laker67

Great fish Brian, always a treat on the long rod. I got back into targeting carp and buffalo last year here at loz. I had forgot what a treat they are to catch. I bait them with dog food. When they start coming in, almost any fly will catch them. They are very aggressive when they smell food.

Saw that, makes me scared of the dark again. I will be packin my 12 gauge on late night trips to taney. Don't be sneakin up me Leonard!!

Welcome and good luck Keith. I agree 100% with what ducky is telling you. Harvest is an important tool that mdc uses to insure that we "all" have quality fishing.

The cover up spray that the bowhunters use, skunk oil.

They are still 218 on the generation schedule. Is that not correct?

Yes sir, they were tremendous fish for sure. For you that do not know Jeff, I consider him to be the best of the best when it comes to fooling trophy browns. He also failed to mention they he hooked up with a brown that would rival the one he speaks of, at a different location the year before. It most likely would have been a new park record for that particular stream. Several streams in missouri can produce fish like these, so a modified creel limit would be a big plus.

Here at loz, the male crappie are staging and changing colors.

Way to go brother dave, what's the limit on logs?

Good observation, I had never considered that. It obviously works for taney so why not statewide? I would venture to say that t-como produces more 5 to 20 lb fish than all of the blue areas and parks combined.

Name and address?

Understand. I was of the understanding that otters trapped their prey with their front feet prior to biting. Unfortunately we have an element of poachers and illegal activities with all outdoor activities. The ones who do it right seem to always pick up the tab for the ones who just don't care.

Alright Mic, that looks like dinner.

Hey judge and jury Al Agnew, dont insult mine for asking

Howdy FW. Don't know if the niangua is producing yet. I haven't heard much activity. What is really strange, there are basically no spoonbillers on this arm of the lake. I saw 3 boats opening weekend and thats it.

Well TL this has been my thoughts all along, you just said it better. Seems to be alot of pictures of so called gig marks, has anyone given the possibility that they are otter wounds instead?

A good looking fly rod caught walleye and a great photo FW. Any whites coming up yet?

Yeah, got no problem with restricted limits.

Pokat made mention of the 5 to 6 jokers and their snagging abilities. I can tell a story of a similiar pair that used to frequent bssp on a regular basis in the 70's and 80's. They were at bssp alot, and never failed to travel to the other parks during derby events. Back then, big stringer at a derby paid 100 to 150 dollars. They used a snagging system that required both of them to cast to the same fish. Myself and at least one other person from this board, have witnessed it on a few occassions. Newly released lunkers have a tendency to hold very tight and are rarely spooky. This pair would position themselves directly upstream, and the person on the right would cast to the left side and downstream of the fish. The person on the left would do the opposite. As they retrieved, the two lines formed and "X" in front of the fish dragging each lure directly along side of the fish. When one of the lines touched the fish in the face, he would turn away directly in the path of the other lure. Bingo, snagged in either the pectoral fin or the gill plate. Sometimes both lures would snag up. Several of us would hound and harrass them to the point that they quit coming to bssp. We find out later that they took their skills to the norfork and white rivers. One of the pair ended up with a line class world record from norfork. You will never convince me that it was a legal catch. As with the fish they turned in for derby events, you would basically have to forever lie about how you" legally" caught those fish.

Unfortunately there are people like you speak of that give a bad rap to the anglers I spoke of in post # 76. These guys stand out on the creek and do so intentionally. I call them snaggers and not anglers and they have egos to make up for their limited angling abilities. What they do is unethical and will someday have to face the consequences of their actions. It makes me want to trip wire them in the next deep hole and hold them under for awhile.

Most people look at park anglers in that respect, and several from this board. Thanks for your comment Gavin. I have had the pleasure to know and fish with several from all of the parks. The vast majority of these guys are not only fine anglers, but fine sportsmen in addition. Most if not all of the fish they catch, are returned to the water unharmed. They will, on occasion, keep a personal best or a park record fish. The gentleman that Idylwilde speaks of is a fine angler but has not learned the art of returning a respectable fish to fight another day. These other park anglers that I speak of are the ones that you never really notice on the creek. They will never crowd you out, they are friendly, and probably one of the first to offer you a fly or even share the water with you. They don't need a camera crew or a trip to the lunker board. I am proud to be friends with these fine sportsmen.

The only reason I ask, concerns an incident that occurred years back. before trout stamps were mandatory in some waters. I made a comment about it a few weeks back. Myself and three others fished upper taney on a regular basis before a trout stamp was required to pursue fish, you only needed it to keep fish. I would always buy a trout stamp but none of the others would. They insisted that they did not plan on keeping any fish. My comments to them went like this, " what are you going to do if you catch a record fish". Literally you are up a creek with no trout stamp. Well, I was glad that I always bought mine, and continue to purchase it every year. Something to consider unless you are positive that you could release that record or trophy fish of a lifetime. In missouri, when trout reach record size, they are near death anyway, and most likely would not survive another season.

do you have a trout stamp?

WOW

Dang them ole "park fishermen"

I am reasonably sure that SOH raises them to 13 inch before release. that would be considered stocker or catchable size.