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Thanks for the tips gentlemen. After rethinking my predicament, I remembered I jumped from downtown to the trophy area and never focused on the fall creek to trout hollow stretch. Hit the channel side with jigs, tossed up shallow and twitched into deeper water. Every hit came on the big fall into deeper water. White and brown both worked and we picked up bites on nearly every cast. Fished lower end of trophy area in the morning with yellow egg patterns and did well also. I figured out depth was my problem in the trophy area, wasn't fishing deep enough. Started watching where the fish were feeding in the water column and started picking up more fish. Had to keep readjusting our depths as we noticed the fish changing theirs. Saturday was a massive improvement over Friday. Thanks for the tips guys.

So I have fished Taney for years and never had trouble catching trout. I've got two newbies with me and we fished from noon to six. We threw jigs, brown and white both, straight line and under floats. We threw spinners, flies, power eggs, nightcrawlers, trout magnets, everything I could think of. Anybody have any ideas for tomorrow because today was my worst day on Taney ever. Basically fishing from lookout to the landing out of a pontoon and wont be using a flyrod. Any help is appreciated because I'm clueless.

I was gonna leave out "the conversation " that day. "Dang Bailey, you just gonna sit here and let them talk to you like that? " classic times

Holy heck man, I never knew what became of you. I freaking love that boat, until I had to push it over a dry levee in pool 6. Sliced opened a perfectly good pair of waders on the prop in the process. Lots of blood has been shed on that bad boy. Someone is getting an awesome deal. And there may even be an old bottle of blackberry brandy rolling under the bench

Rick.....is that you???? That isn't the boat I hunted out of at grandpass all those years ago is it?

I found this lake a handful of years back while working. I was amazed at the absolutely huge state of the art parking lot/boat ramp. The lake looks fantastic, tons of wood and grass to fish. All I caught were dinks while fishing the banks. I started hauling the boat down there a few times and it didn't get much better. It seemed like it was one of those lakes where you can literally catch a fish on every cast, but never catch anything of size. I tried throwing big crankbaits, 10" worms, anything I could think of to coax a big fish to bite and it just never happened. They could definitely be in there.......but I couldn't get them.

I prefer to fish the swimming minnows with a twitch and reel approach, twitch 2-3 times and reel in the slack. I've had pretty good luck on days they are biting. I was looking for the sliders yesterday and could only find the shorter crappie sliders and I couldn't find any in purple or white/chart like I was looking for. I know I talked with one gentleman down there last year that was using the bigger bass sliders in white/chart and he was doing well. I normally throw a 1/16oz jighead. I've been having trouble finding a good jighead with a longer shank and wider gap. Do you guys pay any attention to the color of the jig head? Any specific style of jighead or brand that you prefer?

I've fished the upper bull shoals area during the spring run the past few years. I originally started out with jerkbaits and had zero luck. During the past 3 years, I normally throw roostertails (white/chrome blade), roadrunners (white/chart), and 2" grubs in basic minnow colors on an 1/8 or 1/16 head. I've caught everything from whites & walleye to trout and crappie. Is there anything ya'll like better? I know several people are throwing sliders. Do you prefer the smaller sliders for crappie or the bigger bass sliders? Favorite go-to colors? Favorite jighead style, color, or size? I'm definately curious what everyones comfort lure is.

a buddy of mine is one of the blues brothers at the legends show. He showed pics of the roof collapsed. that's just up the hill from phil and the rest of the resorts. Haven't been able to get in contact with another friend that was in Kimberling City for the Everstart Series. Unofficially, the tournament is cancelled. The pictures of the kimberling inn are pretty bad. Word is they will have to level the whole thing and start over.

