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I was doing a little reading about those rainbow darters and apparently they are a fairly easy fish to keep in an aquarium. I am tempted, just don't feel like investing the time right now.

Some interesting looking fish, kind of neat to see what swims around in our streams.

I am getting addicted to these dudes, lots of fun on light spinning tackle, they are really pulling hard. Not much in the way of aerial acrobatics yet, only had one jump yesterday, but it probably got three feet of air - then tossed the Ned. JF, you must be the only fisherman that wasn't out fishing yesterday, man there were boats everywhere.

Being St. Patrick's Day you would think I could catch a green fish, not one green one did I catch, but I did catch 15 smallmouth. As usual, all on the PB&J Ned, 1/8 oz head. Even though water temps were about the same as when I was out Tuesday (48-49), the fish were closer to the bank, I don't know if I caught more than one or two deeper than 10 feet. Fish are still grouped up, caught just about all of them in 3 locations. Caught 3 keepers, one was a solid 18" fish, weighed almost 3.5 lbs. Dawn from the launch: First bass in the early AM: My best of the day: A nice looking keeper: This post has been promoted to an article

Virginia loses to UMBC? (University of Maryland Baltimore County). I have followed college hoops since the 60's and I have never heard of UMBC until now. Arkansas out after a weak effort. Haven't watched the Mizzou game yet, but have it recorded.

Dang Champ, grrrrr.....

Didn't know they got this big. 11-year old angler catches state-record and possibly world-record river redhorse MDC congratulates Maverick Yoakum on breaking the state record by catching a 10-pound, 3-ounce river redhorse on Tavern Creek near St. Elizabeth. DIXON, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that 11-year old Maverick Yoakum of Dixon became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he hooked a river redhorse on Tavern Creek using a rod and reel. The new “pole and line” record river redhorse caught by Yoakum on March 4 weighed 10-pounds, 3-ounces. The new record breaks the previous state-record and world record pole-and-line river redhorse of 9-pound, 13-ounces caught at Tavern Creek in 2016. Yoakum was using worms when he caught the fish. MDC staff verified the record-weight fish using a certified scale in Brinktown. “I fought the fish for about two to three minutes before I got it to the bank,” said Yoakum. “I thought I caught a pretty big fish, but I didn’t know it was a state record until my dad told me to look it up online. I’m super excited to hold a state record!” River redhorse fish are part of the sucker family. They are a moderately chubby, coarse-scaled fish with a dorsal fin containing 12 or 13 rays. These fish can be found mostly throughout the Ozarks. Yoakum’s fish also beats the current world record, pending verification by the International Game Fish Association (IFGA). While the river redhorse does get much larger, IFGA only recognizes fish taken by pole and line. “Larger river redhorses are usually taken by gigging and do not qualify for the IGFA world record,” MDC Fisheries Programs Specialist Andrew Branson said. “Conservation makes Missouri a great place to fish and this new unique record clearly shows why. This fish could possibly be the largest river redhorse ever taken with a pole and line.” Yoakum added it’s hard to believe he may be a world-record holder. “I just can’t believe it! I have never thought about holding a record, and now I may be a world-record holder. I can’t believe it!” he said. “I want to thank my dad for always taking me fishing, because if it wasn’t for him taking me fishing I wouldn’t have caught a fish like I did.” Missouri state-record fish are recognized in two categories: pole-and-line and alternative methods. Alternative methods include: throwlines, trotlines, limb lines, bank lines, jug lines, spearfishing, snagging, snaring, gigging, grabbing, archery, and atlatl. For more information on state-record fish, visit the MDC website at http://bit.ly/2efq1vl.

Elam had 15 lbs. in the first hour. Of course I do not have him in my lineup. KVD is cranking and getting a few, I do have him in my lineup. If that crank bite continues he could be a contender.

Never have done well with that Rage Monkey myself, but Rage Craws I have caught fish on. They work well as a jig trailer.

Nice ones! Cool tiger striping on the smallie.

Live coverage starts at 7 AM CT tomorrow on Bassmaster.com.

Check Outdoor channel Saturday and Sunday mornings, I believe they will re-run it then.

Locked and loaded!

Just watched a Hook and Look episode, it featured Greg Bohannon fishing Beaver with the show's host. Filmed in December. Outdoor channel. Looks like it runs again tomorrow AM at 0530.

Yesterday was a cold morning, so I fished banker's hours, 9:30 to 4:30. Sunny day with a fairly strong breeze kicking up early in the afternoon. Enough wind that fishing a Ned rig deep became a little bit of a problem on the exposed banks. All of the fish I caught came on the Ned, PB&J on a 1/8 head. Dragged it slowly on the bottom, maintaining bottom contact as much as possible. Best depth range for fish was 10 -20 FOW. The bass are on some banks, but not on others, it's hard to graph them as they are locked on the bottom and don't show up well - you just have to pick a likely bank and try it out, if you catch one you'll want to fish that stretch of water hard as there likely more than one there. The smallies are liking the sunny banks with chunky rock and/or ledge rock. I caught a dozen bass, 10 of them being smallies, 4 of the smallies were in the 15-16" range. Caught a 16" spot and a keeper sized walleye. Water is stained green up the Indian Creek arm, and clearer as you approach the dam. WT 47-49. This post has been promoted to an article

I see the same thing also, I'll have to give it some time to see how I like it, right now it seems harder to find things. I am thinking this change makes it easier to view on handhelds?

Hey C4F, here is the link to the OA recap thread. You should see it on the TR forum, just curious if you're not seeing it.

I have been a user of Seaguar Invisx 6 lb for neds and drop shot, have always like it, but the price has jumped to the point that a 1200 yard spool of Sunline Sniper is only $3 more that a 1000 yard spool of Invisx. Invisx handles well on spinning tackle, I wonder how well Sniper would do on spinning tackle.

Nice bunch of fish, sure is fun catching smallies!

I haven't fished it myself, and I don't know if it gets fished by many on here. I'm pretty sure it gets stocked with trout during the winter and catfish when it is warm. You'll definitely need an AR license to fish it, and a trout permit if you intend to keep trout. Any fees Rogers charges would be in addition to state permits.

Could not have asked for better weather for this time of the year. Cloudy morning, light wind, turned into a sunny afternoon with temps near 70 at the weigh in. I believe I heard some of the folks say water temps were in the 49-50 range, the water has cleared up considerably in the Eagle Rock area. Saw quite a few boats moving up and down the channel in front of Eagle Rock during the course of the day. Pretty decent fishing overall, heard numbers in the 10 to low 20's of bass caught per boat. Mid-depth crank baits, Rock Crawlers being mentioned the most, caught the most fish. Also heard of some being caught on spinner baits, ned rig, and a few on jigs. All fish being weighed in were subject to intense scrutiny. OK, to cut to the chase, the winner was Kbillb - Kbillb's son one the first OA One Bass back in 2015, so another trophy to place over the family fireplace. Very nice plaque made by Ducky Doty. It will have the winner name added to it and then sent to Kbillb. Here's the winning fish, 4-15 was the weight. I believe this fish held by Shark Bait was the runner-up, I was running back and forth between taking pics and flipping burgers, so I may have this wrong, but it was a fish in the 3.5 range. Had a great time, already looking forward to next year! Thanks to all who provided food and fellowship! This post has been promoted to an article