Seth

I layer up under my Cabelas Guidewear in anything above 20 degrees. Below that I will wear my hunting bibs and jacket. It doesn't feel too bulky to me either. Heated clothing is another alternative that a lot of folks are turning towards. The low was 14 and the high was 28 on the day that I caught this brown this past February. We were out fishing in it for a while too. Merino wool base layer Mid weight baselayer Heavy fleece vest/pants Insulated Carhart jacket and insulated camo bibs 1000g Thinsulate boots

I'm headed down to Peck Ranch for a managed muzzleloader hunt with dad, father in law and a couple buddies this weekend. I've never hunted down there this time of year so I have no clue what to expect. We've killed several bucks over the years when the hunt was in late October/early November. Unless you cleared a bunch of cover to make a food plot, I doubt it has anything to do with that. The acorns were crazy heavy this year and I'm sure that might have something to do with it. This was the worst year we've ever had for growing food plots so ours aren't doing much. We have some wheat growing, but it didn't get rain till late October and isn't very tall. Our brassica plot burned up from the super dry September/October and grass took over.

This is the first time I can remember being able to hang deer for an extended period of time. I’m loving this weather!

Turkeys are the same way. Can’t find a gobbler to save my life in the spring but watched 9 gobblers peck and scratch around me all evening a few days ago.

I had several shot opportunities on does the first day, but passed since we already had two deer to deal with. Now that I'm ready to bust a mature doe, I can't get one to show up! Funny how that works.

I got this guy about 30 minutes after daylight Saturday. It rarely happens that quick for me. My buddy was hunting with me and took a doe shortly after that. I'm going to try and fill another doe tag with my rifle and then switch to the muzzleloader or my dads Ruger Redhawk .44 mag pistol. I've always wanted to harvest one with the pistol but haven't actually tried.

All fish or five fish, we all know Wheeler will continue to dominate the circuit. He's already shown he can hold is own at five fish regardless of which major circuit he is fishing. Personally, I wish they'd do a 50/50 deal where half of the tourneys are five fish and the other half are the tradional MLF style. The catch, weigh, release system is the important part anyways.

Turkey numbers are down all across the midwest.

The southern part of the state is big timber with very little CRP or ag farming so those issues shouldn't change much down there, but they are still experiencing issues with turkey populations as well.

Mostly in a tree, but I do hunt a few pop up blinds or brush blinds on the edge of ag crops. Shooting deer with a bow from the ground is more of an adrenaline rush than doing it from the tree. You really have to know when to draw on them or else they will pick you off in a hurry. For comfort and hunting with young people who move a lot, it's hard to beat a elevated blind.

I've still got quite a bit of meat left over from last year (I killed six) so I haven't been in a big rush to get out there. I usually start getting after it once youth season is over with.

I'm always interested, but it always seems to fall on the same weekend as the Missouri Disabled Sportsmen antlerless deer hunt that I help out with.....

HBO has a documentary on it as well. I'm planning on watching that one tonight.

After watching the Woodstock 99 Netflix documentary and seeing that Tom Delonge is rejoining Blink-182 for a world tour next year, I'll probably be listening to a lot of Limp Bizkit, Korn and Blink-182.

People will still try to cheat. https://www.wired2fish.com/news/alleged-cheater-charged-in-kayak-fishing-tournament/

I just cycle through a couple of baits and see if they find one more interesting than the other. Today it was the white trout magnet and the orange trout worm. The time before that, they were on the rubber legged jigs. They pretty well always bite one of the three at Maramec as long as it's not high and dingy. The biggest key is presentation though in my opinion. With a jig or magnet, I can shake it in front of fish and make them react to it. Most people setup too far downstream for the fish they are targeting and it doesn't allow them to keep the bait in the strike zone as long IMO. You want to be about 45 degrees above the fish so you can let your bait/lure get down and swing in front of them. It's tough to do that when you're besides or below them in flow.

The fiancee and I fished from 12-2:30pm. She caught three on orange trout worms and I caught 9 mainly on white trout magnets. The five I kept weighed around 7 pounds so all pretty decent sized fish. I only saw three other fish caught by somebody other than us while we there. We missed plenty that never took the worm or magnet all the way in to their mouth. Lots of short strikes.

I totally missed it due to it being out of focus.

Is this suppose to be like an old person selfie where half of what they were trying to get in the picture is cut off?

I use a carolina/slip rig so I can keep the sculpin down on the bottom with quite a bit of weight, but also so that the trout can take the sculpin and not feel any extra pressure on the line.

Which is why I laugh when people get upset about the pressure the lake is getting. New fish are put in all the time so does it really matter? There is no shortage of lunkers to be had either.

Dipping worms around rocks at night on Taneycomo for bait is kind of fun though! We used to catch crawfish for bait in the same manner when creeking when we were younger.

I've fished sculpins a few times in recent years in the same fashion and caught some very nice fish on Taneycomo. We also missed a lot of fish. The way that was rigged looks like a good way to solve that issue. We were just using #2 circle hook through the lips. The majority of Taneycomo is open to fishing whatever so you're fine. The upper few miles is artificial (no plastics or bait) only. The White River has similar areas as well.

2# or equivalent tippet size is always recommended in low flows for anything under and indicator.

Is there something holding the line in place towards the tail to keep it streamlined? Looks like something is wrapped around to hold the line against the body, but I can see clear enough to say for certain.