good luck OAF, everyone else can suck it.. Eh?

[tjm]

Were they in the Zone area? been 30 years since I fished there so don't recognize the hole)

Because he said Niangua River below Bennet, and the MDC site says " Catch-and-release rules do not apply to fishing in the winter on the Niangua River... All regular-season rules and regulations regarding licenses, permits and possession limits are in effect, however, and brown trout cannot be kept unless they are 15” or more in length. "

I may have missed it but did they refer to Cricket or this forum? Again because MDC says that stretch is good for bass and rock bass. I don't think this thread is what got them there.

[fishinwrench]

They are in zone 3 inside Bennett Spring state park, mostly.

No they didn't learn about it via this forum, they learned about it from a friend who also has a YT channel with vids of him doing the same thing just outside the park.

[Flysmallie]

And they probably had no idea that they were doing anything wrong. 

[fishinwrench]

14 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

And they probably had no idea that they were doing anything wrong. 

The friend they learned it from knows better.   I informed them and I think it kinda offended them that I said anything.   Whatever.

[tjm]

Bet they can't spell genius either.

 They know now the comments section covered that.

[tjm]

fishinwrench, did you send a link to the local agent?

[Flysmallie]

4 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

The friend they learned it from knows better.   I informed them and I think it kinda offended them that I said anything.   Whatever.

Who cares if they were offended. At least they know. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

fishinwrench, did you send a link to the local agent?

Hell no. What would be the point?   I reported a half a truckload of dead rainbows and a few Smallies laying dead on the bottom of the river recently that had been gigged and they didn't seem to care at all about THAT,  so a couple boys doing some C&R smallie fishing in the park isn't gonna concern anyone.   All they are likely to do is write a nice article about them like they did the little elk chick.

I only posted that to show that OAF isn't the only way to learn that there are smallmouth in the spring branch during winter.   I talk to a ton of fishermen and only about one in 500 are even remotely familiar with this forum.  Discussion forums aren't a thing for most people that fish.  We are just kinda special 

[Chief Grey Bear]

I believe I was just saying that the other day. But then the whole Google thingy came up. Some are just too blind. 

[Phil Lilley]

The video has been deleted...  I guess someone told them.