Thom

I posted this before and got no logical answer. I click on this same shortcut (ozarkanglers.com/forum) each time in my bookmarks but some days it will just sit in the search mode for several minutes and not load. It will do that for a few days with sometimes coming right up and other times taking several minutes. I will check other sites and they come up immediately when I click on them but this forum has this glitch several times a week and then won't do it for a month or so. I have not had any problems for several months and yesterday it started again. It took me several tries this morning and then it finally loaded. Same link is always used.

I think the term is "I won't dignify that with a response". I have traveled and fished throughout the USA and would classify Missouri as the best bargain for residents and non residents anywhere. Most states in these hard times have closed faciilties, parks and services. Missouri on the contrary continues to add and enhance the great fishilng and hunting opportunities that are here. Other states charge a fee just to enter theirs parks and fishing areas and do not maintain them nearly as well as Missouri. Resident and non resident licenses are a bargain. I can't imagine someone who has not fished for years because they got caught breaking the law. What a sportsman?????? What an example for grandkids. I have been asked for liscense and to see live well a few times and found the agents to be nothing but courteous and helpful with the questions I asked or concerns I raised. Of course I was also polite and courteous toward them. Nuff said.

Kind of the same but really easy and good A couple of different thoughts. I use the liquid smoke even if I smoke it outdoors over wood coals. Outdoors I use peach and apple wood with pecan or hickory mixed in for heat and longevity of the coals. If I have a day of outdoor yard work I fill my smoker as full as possible and just check it every 1/2 hour of so or when I stop for a beverage. 3 Lb. flank or brisket 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons onion powder 2 teaspoons seasoned salt 2 teaspoons accent 1 1/2 teaspoons liquid smoke 5 dashes Tabasco sauce Trim off fat and cut meat with the grain into thin slices as long as possible. Combine all ingredients in bowl until dissolved. Pour over meat strips, cover tightly and marinate overnight. Remove from sauce and arrange strips close together, but do not overlap on rack Set on cookie sheets and bake in 150 degree oven for 7 hours turning once. Store in air tight container., I will try the mountian dew the next time. I have a recipe for cooking pulled pork or beef and cooking it in sauce that uses 7 up. It seems to sweeten and tenderize the meat.

Great report guys. Those are among my favorite float spots also though I usually use either jig and float or fish midges, eggs flys or hares ears there. Same results: clouds or wind on the water to produce riffles improves fishing and size. Bumping the bottom with jigs sometimes helps when the bright sun is out. I agree about the great services that Curtis on the dock and resort staff in the office provide. They always go the extra mile to make a great trip better.

I suspect that the rock when it settles in and attracts some of the lake life will be an asset. If you remember the old KOA banks which we used to call " the clay banks" seemed to improve as a habitat when the rock was added along that bank to prevent erosion. It is always one of my favorite float areas and good for a few fish on spots both close in and at the depth of the channel there. I can't see that the rocks will be any detriment to the habitat. Its location will however be tempting to the bait fishermen that congregate at the boat ramp farther up and fish with eggs and power bait. It might provide a place for the bait chuckers to sit and fish illegally above fall creek. When I used to launch at the ramp up from fall creek I always saw worm boxes and empty power bait contaners discarded there.

If you think that a BS in anything makes you an expert you apparently live in a world of your own. I have three BS degrees in computer science and business management and a MA in computer resourse management and nearly a doctorate in the same field. I had more than 300 employees working for me in my field. A lot of them had no degrees in anything and about 20 were high school certificate holders. Some of the good ole country boys who had just lots of common sense and experience could walk out to a programmable controller and fix it before the college grad engineers could figure how to take the screw driver and open the panel where the programmable controller and ladder diagram was stored. BTW I also had a good ole country boy with an engineering degree. Wow what a dream of an employee. Strange thing about him was he never told me how the management system was screwed up when something was wrong. He never held meetings to berate the company nor did it in our team meetings He just pitched in to fix the problems that occured. That is why each year I recommended him for the maximum raise he was allowed. So much for a BS degree in anything. If you google the gentleman in question you will find that he has written lots of articles and appeared in a lot of places. There insn't much in the research that says he has done much else but write about things. One of the engineers with the most education that I supervised could draw up a wonderful set of prints, come up with lots of outlandish ideas and talk a big game. Since he left our corporation he has been to three other corporations that eventually got rid of him like we did. Why? All talk and no production would be my guess. I am surprised that he hasn't gone into politics or writing articles for magazines. He could probabally get a following there. Just telling what is wrong with the system isn't difficult. Suggesting and implementing solutions is another matter. That takes genuine talent.

