straw hat

You must be at idle speed if within 100' of "any dock, pier, occupied anchored boat or buoyed restricted area ". Until this new law goes into effect the limit is 200'. I confirmed it in a conversation with the Highway Patrol Water Patrol agent. It has also been the law since I drove boats on the Gulf of Mexico in 1977. Yes I am that old and being that I am that old I thought things had maybe changed but I guess not. I am not trying to make anyone upset or even asking anyone to change. I just though you should all be aware.

I am sorry if I made you angry. These new regs go into eff3ect in August and will replace the existing 200 ' limitation with a 100 ft limitation. http://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=306.125&bid=16393&hl= Effective28 Aug 2008 Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION Chapter 306 306.125. Operation of watercraft, how — restricted areas, certain vessels, speed allowed — exceptions — penalty. — 1. Every person shall operate a motorboat, vessel or watercraft in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of care. 2. No person shall operate a motorboat, vessel or watercraft at any time from a half-hour after sunset until an hour before sunrise the following day at a speed exceeding thirty miles per hour. 3. Vessels shall not be operated within one hundred feet of any dock, pier, occupied anchored boat or buoyed restricted area on any lake at a speed in excess of slow-no wake speed. 4. Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to a motorboat or other boat race authorized under section 306.130. Note - This replaces the current 200 ft rule for generating a wake. Slow No wake is defined as idle speed.

Put in at CC on Saturday. Fished the Shaw's bluff area. 4' visibility with slight green stain. Caught 14 keeper crappie and a zillon small white crappie. The keeper black crappie were all aught 6 to 10 ft deep and the keeper white crappie were caught 10 to 15' deep. All caught on brush piles NONE on standing timber. Also managed to catch two 1 lb channels as well as a 3#, 5# and 7# channel off those same brush piles. Water surface temp was 79F and down 5 feet was 77F and at 15' was 75F. Side notes - A LOT of swimmers at the launch (I believe that is a no swimming area, lol) and one tuber pulling people around within 200' of the boat launch while people were putting their boats in and taking them out. I guess he (and most others) don't know what a "no wake" buoy means. It means you can not create a wave that enters the no wake zone. No you are not suppose to go by a boat ramp at 100 zillion miles and hour. They are no wake zones. I wonder why? (He said rhetorically). I feel better now that I have gotten to complain. lol

Thanks Ketchup.

Thanks so much for the info guys. I have been a couple of times lately north of CC and even with 35 ft of water couldn't find a suggestion of a thermocline.

Does anyone know how deep the thermocline is after all this heat. Thanks in advance.

I have several times at CC. I think most agents would agree with you though MOPanfisher.

I had a discussion with a conservation agent several years ago about cleaning stations. I was at the CC boat ramp at the time and he was issuing a ticket to a bank fisherman for cleaning fish at the lake. I already new about the rule that you can not clean fish within the immediate area of a lake or river. I asked him what about the fish cleaning stations such as the ones listed above. He said fish cleaning stations are legal but cleaning fish there are not. (Good grief) The reason is that it would be easy for a fisherman to clean an undersized fish and throw it on ice right away and the agent would not be able to tell its total length. I have certainly seen a lot of tickets issued to bank and boat fisherman over the years for cleaning fish on the lake. Just thought I would mention it.

Well the wife did it to me again. We fought the heat and it was tough fishing but on one rocky steep point we managed to catch 5 keeper crappie, 2 whites, 3# channel cat and loose a 20 lb flathead at the boat. And, of course, my wife had to catch another nice walleye. 24" and almost 5 lbs. That sucker was 5' deep on a hot bright bluebird day at 3 PM. I thought they were suppose to be sensitive to light. lol

From; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233247620_Egg_Development_in_a_High-Density_Black_Crappie_Pomoxis_nigromacuIatus_Population Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit -- Staff Publications Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit 1996 Egg Development in a High-Density Black Crappie (Pomoxis nigromacuIatus) Population Page 454 shows the number of eggs of each size from April thru August. [lease note that after span a large number of very small eggs remain that will develop into next years eggs. These remaining eggs are normally red to orange in color. https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrEwSfTdgVbgyYAxNY2nIlQ?p=crappie+eggs&hsimp=yhs-att_001&hspart=att&type=sbc_dial&fr=yhs-att-att_001&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Ai%2Cm%3Apivot#id=2&vid=c19c2ff1223f108c8b2dc08ba367c1bf&action=view A simple video showing basic egg development. Pictures in order - Immature, notice pale color, small size and eggs are stuck together. blood vessels less visible. Male sperm duct Mature - Yellow, larger size and eggs separate easily. Blood vessels more apparent.