x6 Here's gonna be your biggest problem......your dad. Training isn't overly difficult, it takes about 15 minutes a day of actual training. But the person that spends the most time around your dog has to be trained too. I've got several friends that are dog trainers and they can make a dog do some amazing things. I was floored after sending my dog to get trained by all the cool stuff she could do. Then I stood right by the trainer and tried to do things the exact same way and the dog was horrible. It wasn't that the dog would only work for the trainer, it was little things that I wasn't doing correctly. My commands weren't right, my hand signals weren't right, my body language wasn't right. So once we fixed that, things got better. The next hurdle though, was that I would let her get away with more than the trainer would. Things like creeping, not sitting straight, etc. Those small things snowballed into bigger things that had to be fixed later with the trainer. If your dad is gonna be the type that lets the dog lay on the couch, eat table scraps, treats the dog like a human, etc, then I wish you the best of luck. You might get lucky, you might not. Just do the best you can and hope for the best.

I've had hodgmans heavy neoprene duck hunting waders and their lightweight breathables both with zippers and both have worked flawlessly.

I was just at Montauk last week staring at the big map on the wall of the lodge. It still said there only 1 brown a day, so that must've been the case in the past.

I'll just chime in and tell you that this is a FANTASTIC pellet rifle for anyone that is in the market. These suckers are powerful and tack drivers to boot.

Hey Al, one of these days I need to pick your brain about that section of the Big where my inlaws live. Always been a lake and pond guy myself and that river fishing is just foreign to me. I should definately take advantage of the high water as we normally can't get upstream with the outboard due to small water and big rocks. Hollar if you ever need a partner down there!

Hate to see all the troubles down that way. Friend of mine made a frantic trip down to ozark trout resort to help those guys out. As of last night, they lacked about 6" before it would get in their lower units. He was out on the dock making adjustments when he said it looked like Lilley had parts of his dock cave in. Lots of docks floating downstream. I've heard rumors that Fall Creek resort might've lost a dock too. Bad bad times but sounds like people are safe.

chartruese/white roostertails, x-raps, and white/chartruese sliders. Was easy pickins at least for me the last week. Cloud cover did slow down the bites, but when the sun was out, it was bites on most casts. Of course that was before this big bout of storms. Good luck!

Hmmmm.....they were stealthy fishermen then. Seriously though, I was fishing up by the dam and over in swan on monday afternoon/evening. Noone was catching whites up at the dam and there wasn't a single person fishing at swan except one boat at the mouth of the creek. I must've just missed 'em or something. Fishing was horrible.

Dennis!!! Shuffle away to your hearts content, we'll all laugh and point at you and call you unsportsmanlike, but you'll catch fish! Long time no see.....this is Chris, your son's college roommate from willard. Tell Brock I said hi!

If I were a financial advisor.....and I'm not saying I am.....merely hypothetical of course.......I'm staying out of this one! Actually phil, shoot me a PM if you ever have any questions. I'll give ya any info I can, like if I WAS a financial advisor, but just hypothetically of course. Cuz financial advisors aren't supposed to give out any financial info in a setting like this. At least that is what a financial advisor told me......since I'm not one.

Also caught a few under 65hwy over the years but the tailwaters hold some nice fish. Used to fish up by the hotwater discharge......caught lots of cats but they were all very very very small. Tailwater has always been good to me. Best bait was crawfish when they lose their hard shell. But we also used cut shad or Sonny's dipbait with good success.

Fixed that one for ya, hoss. So these fellars here tell us about good fishing trips they go on, post up pictures of the fish they catch (on a fishing website), and magically they are self-proclaimed gurus??? But on your second post to this website, you being all modest and all, want to tell us about all the thousands of pictures you've got? So what is the difference between you SAYING you have thousands of pictures, and these guys SHOWING pictures??? proof? And I'm just curious, how many of those largemouth that you throw up on the bank were caught outside the season dates? Are the pics of that available or did we run into that durned megapixel problem again? I don't know that I would've admitted that.