After reading some of his comments I find the same o same o charges the MDC gets but no specifics. If someone has a charge to make do it with spedific facts not generalizations. Also I had to laugh with one of his comments of agents stripping people of their licenses and keeping them from getting for 2 years???????? Was this in America. Only the judidial system can do that and it is not easy if an individual fights the case. In order for an agent to do what he suggests there must be evidence and substantial documentation. With the several paragraphs that was written I saw nothing but generalizations.

Friends of mine stayed at Lilleys and fished about two weeks ago I had tied them some jigs to try. Jake sent me this picture of one of the bows caught on this white jig the picture of the fish is from his camera phone Here is the fish

I have an idea that might be interesting follow up to the swap. Next trip I will fish each fly for 1 hour and then report the results of each fly using different presentations. If others do the same it will make an interesting topic. I will probably make my next trip sometime in late February to Taneycomo and report the results. Of course the quality of the fly could be adversely effected by the quality of this angler but i will give it my best shot. Thom

Hey JD We agree on this one and their mail order service is also great. I do have one problem when I visit the store however. I can never get out for less than $ 100 . Great selection and very seldom out of stock on the items I need. Thom

I just pourchased the apex from BPS. It comes with a pedistal and is very compact. I has a rotary feature and is stainless steel with a lifetime warantee. I know it it not top of the line but for $ 99 it works great for me. It is a perfect traveling vise also. You can take it out of the box at Bass pro and try it. very easy to use. Thom

I had kind of the same experience there also. I browsed and everything I priced was overpriced and not stocked well. I don't plan on going back there. I like the Bass pro better in St. Clharles however the last two times I shopped there they were out of tungsten beads and the 1/80 and 1/100 mini jig heads that I had come for.

I had the exact same thing happen to my reel last year. A screw apparently fell out. I took it to River Run at Taney and they swappee the part from another reel for me ane charged me $10 to fix it. I thought they were waranteed but I was more interested in getting back to the stream than argueing. Just glad to get it fixed.

Mo_bowhunter: It is a great place to fish. You are about the 4th Ofallon angler fishing Taney now. We might want to get together for breakfast some morning and compare notes. There are several others in the area that fish Taney. Perhaps this summer we can all comare notes at some local resturant. Rizzo's, Ocharley's, even Mcdonalds. Swap stories and lies .... whoops .... I mean stories that we kinda remember. Anyone in the area Pm me and lets see what we can get up. Thom Harvengt North side Ofallon Mo

Good report and thanks for the information. I hope to get back down for a few days in February and reports like this get my cabin fever up a few degrees. I reallly like that area to fish as well and did very well there the last week in December. Thom

Terry: I was going to shoot pics through my spotting scope but forgot to charge the batteries. got some pics but not sure they will be useable since the battery went out and my spare was also disdharged. Good pictures. Thanks for posting them. magnificent creatures.

Yes that is the capicator. You just have to match the voltage with 220 or higher and 50 to 100 microfarads will work. If you cannot find one PM me and I will see if I have a spare in my parts bin and will ship it to you to try at no cost. You might want to check the circuit boards and relay contacts by unpluging and pluging back in. sometimes they will vibrate loose or get corroded cauasing low voltage which robs the motor of needed torque to start.

Megan: Thanks for all of you help going the extra mile when we visit. Welcome and keep on posting. We need some class on the forum to give us a good example. Thom

The little black starter capacitor that starts the motor can often be the culprit when the motor hums. It will be located under the cover and has 4 wires connected. Usually 2 red and 2 black to boost the motor upon starting. I have changed them before and the cost is around 15 dollars. If you can find someone who will let you swap capicator with them temporarily you can find out easily if that is the problem. Sometimes the rollers get dry and cause excessive drag on the motor. All hinges and rollers should be oiled at least twice a year. Usually that is the only problem. The capacitors are rated in voltage and microfarads and can be purchased at a motor rewind shop at a nominal charge. hope this helps. Thom

