Todays Action

[Chief Grey Bear]

And here is my first bucket mouth for the year. Man was it windy today. I actually headed down steam and floated up. Imagine that! I caught this fella in the first 15 minutes. I thought oh boy here we go. I fished another hour and 15 minutes with out so much as a nibble.

[Danoinark]

Good on you pal. Great way to start the year eh?

[Chief Grey Bear]

Yeah, good start so far. I hope to expand on it.

Thanks for the comments Dano, they are always appreciated.

[Al Agnew]

Well, Chief, I did a LITTLE better than you on my first trip of the year, Jan. 2...one largemouth about that size, one spotted bass about the same size, and one smallmouth about 15 inches. And I considered it a pretty good day for middle of the winter and high, murky, 38 degree water. Beat the heck out of staying home!

[Chief Grey Bear]

Ahhh, the fabled trifecta! (I have no idea how you spell that.) Nice going Al. I was hoping to get a nice brownie too. Not yet though. To do that this time of year is outstanding!

When I looked at the pic yesterday, I started to question myself as to if that was a largemouth. My eye caught what could be a spot at the base of the tail. So then I started to look at the eye. Didn't look like a eye for a spot. I then looked at his lips to see if I where to hold them shut. did it look like they would protrude beyond the eye. I wish his dorsal fins had been standing up, then I would know for sure. THEN, I saw you posted to here and I thought "Yep, he is calling me out on it."

I caught this guy in fast water. When I had gone down to the first riffle, I got out and walked down and started beating on some logs. He came right up out of there and hit as I brought it over a log and let it start dropping. I just knew he would have some company in there, but I guess they were watching the game and couldn't be bothered. The rest of the time I was fishing slow water back up to my truck.

Thanks for posting Al, it is always a treat to read your post.

[Flysmallie]

Very nice Chief. I'm going to have to get over there one of these days and try the streams that you and buzz are always reporting on.

[duckydoty]

Chief,

Sounds like your getting some good fishing in!

[DD'sMC]

Great looking fish...can't believe it came out of Shoal Creek. Can't wait to get over in your neck of the woods this Spring.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Ronnie - Come on over here this summer, Buzz and I would be glad to show you around. We will put you on some fish, you will have to catch'em.

DD - Yeah, so far so good. It can only get better I hope!

MC - Check out other pics of trips that Buzz and I have done on Shoal. There are some really nice fish in there. There were also a couple of nice trips that my dad and I took on Spring River last autumn in the Spring River(mo-ok) forum. It will give you an idea what you can get into around here.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Ronnie - Come on over here this summer, Buzz and I would be glad to show you around. We will put you on some fish, you will have to catch'em.

DD - Yeah, so far so good. It can only get better I hope!

MC - Check out other pics of trips that Buzz and I have done on Shoal. There are some really nice fish in there. There were also a couple of nice trips that my dad and I took on Spring River last autumn in the Spring River(mo-ok) forum. It will give you an idea what you can get into around here.

Hey Chief! Still following ya... first half-assed warm weekend me and a bud are heading to the Niangua. Gotta be warm for me, got too much metal in my neck amongst other things. Glad to see you got out... and hey... your reports ain't erroneous! Even if there's not a fish in the picture, the shots of the rivers are priceless! See ya this spring and thanks again for the invite! Oh... by the way... I've floated Flat Creek a few times and there's some nice smallie's in there, along with the great scenery!