jdmidwest

I can see the crowds on the 19 to Turner part, but what has happened to the upper warmwater river. From the looks of the gravel bars and the access's, not too many people had been thru there. There must be something going on up there. The water is small enough and clear enough to do a visual survey and there were hardly any fish of any species.

You did have a mess of kids having fun there when we passed. I am sure you remember me asking if supper was ready yet!

1-800-392-1111 REPORT A GAME THIEF, MDC Website You can also lookup your local agent for the county you live in on this website also.

Arrived at 19 Access for a 2 day weekend on my favorite river, the Eleven Point. This is only the second time this year and my first trip on the upper trout area in some time. The weather was great and our band of 4 launched out. Things started out great with 6 fish to hand as we passed the first island. My first fish was about 14 with a scar on his right side, the second and third from the same spot, identical fish at 15". Then it died. The rest of the day was a goose egg. I did have several follow it up to the boat but no takers. We fished it pretty hard, getting out and working the runs, but no luck. We tossed cleo's, roostertails, rebel craw, shad raps, and various other crankbaits. We were fishing behind 3 guide boats all day, but that should not have affected us much. And we did not see them catch any either. There were several others on the river that day, most seemed to be on overnighter trips. One big camp at Little Hurricane Creek where I almost raised a piker. Day 2, put in somewhere between Cane Bluff and McCormick Lake and floated the lower Old River. There was only 2 of us this time, river to ourselves, weather great. Only other humans we saw all day were on a bluff overlook riding horses. Again we tossed a variety of lures, plastics, craws, rapalas, rooster tails, and shad raps. I caught 3 bass and one chub, my buddy caught a goggle eye and a smallie. My largest bass was a largemouth of 11". No bluegill, no longears, and one of the once plentiful goggle eye that I loved to catch in this portion of the stream. And, with the river being low and clear, I did not see many fish of any species including suckers and trout. I can't see that humans have caught them out on this stretch, there was not many signs of humans on this stretch. The water was low and required 3 get out and pull overs below McCormick Lake area. What has happened to this river? Have the otters cleaned it out? Have the floods done something? Whatever the reason, it could not have been a more perfect October weekend weather wise.

It is the fact that they hook deeper than most artificial baits increasing mortality.

My guess is that Otters are eating them. Or maybe it is the felt soles.

I thought they were listed a long time ago.

That is priceless... He could use another analogy, why buy the Al Agnew Print Fishing shirt when you can get the same shirt without for less at Walmart.

If it has numbers or a serial number from the factory, a salvage title will check for previous legitimate owners. People loose that kind of paperwork all of the time so the Dept. of Revenue has a way of dealing with it. But, if it is stolen and you buy it and try to title it, you may not get to keep it.

I would venture a guess that Taney will be on the list as well as the wild trout areas. But why just some and not all?

Splitting the wings just help balance out the fly proportionally as it floats in the water. But I have tied them parachute style with a calf post too. And I have used synthetic poly yarn for wings too, they don't absorb as much water and are easier to tye with. There is no set of rules on how to tye flies. The instructions are just "recipes" to follow, feel free to experiment, you may make improvements. It is all a part of the craft.

News release today makes it official, March 1, No Felt Soles. Unless they are treated with a glue that can be applied per specs on a Youtube video. At least we don't have to toss our old shoes out. MDC Bans Felt Soles.

Sure you can, with even less than a dollar. All you need is one of them Government issued debit cards....... Of course, back in the old days, they were called "food stamps".

David brought up a good point, find a good Metal Fabrication place near you. Take the broken part to them and they may be able to replicate it. They can work wonders with a welder and a grinder..

Why don't you Google around for a shop that specializes in wood stoves and then quiz them for a part.

Are you sure you were not confused by the corn squeezin's? Been there a few times, pretty unique shop.

Does that jon boat come with a motor and a trailer or do I need to bring something to haul it home?

Classic wet flies and winged dry flies. Small leading edge feathers for RS2 type classic flies. Leading edge of the front main wing feathers should have some small biots. The breast and flank feathers are nicely barred, did he give you any of those? They make nice dry fly wings and tails.

Phil, I think you posted this on the wrong forum. Didn't you mean the Current River?

The 17 Grumman is a workhorse, I bought mine used from Wood's Canoe back in the 80's and it still works fine today. It has not seen much water for the last 5 years since I started using kayaks and bought a river jon. It does make a nice mower cover... Would be tough to fish 3 out of it, 2 would be the max comfortably. New plastic composite material canoes are quieter and lighter, an Old Town or Buffalo would be a good choice in those. The Rhino coat would not help much as Chief stated. A couple of mats in the bottom for your feet and gear would be better.

After seeing the MDC report a few weeks back about Missouri banning felt soles in certain trout waters next spring, I picked up the phone and called in an order to Orvis for a pair of boots that would meet the need. I ordered a pair of River Guard Streamline Boots. This weekend was one of our trips to the Spring River in Arkansas, a fitting place to try out new boots on slick rocks. The river has a bunch of them. From shelves to boulders, there are plenty of places to slip and slide and bust your butt. First impressions of the boots were good, well made. Quick lacing system that works well. Small permanent studs that did the job, unlike some of the "high heel" jobs that I have used with felts in the past. The boots were actually the first ones that fit my Orvis Pro Guide formed booties well, other boots in the past have been really tight, so tight that I even upsized to 1 size larger than normal foot size. The boot is constructed of cordura nylon with neoprene that dried out fast on the porch of the cabin overnight. The rubber soles cleaned off good too and I did not have a pile of sand in the floorboard of the truck. My only upgrade would be a better insole with some arch support. Friday was spent fishing on a normal gravel bottom, no problems. Actually better to walk in to and from the fishing hole. They handled the slick mud banks well. Saturday was floating and wading from Dam 3 to Riverside. Boots performed well, but most of time was spent in the yak. The soles did not seem to scuff up the footholds too bad as most of the studs are located toward the inside of the boot. Walking on Rip Rap rocks was a little tricky, the studs were a little slick. Sunday was all wading and all rocks. Started out at Lasseter's and had to tromp around all of those big boulders and moss beds. I had to be careful not to put my foot down on a flat rock or it would slide. The slime covered ramp was like wearing a pair of ice skates. Then came Dam 3 below the Island and the big flat rocks. I had to pick and choose my footing and be more careful than usual to avoid loosing my footing. I actually have less problems with my Croc river shoes than the new boots. More than one time did I get the feeling that I was about to do a search for what was on the bottom of the river. All in all, they work fair. You just have to be more careful and slow. Orvis River Guard Streamline Boots.

Nope, Federal Rules State they have to be hunted with shotshells of non-toxic material. Shooting them with paintballs would be harrassment and probably a fine.

I wish there was a way to catch and release the ducks, they taste like muddy water trout. Steel shot is the closest thing to catch and release in the waterfowler's world. You can shoot and see feathers drop, only to watch them fly away.

It is a "sampling", not a true head count of every fish in the stream. From that they extrapolate a figure to come up with fish per mile of stream.

The fish roll to the top better this time of year... In reality, this is the most sensible time of the year to do it, they should be at their prime. Any later, then they would be in breeding season. After that, it would increase the mortality of the young fry. Winter time, bring a fish out of 50 something degree water into air temps in the 20's and take measurements, there will be stress. Early spring and summer time, the shockers would have to compete with canoes and fish hooks. Not to mention that it is a time they need to replenish fat reserves after a long winter. There will be some stress and mortality any time of year, no matter what. I never made it to the status of fishery biologist, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn one time. And I did a graduate level study of a local water using the shocking method to sample back in the early 80's. We sampled several stations each season of the year for a full year.