I made a trip to Lock and Dam 24 (Clarksdale) today. I saw eagles at every viewing place. We stopped first at the city access and there were at least 50 eagles (mostly adults) flying and diving into the water below the dam. Across the river I counted 22 adults in just one tree. I used my spotting scope viewing on the ice shelf at the tributary across the stream from Illinois and their were 65 juveniles resting on the shelf of Ice waiting for parents to bring or drop treats to them. Down stream from the dam in the trees there were at least 100 more adults and lots of juveniles mixed in with them. I could only see the bald caps on the adults clearly but my scope can see nearly a mile downsteam there. We then went to the viewing platform at the dam and could see several flying there looking for ducks and pigeons that were easy picking. We then traveled North on 79 past the visitors center to the parking area at the top of the hill in the trees on the bluffs just out of town and saw at least 75 more adults and a sprinkling of juveniles across the road peached in the trees. The sun was relfecting on them there and really illuminated the white heads. From there we traveled to the Village of the blue rose and had lunch and saw several on the ice which is all the way across the river above the dam forcing the eagles to use the dam for the main food supply until the ice breaks up or melts. Quite a day. BTW Next week will be Eagle day there and the crowds will fill the town. There will be demonstrations etc in the barn just at the south end of town and scopes by mdc at the visitors center for the kids to use. I spent lots of time today setting up my scope for the youngster to see the marvel of the comeback of our national bird. ' Quite a sucess story for our dnr in restoring a species from endangered to a magnificant new population. Counting all of the places we stopped I am sure that we saw at least 300 eagles throughout the day in just about 3 miles of river front. Thom

Tim: I counted 400 + eagles with my spotting scope below Clarksville dam on the missippi river. They congregate there when the ice covers large stretches of the river to feed on pigeons and dead fish going through the dam or trapped in the backwater. Quite a sight to see them soaring just feet above your head and then diving into the water coming up with a fish or small duck. Great sauger and walleye fishing below clarksville dam. If this weather continues I might make a trip up there this week end to see if there are any eagles starting to congregate. Thom

Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seeking to minimize offense to gender, racial, cultural, disabled, aged or other identity groups. Conversely, the term "politically incorrect" is used to refer to language or ideas that may cause offense or that are unconstrained by orthodoxy. If you ain't like me their must be something wrong with you is the basic philosophy of the opponents of politically correctness. So I got the right to call you by a disparaging name to make me look better. Yes you have that right but why is it necessary to give someone already suggering with a deep seated problem another one to deal with. Surprizeingly enough the term was later adopted by the radical left in the 1960s, initially seriously and later ironically, as a self-criticism of dogmatic attitudes. In the 1990s, because of the term's association with radical politics and communist censorship, it was used by the political right in the United States to try to discredit the Old and New Left.[1] So basicallly left or right if they cannot intellegently cite information to refute the facts they don't like and can't legitimatelly discredit they just use terms like politically correctness and mainstream media.

Duane: I put my envelope in the mail today. Hopefully you will get it by wednesday. A little extra package added for the swap sponser. A few experminents and some standards. All have caught fish at Taney though at different times. It has really been a smorgesboard at Taney this year but the version of the hare's ear I sent always works not only at 'Taney but most everywhere I have fished for Trout. Thom

Don't sell downtown Branson short for bank fishing. There are two or three spots that are sometimes overlooked there. 1 If you go through the trailer park and follow the road through the narrow road under the rr bridge keep going upstream and go under the other highway bridge you can park there just on the other side of the bridge and fish under the bridge against the pilings and upstream staying in the parking area. 2. If you cross over the bridge toward hollister and park on the other side you can walk down to the water on the downstream side of the bridge and fish there. 3. fishing from the docks at the trailer park is permissable also and ofter productive. Check with Scottie (boat dock) for what to use there and where to fish. He is always helpful Coopers creek is not a good place for bank fishing unless you want to throw out bait and wait. 3. Don't overlook walking up to the cable at the dam either from outlet one or take the road behind the powerhouse and walk down the bank. 4. You also might want to try crossing over the dam toward the state park and walking down on the opposite side of the river from the hatchery. You have to be ready when you cross over the dam because the road to the overlook really jumps up on you. It is a little bit of a walk but for that reason often not occupied. thom