Gavin Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Keep your eyes open for tagged smallmouth this year... http://rhtrav.com/wordpress/rewards-on-five-rivers-for-smallie-success/
FishinCricket Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Smallmouth bass will be released in the Black River, Castor River, Courtois Creek, Current River and the North Fork of the White River during the spring season over the next two years. Sweet.... cricket.c21.com
Ham Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Ahhhhh poop... Not places I fish very often. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
vonreed Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 Looking in otter poop might be a good way to make some money for some of those tags. There's lots of otters over in those rivers.
Ham Posted June 2, 2011 Posted June 2, 2011 If we could only train the otters to leave the smallies alone and have them feed on Silver carp instead. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
jdmidwest Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 If we could only train the otters to leave the smallies alone and have them feed on Silver carp instead. They do. But not enough. I run across a pond that I duck hunt along the Mississippi that floods when the river is up last winter and the otters had left carcasses and scales of the asian carp all over. Some of the streams they tagged will probably see increased pressure this summer since they put a bounty on the smallies. I doubt if it will help the populations this year. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Gavin Posted June 3, 2011 Author Posted June 3, 2011 More pressure on the Castor maybe...but I doubt it. Most would be put off with the Castor because there isnt much shade and its often a long hike & drive to find fish. Plus the St. Francis & Big offer better fishing. The Courtois, Current, Black, and North Fork see plenty of pressure so I'd take it as positive sign and hope for future management changes on the sections they are tagging. Cheers.
RSBreth Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 More pressure on the Castor maybe...but I doubt it. Most would be put off with the Castor because there isnt much shade and its often a long hike & drive to find fish. Plus the St. Francis & Big offer better fishing. The Courtois, Current, Black, and North Fork see plenty of pressure so I'd take it as positive sign and hope for future management changes on the sections they are tagging. Cheers. Not much attention is given to upper North Fork as far Smallies go - I'm glad to see ANY attention payed to it by the MDC.
cwc87 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 I took my 4yr old on his first fishing trip yesterday and we caught one tagged fish but it was the right one $75. Seen 8 or so others with tags. The only problem is getting the tag out you have to do a quick snip with a sharp pair of cutters and sometimes when u catch one by the time you get the tag secured the other fish in that hole knows your presence. Also, I thought that where it read reward $75 meant that the tag should be worth a small amount under $75. Years ago on the Jacks fork I caught only $5 and $10 FISH SO I guess with inflation the price of a reward tag went up too. All in all not a bad 2 hr outing.
Members Fisherman Sam Posted July 6, 2011 Members Posted July 6, 2011 It's nice to see MDC getting involved in some of my local waters. I definitely cant wait to go fish the Current and Curtois for some of these tagged smallies. If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson
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