dan hufferd Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I take my wife to my favorite fishing hole, and she tried to brake my pole with this 18" bass. A great way to spend a Sunday after church ! Greasy B, bkbying89, marcus and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkbying89 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 It was awfully nice of you to let her catch the big bass. I am sure you gained some points for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoweSTX175 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Nice Spring River fish. Believe it or not a buddy of mine from high school owns bottom ground around in Mt. Vernon on Spring River and his older brother caught two big (trophy mount) rainbow trout out of the river. That happened like 15 or so years ago. trythisonemv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan hufferd Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 I have caught some dandies in places many people fish. I love creek and river fishing ! I think I always will, any stress I may have just goes away. I know most fish are not whoppers, but every once in a while you get a good one. I did get brownie points for the post, but I just love seeing her face when she catches a fish. She is good at working those bass it took 4 casts to get this fish angry enough to finally hang on. Interesting about the trout, I always wonder what was in our Mo. waters before we started messing with stuff. Thanks for the comments. bkbying89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Grey Bear Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 In the 1880's, trout were stocked along the SLSF Railway. This would have been Verona for Spring River. There was also a Trout Farm along the river south of Verona. Williams was at one time reported to have trout also. I have not caught one in there. I was curious if you happen to keep that bass? It sure was a keeper like your wife said. Congrats to her! Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trythisonemv Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 My father in law said he used to catch them out of Williams in the 70s and 80s. Big trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan hufferd Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 8 hours ago, Chief Grey Bear said: In the 1880's, trout were stocked along the SLSF Railway. This would have been Verona for Spring River. There was also a Trout Farm along the river south of Verona. Williams was at one time reported to have trout also. I have not caught one in there. I was curious if you happen to keep that bass? It sure was a keeper like your wife said. Congrats to her! No we did not keep any bass. I did not think you could keep them until May 23 from the river or streams ? I used to use Memorial day as my marker for keeping bass for the river and streams, I think squirrel season opens around that too. Floating, fishing for bass, and squirrel hunting all at the same time ! Sounds like a good weekend to me. Any more though I have to admit, these little areas on Spring river I don't keep anything. I want them to be there for the next time. I would like to say this...I have no problem eating bass, that is why God put them there. They are really good from the creek ! I am old enough to remember small spring fed fish farms, very interesting info. I think most are probably gone. There used to be one near Ritchey Mo Trout must have been very popular. I think it would have taken a lot of effort to maintain a population of trout. Chief Grey Bear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjk86 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 5/28/2016 is when the season opens for black bass in ozark streams. Great fish....I can't believe that pole didn't break. Holy cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan hufferd Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Good old Eagle Claw fiberglass. It is my favorite creek fishing pole. If it breaks I'm out $15. For me creek fish'n all about going on the cheap. Next video might be called "Bass on the Cheap" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Grey Bear Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I've got a couple of those rods to. Fun to play around with. dan hufferd 1 Chief Grey Bear Living is dangerous to your health Owner Ozark Fishing Expeditions Co-Owner, Chief Executive Product Development Team Jerm Werm Executive Pro Staff Team Agnew Executive Pro Staff Paul Dallas Productions Executive Pro Staff Team Heddon, River Division Chief Primary Consultant Missouri Smallmouth Alliance Executive Vice President Ronnie Moore Outdoors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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