NechesBobcat

Just wondering if any of you had any special tips for fishing during C&R. How many fish do they usualy turn loose? Do they stock in the same places they normaly stock or will they be putting more in the normal C&R area or any certain area? I just want to maximize our chances of catching a lunker.

Who's doing the biscuits and gravy?

I know this is an old topic but on the subject of people crowding you. I was fishing in zone 2 when 5 little kids came up on bicycles and started fishing with power eggs. They were on both sides of me casting in front of me. I just moved to the closest kid and literally got right behind him and started casting everywhere he casted. When he figured I was crazy and moved I went to the next kid. After a couple minutes I had the hole to myself again. A buddy of mine walked up on a guy sitting on the bank hidden up in some brush in the C&R area using night crawlers and had 2 fish on a stringer. He said,"Sir, do you know that this is a catch and release area and you are not allowed to keep any fish here?" The guy said, "No, I didn't know that." Then my buddy said, "Did you know that this area is flies only and you are not allowed to use night crawlers here?" The guy said no. My buddy said, "If you turn those fish loose and they swim off with no problem and you dump those worms out into the river I won't write you a ticket." The guy gently let the fish go and dumped the worms out and graciously thanked my friend for letting him go. Only thing was my friend isn't a game warden.

Hello everyone! I'm brian and from southeast but have been fishing in the ozarks a while. Just got a house on Roaring River in Eagle Rock, MO so I figured that gave me a right to join another cool forum. I've just always thought it was amazing how you can join a forum for everything you like to do. I like predator hunting/trapping, arrowhead hunting, every kind of fishing from offshore to trotlining, to perch jerking, to fly fishing. Trying to get into rod making. Just built my first bamboo flyrod at Bill Oyster's in Georgia. I got to break it in weekend before last and am really gunna try to put it to the test next weekend. If anyone wants to look me up and do some fishing, I can sure show you how it's done. LOL. Brian

The rod making class was the best vacation we have taken. It's pretty intensive work but never boring. It's worth every penny you have to spend. Bill oyster has an awesome place in an awesome location. He and his wife are some of the nicest people I've ever met. I started out making a 7 1/2' 5 wt and my wife made a 7' 4 wt. Just as I was getting ready to glue my bamboo strips together I broke 8 inches off 2 of my tip strips. I decided to redo the taper and make a 6' 3 wt which was a wonderful choice. It's the finest rod i have ever owned and i definitely plan on making another one. I put a Peerless 1A reel on it. My wife wrapped her eyes on with pink thread and i got her a pink Abel reel. Everyone is more than welcome to check them out next weekend. I took mine by and showed it to Tim. I think he actually approved of it.

Hey everyone! I'm new here. Just found out about the site by accident. I've been addicted to Roaring River for about 3 years now. I'm from southeast Texas but have been going to the Table Rock Lake area my whole life. Just closed on a house on roaring river by HWY 86 a few weeks ago. I've already made about 6 trips up there since the spring this year. We're planning on being up there next weekend for C&R. My wife and I will be fishing with the bamboo rods we just completed in October at Bill Oyster's in Blue Ridge, GA. I'm hoping to get some good pictures while we're up. Looks like a great bunch of people on here and I'm looking forward to meeting some new people at RR next weekend. Brian By the way, I go by Neches Bobcat because I live on the Neches River in SE Texas and picked up the bobcat nickmane from trapping all through school.

I'll be there!