Seth

I will be sticking with my 2.3L 4 banger Ranger for a while it looks like.

I wish I didn't have to goto stupid Prom this Saturday or else I would head up there to Truman and hit it with you fellers. I'm debating whether to go snagging Sunday or not since it will be the last weekend day. I guess alot depends if I get a turkey Saturday.

That's a good un. The biggest one I caught this year was only maybe 55 pounds. I never did find any toads. I bet you would of won some good money if you had entered that Snagmasters tourney. By the way, did you hear any results on the Snagmasters tourney?

People snag alot from the banks on the upper osage arm of Truman from Taberville on up. Duckman here on the forum is the man to talk to about that, he spends lots of time up there snagging from the banks of Truman.

I would like to come down too, but my girlfriend is graduating the day before and then I will be up all night long at the project graduation thingy. I won't even be alive enough to goto the Maramec Springs kids day because of all of this.

They did really well last Saturday for the tournament they held. Are you snagging in the Snagmasters Tournament? I'd like to go, but I think I am chasing turkeys that day instead. They did really well last Saturday for the tournament they held. Are you snagging in the Snagmasters Tournament? I'd like to go, but I think I am chasing turkeys that day instead. Good luck, I hope you catch a big one.

I didn't hear much about the crappie or white bass this past weekend when we were down there. There was quite a few bass rigs flying up and down the James Sunday and lots of people beating the crappie beds. Me and two other guys went down to snag some paddlefish though and we did well. We got 13 paddlefish in two days ranging from one that was 33" on up to 65 pounds.

Send some of those fillets my way. Boy, that sure does sound good. I've only ate walleye once, but boy it sure was good I remember.

You're right about the lashing out do to anger part Terry. I do tend to do that sometimes. I just am not a very forgiving person. It's just my nature. If somebody does something to me or anybody else that I don't care for, I can have hard feelings for quite a while. Aside from that, I try to do anything for anybody and lend a helping hand anytime I can. I'm just a bear when somebody or something gets on my bad side. I don't your're wrong in your words of wisdom Terry. Like I said, I just have a hard time forgiving somebody after they do something, even if they truely have changed. Dad always told me to "think before you act" because thinking one thing and doing something are two totally different things and sometimes doing something you will regret later on maybe never be forgotten or forgiven.

This is just a shame. Some wackjob has to ruin the lives of so many just to do what he thinks is the "right" thing to do in his mind. I don't understand what can drive a person to this level. People blame video games, but I think it has more to do than that because a person can't be in good mental health to do this. I've played shooting games all of my life with plenty of blood and guts involved and I don't let it hamper my views of reality in any way. My prayers go out to all that are affected by this tragic event. I hope the shooter has wonderful time burning in hell.

My buddy, his dad, and I snagged Saturday and Sunday. We landed 13 paddlefish between those two days. The fish ranged from 35 pounds up to 65 pounds. All of the fish were caught between Carr Bottoms and the Walnut Springs launch ramp. We hit more fish than we boated. For some reason, our fish hit to fish boated ratio was the worse its ever been this weekend. The funny thing about it is that we was told that nobody had been catching any paddlefish. Also, nobody else was doing nearly as good as we did. One boat caught two fish on Saturday night and also had one fish on Sunday. A pontoon that had about 8 people snagging at once also landed ONE fish. Nobody else had anything that we seen.

Well I hate to hear that you didn't catch any whites or crappie. We are planning on coming down friday and staying Saturday to snag and fish for crappies/whites. Looks like it's going to be a waisted trip from the way it sounds....

My girlfriend and her dad wanted to go trout fishing so we headed down to the springs for some fishin. We got down there about 7:30 and started off at the Lacy Hole. We each caught two. The fish were hitting orange trout worms really well today, but hard to keep hooked. Every fish we kept was between 14-16" and had some shoulders. I don't know if they just stocked these nice ones for the easter weekend or what but I sure hope they stay that nice.

Dad and I are thinking about making one last trip down to the James to snag some bills this weekend before turkey season starts up. Has anybody gave it a shot lately since the cold spell hit or is everybody chasing white bass? Does anybody know what the water temps are running up the James right now also? I'm worried that the cold snap might of sent the bills back down lake into the holes instead of moving up river.

I stopped by on my way up to Truman Tailrace a few weekends ago and it was dead. There were only a few boats up by the dam fishing and I didn't see anybody catching anything. There wasn't even any fish up near the dam that I could see from the lookout. I just get more dissapointed everytime I go up there so I started driving the extra hour to Truman Tailrace for much better fishing. Sorry the report isn't more positive.

Duckman, have you been doing any good up there yet?

I always thought the fishing got better when they crank on the water????

It's 2.5 to 2.75 hours for me so don't feel bad fellas. Is anybody going to be down there this Sunday? I'm thinking about going up and snagging from the Roadhouse Dock again and then heading up to the tailrace to try my luck and catching my first hybrid and some whites and possibly some crappies.

So Ashercane and Walnut Springs is the same thing and Carr Bottoms is what I originally thought was Ashercane Bottoms. I've never heard of anybody mentioning Carr Bottoms before since I've been snagging their, but I guess I know that now.

What you guys are calling Ashercane Bottoms is what I have always called Walnut Springs because of along it up to the boat ramp. I always thought Ashercane bottoms was the area below what you all are calling Ashercane bottoms, like I marked on my maps. What do you all call the big L-shape area, below what you all call Ashercane Bottoms, that I marked on my map?

This is the area that I have always called Ashercane Bottoms. Also, I see that you don't have what we call Walnut Springs. I marked that on the other map too. Ashercane is the L-shaped hole and Walnut Springs it the straighter hole that is just before McCords Bend.

Most of the time the method describe int he first post works for me. I like to push my finger nail down onto my line and give it a few cranks and somehow it fixes the bird nests. If it is a really bad one though, it won't work. That's when you just have to keep pulling line till it gets stuck, pick at the loops, and continue this process till it is fixed.

Spoonbill: 74 lbs Catfish: 10 lbs channel cat

If you want to head directly to McCords Bend, you would be better off launching at Walnut Springs. I'm not sure if there is a ramp in McCords Bend, although I am sure there is. We launch out of bridgeport just because we start snagging at the mouth of Flat Creek and just snag our way up the river alot of times. Sometimes we find a pocket of fish and don't make it up to Walnut Springs or McCords Bend. Last year we ran up as far as we could to McCords Bend and had to stop when the water was just barely trickling over some gravel. The water was really clear up there and there was a lot of shad, but that was it. We didn't catch any crappie or nothing up there when we fished it.

We have some of our best luck snagging along the tree tops in that area. Stay right on the edge and troll back and forth, I had one of my best trips snagging down there doing that one morning in April. I've pulled a few paddlefish right off the bluff banks casting before also, but do best along those tree tops. It helps to go down there when the water is low so you have an idea of where they are at, otherwise you are going to lose a few hooks trying to figure it out.