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Does anyone know if the parking lot at the ramp is back under water again? Thanks for any help.

My son was able to take his first this year during youth season. First morning we were close but not close enough and on the second morning they finally got fired up and was able to work them pretty good. A lot of fun watching him get all excited when he could tell they getting closer by the sounds of the gobbles. He’s been the last couple of years but this is the first year it’s all came together. Had one beard at 10” and one at about 1”. Spurs were 3/4” and 20lbs.

I'd say anything from hooten on down is good. The fishing from hooten down is alot better, it doesnt get fished as much, plus you wont have to deal with all the people. Good luck!

Was wondering if anybody was catching anything around cedar ridge? Thanks any help is appreciated.

Ive only heard a couple gobble but the same thing when they hit the ground they quit. Ive seen some out strutting and they all already had hens with them. Good luck on the upcoming season, cant wait.

RSBreth, that was great info on the site that you had about the "judge" it was very informative and good to see the outcome of the loads that were shot through it. Totally agree with you on the practice stand point, and even then practice doesn't make perfect. In my opinion, the best self-defense gun is a gun that you have the most confidence in shooting. Anyways good info.

Did they get to use the new facility last year? Anyways it sounds like its working and ought to be great for the fishing in the future for the browns.

I caught one last saturday in the park area. It hit my jig as it was falling and just took off with it. It put up a pretty good fight, fun to catch. I didn't even know they were in there until i caught one.

Scudman, sorry if i affended you. But it was a little wierd when the guy couldn't even see the water from both locations that he parked at.

Around were i deer hunt just outside of Norwood,Mo a guy showed us some pic from a trail came that he supposibly had that took some pics of a cougar or mountain lion, im not sure but you could tell by the background in the pics that they wern't from down there. Theres alot of those out there. I have found tracks while hunting though that are cat tracks that are bigger than your fist in stone county. Just interesting to me. If its a bob cat its a big one.

Taurus makes good guns and they shoot well. I have shot a couple and they were great to shoot. And the judge would be great for self-defense with the .410 load because its going to spray the pellets so much that you can't miss with it, what ever you soot it at your going to hit. Tim have you ever shot any saber toothed otters?lol.

The fishing seemed to be fair for most people today the ones I caught came on a white jig. I was just working it off the chunk gravel bottom. I got frustrated with the fly rod due to the wind so all of them were on a spinning rod. But the guys fishing around me were catching them left and right with hackles. Im just not as good as they were with a fly rod. I did end up with a nice one that was about 18 inches but all the other were stocker size. When i was leaving i did notice some suspicious behavior. There was a guy setting in a new lexus a spot over from my truck when I and a couple other guys came up to the parking lot he just sat there a couple of minutes and kept looking around like he was watching for somthing, after a few minutes he left. When i was leaving he was parked in the nexted parking lot just sitting in his car again do the same thing. I'm not sure what he was up to, but he defintley wasn't going fishing were a long slieve button up collar shirt. Good luck fishing!

What are trout beads and where can you get them? Do any stores around here sell them? Just wondering because i've never seen them before and would like to give them a try.

Thanks twosets for the advice. We'll try and stop by. I saw phil's video awhile ago and forgot all about it thanks for the reminder. Never tried a jig on a flyrod i'll give it a try.

A buddy and I are heading down tomorrow afternoon. Was wondering if anybody had any sugestions on what to use. We might fish with jigs down in the fall creek area and was wondering what depth would be the best. And even a suggestion on what size jigs. Who knows we might just leave the boat on the trailer and just fish up by the dam. Any sugestions is appricated. Thanks!