Got a buddy in Washington,MO that is selling his rig. Thought I'd let the guys here know about it. For Sale 2004 War Eagle boat 2005 Bear trailer 1994 15 H.P. Mercury outboard (All purchased December of 2004 from Eberlin Boats & Motors Hermann, MO) Boat: 2004 War Eagle (Ducks Unlimited edition) Model – 542 FLD w/factory aluminum floor and pod seating. All welded exterior construction. Size of boat is 15’ long by 42” wide (at the bottom). Trailer: 2005 Bear trailer all welded trailer. Trailer is designed for a 16’ boat but the dealer ship modified the winch bracket and added the extensions to the side rails to accommodate the smaller hull size. Boat Motor: 1994 Mercury 15 H.P. 2 stroke outboard w/tiller handle and manual start. Serviced this past fall (plugs, fuel filter, and lower unit oil change). Motor comes with a 6 gallon Quicksilver fuel tank (covered in my custom camo paint job). Accessories: Custom made duck blind w/ flip up top. The aluminum frame is adjustable if needed. The camo material is Avery’s 3D die cut Killer Weed print backed by plastic wire mesh for support. I also utilized the Avery’s Wind Blocker panels to cut the wind in cold weather. It also comes with a custom made bow mounted trolling motor plate, custom heavy duty light brackets on the bow, battery box (no battery), two interior lights, 3 switch electrical panel (for lights), fire extinguisher, whistle, three life jackets – 1 Large camo, 1 X-Large camo, and a XXL in red/black, and finally a backup boat oar. Over $4000.00 invested Asking $2750.00

I have been tasked with securing various donations(aka begging people for cool stuff) for our upcoming Ducks Unlimited Banquet to be held in Washington, MO on March 6. My daddy taught me that it never hurts to ask, so I am asking. Is there anyone out there that would be willing to donate a guided fishing trip or carving or anything else that someone would want to bid on, in return for a little tax write off? To give you an idea of things I've come up with so far, I've got a hand-carved duck decoy that has been donated by the carver, I've got a taxidermist that is donating a duck mount, I've got a duck club owner that is donating a hunt for 2 youths next fall, just general stuff like that. On the business side of things, some people use stuff like this to get their name out there. For instance, a fishing guide donates a half day or full day trip and often times, the guy that purchases it isn't exactly down on his luck financially. In the end, the winner of the trip figures that if he is gonna drive to a fishing a trip, he might as well pick up another day. And the guide, being as skilled as he is, puts them on great fishing and word of his amazing fishing prowess spreads, resulting in more business. With this dinner being closer to st louis, alot of these guys are the types that would hire a guide anyways if they were coming all the way down near branson, this just gets your name as the go-to guy. As far as taxidermy or lodging or anything else, same rules apply. Who's gonna come down to branson and stay for one night? Who's gonna get just one fish or duck or deer mounted? Sooooo........hopefully I was able to spin this whole thing well enough that someone will take pity and help me out. If not, no big deal guys. I certainly do appreciate the help either way. Sorry for the shameless begging! Chris aka Yeehaw

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Alot depends on what you consider reasonable prices. Most people I find that aren't used to dog trainers are shocked at how much it costs...........I know my duck dog costs about $500 a month and that is about average if not somewhat cheap. I do believe that upland dogs are cheaper than that for training. I'll give ya the name of my trainer. He trains both pointers and labs, he loves duck hunting but he is some sorta award winning dog trainer for pointers. I never really cared about his upland prowess cuz there ain't alot of upland game to keep my attention. Give him a call if you want and he can talk to ya about your options, who he knows in SWMO (cuz he's in NEMO), tips for what to expect from a trainer, all that good stuff. Biggest thing you need is to be able to talk to someone about what all of this entails, how much it costs, what is required of you, and whether or not you really want to do it. He'll tell ya what you need to know and the phone call doesn't cost ya anything. I've send dozens of people to him from around the country and everyone has been impressed. Tell him that Chris sent ya and said he's a lil girl and a shoddy dog trainer! Windy Ridge Kennels Rick Roy 573-267-3775