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[MoCarp]

52 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

 but a lot depends upon how much time you've spent on the water doing all kinds of other things.  

That sir is true on so many things, take a greenhorn city boy out to do anything outdoors and it can be a laugher, give me someone that grew up with mud between there toes and skeeter bites on there arms and they catch on way faster

4 minutes ago, Jacob McIntosh said:

I've gigged from both small jon boats and now my own jet isI like how stable my jet is speed isnt a noticeable difference but we gig in a pretty slow strech of water hitting a moving target that is usually darting in different directions can be tricky but it's worth the trouble great tasting fish 

perhaps a 100 years of stabbing has made  the easy fish genes gone by by...same could be said on fish dummies that jump on anything with a hook don't get to pass on their genes.....unless its supplemented by stocking...food for thought

[Jacob McIntosh]

I think it just depends on the fish and the day yellows and red horse tend to be moving  more often but they will set some times especially near logs or large bed rock bottoms hog suckers almost always lay still but they have amazing camouflage so they can risk it i think it depends on the amount of pressure they see this year not many guys went and we killed a limit in an hour and a half even thought we gigged the same stretch every weekend all season long.  last year was a different story 

[MoCarp]

1 hour ago, Jacob McIntosh said:

we gigged the same stretch every weekend all season long.  

Hmmmmmmm

[Deadstream]

1 hour ago, Jacob McIntosh said:

we killed a limit in an hour and a half even thought we gigged the same stretch every weekend all season long. 

Good for you!   I have taken many people gigging in Michigan and Missouri and it really didn't matter wear they were from.  It's not rocket science.  Kinda like catching carp. 

[Harps]

On 12/30/2017 at 3:46 PM, grizwilson said:

A book that hits on many is:

Some recollections of an Ozarks float trip guide / Ted Sare 

Good read and tales 

I was going to suggest this book until I got deep enough into this discussion to see someone else already had. One of the best plain-spoken accounts of the beginnings of the commercial float industry in the Ozarks and the fishing that was available then. A rare book if you can find it and worth the effort. I bought several from Mrs. Sare and was disappointed to learn Mr. Sare had passed by the time I found his book. Would have enjoyed a talk with him. I'm really thankful he put his experiences in writing.

[MoCarp]

9 hours ago, Deadstream said:

  It's not rocket science.  Kinda like catching carp. 

Famous last words....perhaps a challenge is in the works