Joe Adams

Awesome. Thank you.

I'm moving back to Nixa in a week, after living in Oklahoma for a year or so, and I'm more than ready to fish the waters that are home to me. I'm hoping someone can tell me that the fish are biting. I'm not looking for your secret spots, but I would like to know where y'all are fishing. Thanks

You have no idea how happy I am that the fish are biting, even if its a slow bite. I'm ready to hook into some Missouri fish again. I've been living in Oklahoma for a year or so, and it's great and all, but you just can't compete with fishing the Finley.

Our group promotes the CPR of all trophy catfish, meaning basically anything over 10 pounds should be released. A good way to remember was told to me by a man on the BOC site, "10 pounds and under, heat the grease, more than that, catch and release. Corny, I know, but it sticks. And by the way CPR stands for CATCH PHOTOGRAPH RELEASE, and I encourage everyone to turn back every trophy they catch so others can enjoy catching them, and so they can add to the gene pool, making the fishing better. If you're interested, look us up. I learned everything I know from the guys on that site, and most people on there have forgotten much more than I'll ever know about catfishing. http://catfish1.com is our site.

Thank you! And catfishing is still good, even though the weather is cold, rainy, and pretty much everything else. You just have to use the right bait. I've noticed that in the Finley, if you use a 3-5'' creek chub or a small sunfish about that size, on a size 2/0 circle hook, and make your casts around log jams, and the deep holes, you should have no problem catching cats around 10 pounds. The largest I've pulled out is a 48 pound flathead, but the eating size cats are far more abundant. Hope this helps some of yall hook into them. Tight lines and full limits to yall!

I just signed up on here, and I know a lot about catfishing from being a member of the Brotherhood of Catfishermen (catfish1.com) but my problem with that site is that nobody fishes the local waters. I'm looking for information about the Finley River. I have a nice spot about 100 yards downstream from where the James merges with the Finley, so I'm hoping someone could tell me how the fishing is, and if it's slow, when I should expect it to pick up again. Thanks yall.