Middle meramec report

[fishinwrench]

The fact that spotted bass in creeks and rivers are always ate up with parasites kinda indicates to me that they don't belong there. 

You boys that claim to enjoy catching them are only saying that because catching ANYTHING that doesn't require time honing skills makes you happy.  

Those spots need to get gone, and I don't care how many laws get broken seeing to it.  Twist that up, like a defense lawyer, into anything you want in an effort to make your point, but you'll not change anyone's mind that has any real world experience on the rivers and the bass that inhabit them.

[Smallieguy87]

I DO take spots out of stream when i catch them. I don't clean them or eat them but i usually give them to one of my fishing buddies who's family has come on hard times the past few years. We do need to limit the amount of spotted bass. I personally won't throw any fish on a bank. I used to see that a lot around big river, mineral fork etc. People would catch Gar and just leave them on the bank, put sticks in their mouth and throw em back...you name it. Pretty crappy really. I'm not sure if those folks have grown tired of it, got in trouble or maybe are sitting jail but i haven't seen that in sometime. 

[Blazerman]

But right new the bass season is closed on Ozark streams correct and that includes spotted bass?

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

Those spots need to get gone, and I don't care how many laws get broken seeing to it.  

 

Well if we kill all of them in Table Rock then my stream should be fine.

But mostly you guys are being ridiculous.

[moguy1973]

21 minutes ago, Blazerman said:

But right new the bass season is closed on Ozark streams correct and that includes spotted bass?

And therein lies the problem with the black bass season.  If they want spots gone by allowing 12 to be taken of any size they should allow spots to be taken year round.

[ColdWaterFshr]

I'll continue to bank chuck the spots.  Love the sound of them flopping around in dry leaves.   Neosho strain smallmouth I can throw pretty far too.

 

[Flysmallie]

Put those neosho's in a thrower and shoot them like a clay pigeon. 

[Chief Grey Bear]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

The fact that spotted bass in creeks and rivers are always ate up with parasites kinda indicates to me that they don't belong there. 

You boys that claim to enjoy catching them are only saying that because catching ANYTHING that doesn't require time honing skills makes you happy.  

Those spots need to get gone, and I don't care how many laws get broken seeing to it.  Twist that up, like a defense lawyer, into anything you want in an effort to make your point, but you'll not change anyone's mind that has any real world experience on the rivers and the bass that inhabit them.

I have yet see a bass of any race eat up with parasites. Must be the water you fish. But even at that, being afflicted with parasites is not an indication it does not belong there. Not sure how you came up with that. 

Seeing how I have no real control over which species of bass strikes my artificial forage presentation, I have to catch spots when I can so I have some semblance of accomplishment. I, as well as others that don't get our tampons all out of wack when we catch a spot, enjoy the fierce battle they produce. And of the three black bass  species, they are by far the most beautiful. 

Yeah, real world experience. You are quite the ambassador for that. 

[fishinwrench]

18 minutes ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

 

Yeah, real world experience. You are quite the ambassador for that. 

Says who?  Did I say I was?   

Had to check....Nope I didn't. 

Pick-pick-pick....Spin-spin-spin 

[Chief Grey Bear]

3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Says who?  Did I say I was?   

Had to check....Nope I didn't. 

Pick-pick-pick 

 

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Those spots need to get gone....Twist that up, like a defense lawyer, into anything you want in an effort to make your point, but you'll not change anyone's mind that has any real world experience on the rivers and the bass that inhabit them.

There is no other way to interpret it.