MoCarp

Came across these on FB groups I’m in, made me go WOA...

Well done...I never have caught any sauger...on my list...

A carp of buff about 6 to 8 pounds is the best tasting

Real hostility began when the whole Asian jumping carp started in the 90s.....to most people buff, suckers commons Are all just worth tossing on the bank and doing so Will make fishing better for “ good fish” That mentality is like killing off al the rabbits and squirrels to get more deer on your property. most waters common carp in our area ( buff too) are shot down by BFers in the spring when the biggest individuals are removed and rarely used for food at best dumped on uncle needs back 40 or worst at the boat ramp Proper prep buff and carp are good eating

Yup don’t know what gets into some....

Had a guy next to me kept a “ burn pile” next to a burr oak on my property line... His wife wasn’t happy when I bought my place as it blocked her view of the big pond on the other side...the burn piles killed a nice elm and hack berry...anything in line of sight of said pond died, killed a nice cypress I babied in a pot till it was 7 foot, planted it ...and it and a 2 foot circle died...grass wouldn’t even grow there I paid for another survey, came home and unless they were drunk the line was off...paid again this time I took off work and saw my line was 6 foot past all the neighbors put in some nice vinyl covered fence covers with steel and concrete under...last time they burned the burn pile a smoldering rabbit ran out....my wife had had it...I had to confront the couple...after a day of sighting in rifles..I kinda asked if they burned to not do it on the line as it damaged my trees, his wife said those were on the line...I handed her copy of their and my property and the survey.....

Was it because your “ burning” burned and killed his side?

Probably missing other critters.....but I’d def put these in a pond I was building along with several old round bails of hay....long before other prey items

https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/aquatic-pillbugs-and-sowbugs-aquatic-isopods

Anyone who fishes Taney knows these https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/scuds-and-sideswimmers-amphipods

Caught these at Busch area north of Nevada https://mdc.mo.gov/blogs/discover-nature-notes/missouris-freshwater-shrimp

Water fleas , scuds, fresh water shrimp i always find these critters where fishing is good perhaps these can be introduced????

Nice bed off the power lines by Roark.....another big one not to far from point 6 these are coontail....found them trolling cranks years ago thought the one by pt 6 was brush till I brought up some on a crank

I think they did this on Stockton as well worked in some spots I know of some big weed beds in a couple of spots...Those spots were of a flatter topography where lake fluctuations have lesser effects....

I never saved them...should be getting this years soon think it’s this time of year they sample

I was fortunate to have met some of the old icons of fishing....was fishing better then? I think so