Someday when my wife is gone back to China for three weeks, and I get a break in my businesses, and the stars are aligned, I'm going to give Dave a call. We will fish Table Rock, and he will show me the ropes. Until then, I have to rely on fishing one time every month for about 4 hours.
I will probably fish the Gasconade from start to finish, the Meramec from start to finish, the Upper Mississippi, and then head to Table Rock for a few days. I'll probably end the trip by going for 2-3 days to Pickwick.
Hog Wally has been kind enough to let me keep my boat at his gutter shop (at the end of the craw shack) for a couple of years now. I picked it up a couple of days ago to get it back into shape so I could finally take it out. I planned on going yesterday but was debating because of the forecasted lightning. I finally decided to go and remembered my fishing license had expired. I went to Walmart to get a new license, and low and behold, I had left my drivers license back at home. Oh well, I guess it just wasn't my day.