jdmidwest

I have a reservation at Schell Osage Friday, first time there, have to drive across the state to get to it. What is it like up there? Timber, flooded fields, or lake blinds. We are dry down here in the south. Otter Slough pumps water and should be alright. Duck Creek is in construction phase still and is probably only going to have ten spots or so, all timber. Field units are under construction last I heard. Birds migrated some on Sat. Morning and I saw some coming thru this afternoon. Something is pushing them south.

Local article said today that the rain helped the fighters but did not say that it was out. I think there was more than one fire location and the largest area was around 5000 acres. We came thru Halloween night from the upper Current River fishing trip. The area is really dry, lakes are the lowest I have seen in years. Some of the Huzzah ponds were almost dry on 32. That and all of the fuel from the big wind storms of the past few years and the fresh fallen leaves created alot of fire risk. The winds did not help any I am sure.

River Hills Traveler Fire Story.

You da man.... Great idea.

I knew Sheriff Deputies have the authority in Missouri, did not really know what the scope of a Park Ranger entailed. Not all states enforce the laws with the same individuals.

The Traffic Officer you mention is probably the Park Ranger which is usually responsible for Park violations like speeding, camping violations, rowdiness, etc. His duties are not enforcing the MDC Regulations of the park. I have been at that park and visited by a Ranger and a Sheriff Deputy. I drove into Springfield during the day and decided to stay an extra night past what I had already paid for camping. Shortly after returning that late evening, both showed up looking for money. You need a Conservation Officer to handle Game Violations, those can be contacted by looking up someone at the hatchery, stopping a Park Ranger, calling 1-800-392-1111, going to the park store and asking for assistance on the problem. Most Conservation Agents will be blended in to their surroundings. They don't usually patrol the park looking for expired licenses.

It does not take much to do that so you should be fine. The only other thing to worry about is the fire rating. If you have a basement in your house, watch where you place your safe. I had a friend whose safe fell thru the floor of the house to the basement in a fire and the house collapsed into the basement. The heat rose higher and longer than the safe was rated for and the guns burned up inside the safe.

Will the draw down affect the fall brown spawn any? I noticed the MDC plans to do some habitat construction in the area, what about the redds?

There is a little factory on the other side of that hill that makes things that go bang. Was out with one of my customers in one of the hollows checking out a powder magazine a few years back when he warned me to watch when I got out of the truck. There are lots of rattlers in the area for some reason. Must be the karst. I have been tempted to look for mushrooms in that area but there are too many snakes to deal with. A couple of other friends own a farm nearby and have found several rattlers in the yard of that place also. Is that a scarlet kingsnake or a milk snake? I did not know either existed in this part of the world.

Not the hard hat crew! That bunch shows up every year on the Spring River. They deck out like that even in the hot summer and they look at me funny when I ask what the helmets are for, and tell them you are supposed to duck under the sticks.... Last time they landed on the gravel bar while we were enjoying a beer. A canoe came over the falls and spilled. They all raced for their throw bags and started tossing. A couple of my group paddled over and helped the swimmers while I suggested that they put some rocks in the bags so they could get more distance. They were coming up quite short.

You are welcome. They need all the extra eyes we can provide.

One of the guys at the Turner ramp addressed the driver of the red boat as Tito. I only met him once at a gunshow and would probably not recognize him in the wild.

We were behind the Rumble Fisher all day too. I think Ryan was with a Father and Son in the other Drift Boat out of 11pt Canoe. Tito was in the red fiberglass river jet with 2 customers.

Amidon is more of a walk than a hike as you can park close to the river and the shut ins area. It was hit by a tornado a few years ago and I don't know if the fallen timber has been cleaned up so it may still be rough going. Upper Castor passes thru there and is hardly more than ankle deep. But there is some nice scenery. Hawn State Park has several trails, but I have only been on some of the short ones. Not much for creeks that are fishable either. Pickle Springs is near that and has a circle trail that takes a few hours with some neat formations.

But most creeks around here this time of year still have an abundance of bluegill, greenies, and longears to peck at the lure all day. That was missing also.

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?