What Fish Would You Like To Se Stocked And Where.

[Outside Bend]

Carte blanche? I'd like to see browns stocked in the Little Piney. I'd also love to see MDC develop more temperature-tolerant strains of brown and rainbow trout- the genetics are available in some populations of those species, and it'd open up a whole lot more stream miles that may be suitable trout habitat.

I've thought that muskellunge could do alright in some of our cooler rivers, but like Gavin and others have said, there's a lot of hurdles in the way. Still, it'd be cool hooking up with or paddling next to a 4 foot long muskie on the middle Current...

[Wayne SW/MO]

I'm with Al on the kokanne, boring fish. We have plenty of variety, but not everywhere. My choice would be to extend the striper/hybrid fishery, which would help control the gizzard shad and not affect the threadfins.

I don't think are oxygen enriched water is cold enough for any salmonoids. Peaccocks, muskies and northerns ( which have already had their shot and failed) compete with native fish while offering little more opportunity.

[Quillback]

I don't know if gator gar existed this far north on the White river before the dams were built, but if they did, I'd like to see them re-introduced into Beaver.

[jdmidwest]

How about Tilapia in some of the southern MDC owned ponds. Nothing like catching some huge tasty bluegill like fish.

[ozark trout fisher]

Hmm...I'm not sure I'd want to see any new exotics stocked. There's a part of me that would like to see the Akers to Pulltite stretch stocked with trout, but in the end I think they should just leave it be; there's already 20 miles of trout water, which is plenty. Even as it is, the lower half of that doesn't get used all that much, except by locals who want some stocker trout for dinner.

But if I had to come up with something, I'd like to see cutthroats stocked in the Blue Ribbon stretch of the Current.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I'd like to see cutthroats stocked in the Blue Ribbon stretch of the Current.

What do you think they would bring?

[Feathers and Fins]

I think most our big lakes would sustain trout and would be nice to see them in the lakes. Now stripers, Can you imagine the uproar if they got into Taney? I would love it myself as I would bet within 10 years you could see 80lb stripers in there. If managed as a trophy only lake with limited stocking that could be a good thing. But man the screaming would be insane.

[exiledguide]

How about Tilapia in some of the southern MDC owned ponds. Nothing like catching some huge tasty bluegill like fish.

JD last yearI talked to the guy at AGF involved in the stocking of Tilapia in eastern Arkansas and was told that they had stopped stocking them as the cost was too much. I agree with catching and tasty, as a side story when they were early in the stocking program it seemed like different members of the same family every couple of weeks were breaking the state record. Unfortunatly they had to be restocked every year but they would grow to unbelivable size in one growing season and right now that is the fish on our dinner plates when I choose not to kill the fish I catch. My bride gets a parmesan encrusted Tilapia that bakes up real crisp in the oven. Opps didn"t mean to hijack the thread

[exiledguide]

I think most our big lakes would sustain trout and would be nice to see them in the lakes. Now stripers, Can you imagine the uproar if they got into Taney? I would love it myself as I would bet within 10 years you could see 80lb stripers in there. If managed as a trophy only lake with limited stocking that could be a good thing. But man the screaming would be insane.

In Arkansa every November within 2 days of stocking Bows in Lake Catherine below Carpenter dam It seems as though every Strier and walleye show up in the first mile below the dam. I don't know about 80 lb stripers but while I was living there a over 50lb striper and a 16 plus lb walleye were were caught by guys throwing crankbaits for Largemouth Bass and I never had a problem catching a limit of rainbows there and I thought it was the best Largemouth Lake even better than Degray or Ouachita.

[moguy1973]

It would Quill. Long sloping points lots of logs and some great flats. Oh i forgot I would love to see steel head too.

We do have steelhead in Missouri, they are just called Rainbow trout here since they never make it to sea. Same species...