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[Cajunangler]

Its getting a little late but since I couldn't sleep I thought I would introduce myself. I moved here from north Louisiana about 18 months back. I grew up fishing largemouth bass but have grown quite fond of the bronze backs over the last few years. Since I have been in the area I have floated the James, the Niangua, the Gasconade and the Spring River in Arkansas fishing for smallmouth and trout. I also have fished Table Rock, Stockton and Pomme De Terre. I am hoping my lack of success on the lakes has been somewhat affected by lower than normal lake levels. But I guess we all have to learn what areas of each lake produce the best during different times of the year.

My most recent trip to Table Rock, last Friday, did yield eight bass before the cold front make it too windy to concentrate on fishing. I have been finding good quantities of shad up the James River arm that bass have been feeding on. But I am sure the cooler nights will be rapidly changing the shad location and causing the bass to slow down.

I have reviewed several current fishing report on the site and look forward to being able to offer information that might help others with their fishing efforts. I am interested in doing more trout fishing and the current postings concerning Taneycomo have me eager to go there again in search of a large brown.

[Phil Lilley]

Cajunangler- We have some of the best smallmouth bass fishing in the country around here and hopefully some of the guys here can point you in the right direction in the coming months. Yes, we need rain. That has played a part in slow fishing but you should still be able to land a few trophy brownies, esp in the streams. I'm a huge jig fan myself.

Welcome. You'll have to share some of your cajun experiences with us sometime. I was just talking to a friend that we should take a redfish outing sometime.

[Terry Beeson]

AAAAHHHH-EEEEEEE! c'est si bon

Welcome to the area and the forum. LOTS of information here and some pretty good people... at least they are online...

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

[Cajunangler]

Red fish are fun but there is a close cousin in the waters up here, stripers. My buddy and I met at Lake Ouachita in Arkansas last spring and had a lot of fun catching 5-15 pounders on top waters and jerk baits. I know red fishing is gaining popularity but I like the less humid conditions up here compared with the "thick" humidity down south. Actually, I'm more interested in landing a large brown or rainbow. I understand the browns are spawning and can be tempted at this time. As of now I haven't put much effort in learning how to catch these but after going to Alaska this past summer, I know the enjoyment that can be had catching large salmon and figure a large brown would be very similar.

Good to hear from other diehard fishermen in the area.

[Ham]

Well well about time.

Has it only been 18 months since you moved to Nixa? Seems like a lot longer than that.

My loss is yalls gain. CajunAngler moved from not too far from me to half a world away.

Redfish did someone say Redfish? The cool thing about Redfish is they act like aggressive shallow water Largemouth, BUT They pull like a Striper.

[Jeremy Hunt]

Glad to have ya.... Cajunangler

I also grew up fishing for bass (in Texas) and was blessed to fish Lake Fork when they first built it 1986. My family had a lake house there. I still fish for bass but on the fly rod. I haven't really got out and fished the Niangua or the Gasconade much so I am eager to hear some of the reports in the future. Maybe we could get together and I could show you a little bit about the layout of Taney. Drop me an e-mail.

jh

[Gary Lange]

Welcome to the site and welcome to Nixa, Mo. We sure got a few Nixa people on here. I moved here back about 18 months ago myself and love it and the whole area.

[Phil Lilley]

There's alot of people from Nixa... I've sent out 4 bumper stickers to people with Nixa addresses.