No report

[Smithvillesteve]

Happy Thanksgiving! I look forward to checking out the fishing report every thursday in the KC Star. For about the last month there has been no report for Table Rock. Anybody know why this is?

[evilcatfish]

If I'm not mistaken, the reports in the KC Star come from the MDC, which doesn't list new reports in the winter. At least I think that's he way it used to be. Much better info here or from the guys on YouTube anyway!

[vernon]

Actually, Mr. Babler had been providing the KC Star reports up until the recent void.  About half of the other lake reports have appeared to be cut and paste jobs from the previous week for the last couple of months.

Not very informative and it's as though conditions never change.  Several days after a big rain in October the paper said that Hillsdale was "one foot high and clearing".  My brother and I thought that sounded a little odd but headed down that way the next day just to see.  EIGHT foot high and rising and as muddy as the Mighty Mo!

Ever since Brent Frazee got forced out the outdoors section has been a joke.

Of course, the rest of the sports page is deteriorating pretty rapidly too. Heck, you can't even get a box score from a Royals game the next morning without going to the "online edition".  If they were playing late on the west coast I would understand but that's seldom the case.

I've been a subscriber since the mid 70's but this might be the last year for me.  If so, I'm gonna miss the morning read after all these years but it just ain't what it used to be and the main portion is like watching CNN or MSNBC.  It goes into the trash immediately.

But evil's right - OA is by far the best source when it comes to Table Rock and is usually the first thing I check every morning!

[Quillback]

Yeah Bill posted a thread here, I think it was last spring, where he said he was going to be providing the report for the KC Star.  He sent them a detailed report, and they cut it down to what you see now.  Don't know if Bill still sends them info anymore.

[Smithvillesteve]

Thanks boys. And I couldnt agree with you more Vernon about the Star. 

[Champ188]

Bill has also been deer hunting recently and if I know him ... and I do ... he won’t give a report unless he’s been out there and knows firsthand what’s going on. 

I won’t get into the discussion on newspapers but as most of you know, I was a career sports/outdoors editor and later a news editor. The situation now is a joke. I wouldn’t spend my money on a subscription.