MoCarp

I have been following social and economic trends the last few years…mainly a force of habit as before I retired, I owned and ran a small advertising agency….Covid has expedited many changes, just as the housing bubble burst changed how we live and buy forever….the new snowflake generation are more likely to Uber everywhere than buy a car. Gather at someone’s place and cook than eat out. Stream movies than go to the Theater…Many have never picked up a newspaper or used cash…it has been difficult for those in their early 30s down to meet people…men increasingly check out and only interact with online porn, gaming while living at home…toxic feminism is in a full blow assault on manhood…Wokeness and cancel culture has permeated our entertainment…..things have changed quickly, because of the lockdowns outdoor pursuits have grown exponentially, but more with people over 35…at least concerned grandparents have taken to introducing the grandkids to the outdoors….the next 10 years will be interesting, heck the next 3 will shape how our future unfolds…buckle up it’s going to be a ride

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/22-million-restaurants-worldwide-teeter-brink-collapse

Building bricks and mortar businesses is a losing proposition, kind of surprised basspro still building https://www.businessinsider.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-mall-2020-7

Never say never on getting regulations changed….many waters have barbless, flies only areas…..as far as plugging for trout, I always pinched the barbs down for my safety, last thing you want is a hook in your hand to ruin the day…as far as poachers….they will poach regardless of regulations, just need some serious teeth if they violate the regulations….massive fine, loss of fishing privileges…. personally I like strict bag and length limits….bumping up the slot a couple inches can’t hurt IMHO…..meat fishermen devastate many great fisheries….gotta stay diligent take photos and report….

What would you do?

Has the site been metal detected?

Nah it’s political and a forum no no

Turn on the news, get all you want

Normally those are tough….almost looks like a extremely harsh herbicide was used on it

This was in the early 90s my wife’s uncle was Circuit Court clerk back then….pretty reliable source.. heck that was before windows 95 or a sniff of what we call the internet

I was told that the county commissioners got pissed with newly Americans fishing the way they were used to, keeping whatever they wanted….apparently minnows and shad make good fish soup

Very early 90s we had a surge in bridge building, and the effort by design to make it difficult to access many of our SW Missouri streams…this pushed people to easy to get to places

More goldfish were sold as bait, than ever got released as wayward pets…once in the 80s bought some for limb line bait, the wife had a fit so they lived in my pop in law’s water tank, got fed a hand full of oatmeal once a week, biggest they got was about 3/4 of a pound…..if a water has flat heads, blues, or channels goldfish wouldn’t last long…Koi that’s a different matter they can get huge peeps turn them loose at marinas, biggest spreader of disease…

Then our bitter winter should have killed off many many snakes for that matter armadillos, fire ants took a hit in south Texas and more than a few palm trees

Seen one cotton mouth on north fork years ago….and one rattler near the old atlas powder plant.. plenty of copperheads

It would be foolish to get wels catfish here, but it’s nice to know if we get a true Asian carp apocalypse we have options…. then there are Nile perch

Bet wels would eat the fashizzle out of silvers….and anything that got near them, including noisy children and pets….think the place to catch them at the moment is Spain can’t imagine them at 12ft and 350# 😳😳😳

50k of these stocked in TR might make it interesting 🤔

The amount of pressure on all fisheries is up, and will continue to go up, riparian habitat is degrading… the area downstream from grand falls on shoal creek is an abomination and and embarrassment to its former self…need to put teeth in the regulations for the poachers….as far as meat fishing,,,,,seems people wheel and deal more than is thought,,,