laker67

I had a guy this past week steal 8 crappie out of my livewell on the dock. He walked right by very good spinning outfit. I had caught them the day before and was going to clean them the next morning. Crappie have been hard to come by this spring, and I was upset to say the least. Bring my crappie back buddy, I will trade you the spinning rod for them.

Those undercover agents have relocated to montauk. Better fishing there.

I think that would be wilson bend to zora.

Congrats and not an easy task for 2lb.

I see what you were getting at now.

\\ I think the cross would be a cuttthroat and a rainbow instead of brook. I was told years back that adc did rear some cuttbows in the hatchery. Got to have the slashes under the gill plates.

We have ran out of usable water.

I will never night fish again.

Some type of water station just upstream from Phil,s place. Cant remember what it does, but I think it has pipes out in the river

Like fw says, buy a daily tag, have your trout permit and fishing permit, dye your hair a different color, and you should be legal for anything.

Those people are only required to have a fishing permit unless they possess trout. How do u know if they had the trout permit or not? I see several people setting there and fishing for google eyes and sucker. It used to be that the center of the river was still considered to be park boundary. And,they could have possibly already been issued a ticket. They might have been decoys planted by doj to lure violators into the no fly zone. You must have been in a boat to be able to cast back into the park waters, otherwise you would have to cast cadddy corner across the gravel bar from below the sign that says no fishing without daily tag. Just sayin.

This past season, the rainbows have been colored up better than any year that I can recall. FRom scarlet to red to pink and throw in some orange, and the fish are in tiptop shape. Beautiful colors, fat bellies and hard fighters.

Take 44 east to 5 north. Travel 10 miles turn left on E, travel 4 miles turn right on D. Travel 10 miles and then listen for banjo music on you left.

Gotta love this story, best I have heard in quite awhile. Once again, congrats to Calvin Johnston.

Thanks to a friend, I have a copy of the 2015 update for the white ribbon trout area of the niangua. It says that the river has been stocked on a monthly basis since 2003. Numbers range from 400 to 900 each month with yearly totals at 7500. March and april are 900 each. Now for the brown trout. In 1995, 2090 brown trout were stocked. Starting in 96 10,000 to 13,710 were stocked annually for the next 5 years. Those fish were supplied by bssp hatchery. In and about the time the new manager took over, the numbers fell out like a snowball headed for u know where. FRom november of 01, 3320 to 5000 brown trout have been the annual totals. October and November are the prime months for brown stockings. Since 09, all fish have come from Shepard of Hills hatchery. They used to alternate fin clipping to show age groups, that has not been done since 03. According to this chart, rainbow numbers have stayed the same, but browns have taken quite a hit. Average stocking size for brown trout 7 to 15.5 inches. No mention as to how the river is stocked. In years past, I once witnessed them dumping fish over the side of the hwy bridge. It shows 11.5 miles of river in the white section.

Well it refreshing to finally see people who will congratulate this fisherman. I already have on another thread from facebook. Unfortunately several others kicked this poor guy in teeth for not releasing this fish. I really dont think they could care less if he released it, as much as they were not the ones doing the catching. One rather outspoken one was a guide of somesorts so he claims. I dont recall all of his name, but part of it sounded like some pizza co. like dominos or something like that. I do not know this fisherman, just wanted to say thanks for the nice comments.

If the weather is bad, they will most likely postpone it until the following weekend.

You live near Springfield? I think you can buy those frozen at bps.

Buy a permit then you are paying for a pond.

Did you witness this or know someone who does. I wonder if they buy a new daily tag each time.

Doug ran into him at State line Liquor Store. Said he was buying a lottery ticket and a three day permit.

I found it Phil, Aaron Mcdonald, guided by Bill Beck, 17lb 7oz. June 21, 2012. Photo courtesy of Lilley's Landing.

Nope that is trout zilla.

NOt sure about that Phil.

Caught and released I might add. There is a picture out there somewhere.