Best Smallmouth stream in Missouri?

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

Nope, its Number 3.

He found an Amish guy to make Mercury Parts for him......

I'd be willing to bet that an Amish child could make better quality parts than Mercury Marine division can.   And for 1/10th of the cost.

[Harps]

On 8/8/2021 at 10:51 PM, Flysmallie said:

I’ve seen them. I think they put whatever they catch on the stringer. Me, Harps, and Chief ran into a whole gang of them a couple of years ago. It wasn’t their first time out there. 

One of those bastards cast a line over my boat as I paddled by several of them standing on gravel bar, and I don’t see how it wasn’t on purpose. I should have cut his line, but I was a good Christian and flipped the line behind me with the paddle. I put a power stroke down and then glanced back over my shoulder and gave him my best ‘try that again’ glare without saying a word. I don’t know what he was planning to do there, but it felt like he was trying to pick a fight. 

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Harps said:

I put a power stroke down and then glanced back over my shoulder and gave him my best ‘try that again’ glare without saying a word. I don’t know what he was planning to do there, but it felt like he was trying to pick a fight

He was looking for a place to put down a power stroke too ? 😅 

Gotta watch'em, their wirey !  😁

[Harps]

1 hour ago, fishinwrench said:

He was looking for a place to put down a power stroke too ? 😅 

Gotta watch'em, their wirey !  😁

😬

He was looking at a power stroke of a paddle upside his head if he messed with me.

[snagged in outlet 3]

as if crackheads were bad enough now I gotta watch out for Amish dudes?😂.   

[Flysmallie]

4 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

as if crackheads were bad enough now I gotta watch out for Amish dudes?😂.   

They were a strange bunch. Couldn't speak English well. I'm surprised that @Harps wasn't raped in his tent that night. You know those guys were looking to make him squeal like a pig. 

[Flysmallie]

I also listened to a podcast last week that featured a gentleman that has fished that area probably more than anyone here and he mentioned how bad the Amish are about raping the resource. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

31 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

They were a strange bunch. Couldn't speak English well. I'm surprised that @Harps wasn't raped in his tent that night. You know those guys were looking to make him squeal like a pig. 

If it happens.  Include it in your trip report.  Pictures would be nice.  😂

[Flysmallie]

3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

 Pictures would be nice.  😂

sicko

[Harps]

6 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

If it happens.  Include it in your trip report.  Pictures would be nice.  😂

I think photos were posted. Maybe. A few years ago. Those Amish have their own weird language centered on a series of grunts and croaks. Head jerks and blinking provide subtleties.