Those are those are next years eggs for spawning. They will begin to slowly develop around November and then accelerate as weather warms in the spring. If the ovary are examined under a high poser microscope you will even find ova (eggs) that are extremely tiny in some of the membranes. These will become eggs for 2020 (if they aren't caught first, lol). By the way, when growing up many people ate the ripe eggs of spawning fish like crappie, bass, etc. The only issue is that they are high in cholesterol. I haven't heard of people eating the eggs in years though.

The wife and I where looking forward to a lazy day on the lake this Saturday. I looked at the Corp regatta website and found where there is 8 bass tourneys on Saturday and one 'fishing' tourney and 6 more on Sunday. Not only that but there is a sail boat race both days. That lake is going to look like someone took a blender to it. I think my garden needs weeding. lol

CC is beginning to slow down also. Still a few boats in overflow parking but a lot better than before.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/health/ticks-mosquitoes-diseases.html This is an interesting article from the CDC on how new diseases are entering the US form other countries, we even now have the Asian tick in the USA. Many serious and even fatal diseases accompany this little buggers. With warmer winters there is better survival and therefore more of them the next year.

Oh, MoCarp, that brings back memories. Trapping helped pay my way through college. I trapped for about 15 years. Back in those days if some woman say you buy a steel trap in a store she would unload on you for hurting those poor critters. Animal rights advocates and the fake fur movement was in full swing.

Also, as MoCarp's second picture states, there is no claw marks with a puma. The claws are retracted inside while walking.

We use something that looks like a drop shot rig on the bottom. First thing is an ultralight bobber (preferable Thill), then a slip knot to adjust depth. A hook loop knotted and then 6" to a foot to another loop knot with hook. another foot of line and then at the end just enough split shot so that the bobber floats but points in the air. This is important for the crappie because they often feed up so you know when you have a bit because the bobber will lay flat. By adjusting the slip knot you can set the line to float just right to float over he rocks or other cover. In rocky areas your slip shot will be the first thing to get hung between the rocks but all you have to do is pull and the slip shot will slide off the end of the line and you do not disturb the area and you get your rig back minus the split shot. In brushy territory? Well all I can say is that you better have your depth set right so you float over the top of the brush. That description is probably as clear as mud so if you have questions feel free to ask.

Last weekend and today the wife and I worked some rock rip rap around Stockton. We managed to get about 7 keeper crappie (all post spawn), and the wife caught a 2 lb largemouth and this 7 lb, 26" fat as a butterball walleye. She was in 7th heaven. It meant a lot to me to see her eyes light up like that. We noticed the cats are moving into the rocks. We caught 10 channels and 2 flatheads with the biggest flathead only 7 lbs. Not to bad for being lazy and setting on a rock in the sun..

I had my truck broke into on Roark a few years back. I was only about 50' away at he time and several people around as well. By the time I got to my rig the crook had jumped in his truck and fled. Luckily he did not get anything, unluckily he damaged the cover on the back of my truck. Some people have more nerves than brains.

Don't worry guys, if your wives read those posts we will take a collection up for your medical bills.

Thanks for the info crappie-hunter.

Can anyone tell me how busy it has been at the Greenfield landing lately? Are they filling up the overflow parking lately? Thanks for any help you can give.

"Over fished,..." For sure. I have fished in that area for the last 30 years. It is not near as good as it use to be.

This is where CC highway crosses the lake. Also known as Greenfield Landing. This is on the big sac arm.

Most impressive. If I was any greener I would look like a martian.