kdan

WOW!!! Good story!

From the new guy on the pages. I have read with interest most of the posts on this subject. I think most of us pretty much agree, we just tell our "point" a little differently. I was pretty much under the impression that the native species as compared to the amount of money spent on trout (and every thing assosiated with trout) was on "welfare" also. One has to take into accout that not only do we purchase a fishing license just to fish but in addition we also purchase a yearly trout permit, and a daily trout permit at the parks. After reading "laker67" and the amount of stocking the MDC does I must reconsider. A person can pretty much go to any water in the state of Missouri and catch a decent stringer of fish (and release if so inclined). I am quite impressed with the MDC and the job they do of keeping our water ways full of good fishing. I know here on Lake of the Ozarks they stock by the 100's of thousand hybreds and walleye every year. I watched them dump 50,000 hybreds on the Niagua arm one day, and the guy told me they do that 3-4 times a year on this lake alone. Man, I got way off subject. Should money be spent on a put and take tout lake? Heck no!! Hey Eric, how did that new rod turn out???