what species of fish are in taneycomo

[flyfishfan781]

i was really curious about grass pickerel if there are any down there i have a tank with a pickerel in it and im moving to springfield next year and i am going to need to find new "pets" >GRASS PICKEREL<

[Phil Lilley]

None that I know of.

Some people want you to think there's only trout here... but not true! Bass (blacks, kentucks, smallies), blue gill, crappie, cats, whites and more.

[flyfishfan781]

any walleye i thought i saw something about walleye in one of the posts but wasn't sure of taney or tabe rock

[Phil Lilley]

A few but not many.

[duckydoty]

Last spring I saw a 25-30 lb. blue cat laying just below the rebar hole. That would be fun on the fly rod!

duckydoty

[Ham]

Having hooked a approximately 10 lb Bluecat with a 6 wt flyrod using 3 X tippet, I can tell you that a 25 plus pound catfish would be all but impossible on trout gear. At some point, it might decide to go lay down on bottom and just wait you out. Without a lot of pull, nothing happens.

My catfish buried up in a grassbed and could not be pulled loose with the tippet I was using. I broke off on 3 before I decided that I was not going to be successful.

It would be fun to be sure. That first run when a big catfish figures out that it is hooked is amazing.

[taxidermist]

Where do you fish for Pickerel?

[Dutch]

Where do you fish for Pickerel?

No where in MO that I have ever been. They have a bunch in AR if you really want to get into them.

BTW: There are also a bunch of suckers in TCMO. A couple of my friends used to gig them there a lot.

[Phil Lilley]

Spring River, Current River, Eleven Point I think.

[Whodat]

Texas, at Sam Rayburn I caught many practicing for a Bassmasters event years ago.