in fast water. When I had gone down to the first riffle, I got out and walked down and started beating on some logs. He came right up out of there and hit as I brought it over a log and let it start dropping. I just knew he would have some company in there, but I guess they were watching the game and couldn't be bothered. The rest of the time I was fishing slow water back up to my truck. Thanks for posting Al, it is always a treat to read your post.

I was checking out all of the post in this fourm and read a couple by me that had some errors. I had reported not once but twice of 15 or 16 inch brownies. I must have been thinking one thing and typing something else. One report was on the Indian and the other was Buffalo. For some reason I think my eyes must have been bigger than a tape measure. Anyway, I think I was adding a couple or three inches for some reason. I don't recall getting any fish from those creeks that size. I know Dylan got a brownie from Indian that would have hit the 16 mark, but I don't believe I did. Thank goodness I carry a camera at all time now. Keeps me in check. Sorry about the reporting guy's, I hope you will accept my apology.

Whoops. I ment Star City. Sorry. Buzz - I think we need to add a float or two on the James and Flat to our 2009 schedule.

Yeah, good start so far. I hope to expand on it. Thanks for the comments Dano, they are always appreciated.

I concur with Dano there TB. Great advice.

And here is my first bucket mouth for the year. Man was it windy today. I actually headed down steam and floated up. Imagine that! I caught this fella in the first 15 minutes. I thought oh boy here we go. I fished another hour and 15 minutes with out so much as a nibble.

Thanks Dano. Glad you like it. You still looking at coming up this way someday? I sure would consider it an honor to show you around a little.

Whoa there. I don't see any need in removing any duct work. Unless I am missing something, the only thing you need to look at is the gas line. There should be a gas line (copper) running from your tank to the furnace. That is where the leak will be and most likely at a connection or valve. Plus any lines to the stove or water heater.

Here is a look at my first rainbow and brown for the year. Both succumbed to a jig that I had tied just the last night. Only got to fish for about an hour. It was just as well. The local freezer fillers started filtering in.

Way to go there RS!!!!! Those are a couple of really nice bass you got there! I read your blog on a goggle eye trip you did last summer. I was wondering if you would like to hook up and do a little of that on upper Flat Creek near Start City sometime?

Great perspective SKMO! You couldn't have put it any better!

Very nice! You are going to display this in your shop??????

Congratulations to you both!

Yeah I hope they last a goooood looooooooong time. I'm gonna have to look into this 3/32 size. May have to get some of them too. I remember dad buying his hooks 1000 at a time. Now that would last awhile too. But then there were days we would lose them right and left. I wonder just how many tons of lead there is in lakes around here?

I was just passing through the park and saw a couple of fellers thers at the pedestrian bidge doing a little fishing. Thought it might have been you. Ollie - I recall them only stocking at the ballfield once before. I think it was Labor Day this year. Of course they didn't last long.

techo - yeah I enjoy making my own jigs. I learned to at a really young age due to my dad and all of his friends always poured and tied their own for crappie fishing. And they still do. It was great to be a kid then and listen to all the stories. Dylan, my son is following along right where I was when I was his age. Well is way a head of me in that he tying much smaller flys and jigs than I did. tightline - I poured almost 90 1/64 this morning. Already got some painted before we left. I am now going to pour about 100 1/32 heads with a mix of size 8 and 6 hooks. You did mean 1/32 didn't you? I am not aware of a 3/32 mold. Doesn't mean their ain't one I guess, I just never heard of one. Yeah taxi all on the same stove. But when done in moderation........

You may call me crazy and some of you may have a few choice other things you call me.......but as I sit here typing this, I have my lead heating up to do some pouring, I just pulled out a batch of cornbread from the oven and just added a big hunk to the bowl of beans that I am eating for breakfast, watching the Duke in The Shootist that is on, and looking over the board to see what is happening and my son just headed out to the woods in back to get a squirrel or two. Life is good today.

Hey purefish, did I see you and a friend fishing at the ball park today?

The biggest threat for Crane is the locals. And posting reports here has nothing to do with them. Any fisherman driving most any amout of milage, is just coming to experience fishing Crane Creek and the chance she might give up her special magic. And anyone taking the time and money to do that, has a much deeper respect than to trash the creek. While there on my last trip, I noticed some 17 to 20lb line in a tree with two split shots and a #4 worm hook. That has local written all over it.

Well if you know they are there then you are a step a head of me. I haven't spoke to anyone in the last 20 yrs that has caught one. Now that does not mean they are not there. Sounds like Buzz and I need to make a little road trip and meet you there someday soon. Between the three of us, if they are there we should get one.

Right on there JD. No debating your logic. Soggy - I agree with your last post. And they have proved in just how far they will go in controlling issue. Not very far it seems.