Fishing Goal For 2014

[drew03cmc]

The guys at roughfish are certifiable, but those fish are awesome!

[KCRIVERRAT]

Pretty cool endeavor, and it has given me an idea...

I'd like to round up, photograph, and positively identify every critter than swims/crawls/or slithers here in my home creek. There are some minnows, bugs, and amphibians in there that I'm not 100% sure exactly what they are.

Ever seen a KCRIVERRAT down yer way? It's been known to swim, crawl, or slither in your home waters bud.

[fishinwrench]

Ever seen a KCRIVERRAT down yer way? It's been known to swim, crawl, or slither in your home waters bud.

Yes I have captured an Evanasaurous-Couchpotatus from these waters. Lured it with a white bass fillet, took it home and kept it alive overnight then transported it to a different watershed where it frolicked happily all day. Took pics, then released it.

Haven't seen another one since, but occasionally I do hear one calling out from the West like a lonesome bullfrog.

[Ham]

1) Rainbow Trout

2) Brown Trout

3) Chestnut Lamprey (attached to a Rainbow).

[Terrierman]

1) Rainbow Trout

2) Brown Trout

3) Chestnut Lamprey (attached to a Rainbow).

Lampreys don't prey on trout.

Ham, my money is on you to get your 52. Do keep us posted.

[Quillback]

1) Rainbow Trout

2) Brown Trout

3) Chestnut Lamprey (attached to a Rainbow).

Cool, off to a good start. How often do you catch a brook trout when you're fishing the White? How about cutthroats?

[Ham]

If I make a trip or two and wade fish Quarry park, I have a very good chance to catch a Brook trout. They are pretty rare on the White. They only put 15K in the two rivers a year and I think most of those eat up as really pretty Brown trout snacks.

They put a LOT of Cutts in the river, but the poor things starve to death waiting on a bug hatch. Why won't they just eat a scud or twenty. They really are suckers for a dry fly, but I catch a few on Zig Jigs and more than a few Cutt Bows show up as the year rolls along.

The level of natural spawning success of the Brown trout becomes clear when you look at the stocking numbers. IF I remember correctly, the AFGC was stocking three times as many Cutts as Browns BUT you catch ten times as many Browns as Cutts.

IF you want to fish for the Grand Slam of Ozark Trout, stick to the Norfork. YOu have to go there for the Brookies and you're also much more likely to catch Cutts as well. IME anyway.

[bfishn]

If you can count a parasite that just came along for the ride as a catch, you might as well start checking stomach contents too. Probably find several species there that would be mighty hard to catch otherwise. :-)

[Ham]

IF it makes you feel any better, I don't count the shad I snag when dropping a spoon as "caught" fish or another species.

[Ham]

They ran one unit on the Norfork River today. I tried to not go, but I failed. It was 27 when I launched the boat. Kinda windy and cool.

I was in search of a Brook Trout and I caught me one. Kinda little and colors weren't great , but 4) Brook Trout. I also caught a fair number of Rainbows. They seemed fat, happy, and colored up.