Anyone made a trip this year?

[snagged in outlet 3]

2 hours ago, SpoonDog said:

Two or three years ago.  23 year old coed and I did the short loop around the spring branch and the far bank.  Athletic- biked, yoga, running.  I'm not that into pixie cuts or Blackhawks fans, but she had a great butt and I'm not pretty enough to be picky.  Old enough to know if a woman shows interest, don't overthink it.

We walked around, I showed her some pawpaws.  Hatchery improvements never came up- the hatchery could've been burning to the ground for all I knew.  I was interested in a different sort of recreation.

Does that answer your question?

This is a fishing forum.   Pictures or it didn’t happen😁

[oneshot]

5 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

This is a fishing forum.   Pictures or it didn’t happen😁

Zoom Lens.

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[Devan S.]

1 hour ago, SpoonDog said:

Her priorities were elsewhere.

Bummer......based on my knowledge of the trout parks.....the only thing anyone cares about is the fish cleaning station. 

Its complained about non-stop on the facebook pages once they were closed and still complained about on the roaring river page cause people think its too far out of the way. 

[laker67]

1 hour ago, SpoonDog said:

 

I think leaves trout park anglers in a weird place.  These fish are too precious to dump in an urban pond, but not so precious we can't gut them a couple hours after leaving the raceway.  Not so precious we should take a few less, let them get a little bigger. 

If trout park anglers valued big fish over little fish length limits may make a difference, but I don't think that's the case.  Seems like they value the fish they can't catch- the ones that wind up in KC or Springfield or St. Louis- more than the ones stocked locally.  The grass is always greener.

Any fish stocked in an urban lake isn't stocked at a trout park- and if the trout park paradigm is based on harvesting everything you can, that's a problem.  If that's closer to how trout park anglers feel, I don't think changing length or bag limits will make a difference.

 

You make a good point. I think slot limits in zone 1 and 2 would make a tremendous difference to a quality population at the trout parks. Put and 18 or even 20 inch limit on all brown trout, and like taney limit brown trout to one fish in a legal limit.

[fishinwrench]

Alot of guys snort at the Trout parks, but they are a great place to hone your skills.   The hatchery raised trout in Bennett bite (or don't bite) the same way, and for the same reasons that the Wild trout in the NFOW do. 

Of course that doesn't mean that you can become a good dry fly fisherman by standing at the outlet drifting a glo-ball or thread jig under a bobber all day long. 

A fun exercise, if you're going to be there most of the day, is to try to catch 4 dryfly fish, 4 wetfly/nymph fish, and 4 streamer fish from Zone 1.  Have lunch, and then go do it in Zone 2.     It ain't always as easy as it might sound.    Matter of fact, if anyone wants to put up a Benjamin to see who can complete the course first..... I'm game 😊

[tjm]

7 hours ago, laker67 said:

Length limits, and slot limits work very well at taneycomo. 

Taneycomo is not a put and take fishery, it is a guide employment and outfitter support facility. When they start requiring daily tags on Taneycomo, provide full public access  and prohibit guides, you can begin to compare  it to the parks.

Size limits, slot limits could work on the river outside the daily tag area, designate a section of it as trophy only and any fish under 26# or 38"  or whathaveyou must be released, set aside another section where only fish less than 10" or longer than 21" can be kept, these areas would require annual permits no tags;   but fish in the tag area are meant for immediate consumption, it's the basis of the parks existence. No one wants to filet a lunker.

[snagged in outlet 3]

5 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Alot of guys snort at the Trout parks, but they are a great place to hone your skills.   The hatchery raised trout in Bennett bite (or don't bite) the same way, and for the same reasons that the Wild trout in the NFOW do. 

Of course that doesn't mean that you can become a good dry fly fisherman by standing at the outlet drifting a glo-ball or thread jig under a bobber all day long. 

A fun exercise, if you're going to be there most of the day, is to try to catch 4 dryfly fish, 4 wetfly/nymph fish, and 4 streamer fish from Zone 1.  Have lunch, and then go do it in Zone 2.     It ain't always as easy as it might sound.    Matter of fact, if anyone wants to put up a Benjamin to see who can complete the course first..... I'm game 😊

I would still rather see pictures of @SpoonDogs chick.  Especially that “great butt” 😂

[Johnsfolly]

10 hours ago, laker67 said:

You make a good point. I think slot limits in zone 1 and 2 would make a tremendous difference to a quality population at the trout parks. Put and 18 or even 20 inch limit on all brown trout, and like taney limit brown trout to one fish in a legal limit.

Taneycomo is successful due to the size of the lake and its depth that provides some refuge from fishermen, but also has a tremendous forage base for the fish to grow. I don't believe that you have conditions within the trout parks like those in Taney that would allow really much growth for any but a few fish. It's the fish manager conundrum, supply more fish, bigger fish, or attempt the ultimate more bigger fish. More bigger fish leads to more money spent on maintenance of the fish. goes back to my commit earlier in this thread about raising lunkers and that may not be as big of a priority under the current management strategies.

If you were to put in those restrictions, do you greatly reduce the number of fish stocked in those zones?

The last comment I would say is that there would have to be a big change in the enforcement side and even more importantly better handling of trout at the parks for true catch and release of slot fish to be successful.  

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6 hours ago, tjm said:

Taneycomo is not a put and take fishery, it is a guide employment and outfitter support facility. When they start requiring daily tags on Taneycomo, provide full public access  and prohibit guides, you can begin to compare  it to the parks.

Size limits, slot limits could work on the river outside the daily tag area, designate a section of it as trophy only and any fish under 26# or 38"  or whathaveyou must be released, set aside another section where only fish less than 10" or longer than 21" can be kept, these areas would require annual permits no tags;   but fish in the tag area are meant for immediate consumption, it's the basis of the parks existence. No one wants to filet a lunker.

Some don’t care fish is fish. Caught a 6 1/2 pounder on the river. Cooked up as good as a 2 pounder.

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[oneshot]

One problem with any Trout water is over fishing. Use to know several go to Taney and come home with an Ice Chest full.

Even here on the river several catch Trout until they are gone.

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