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I love spotted bass where they belong, and it's sad that they have been such a disaster to smallmouth in the Meramec system (and the Gasconade, for that matter).  Yup, they ARE fun on topwater...I was on upper Big River day before yesterday and caught 28 of them on top...along with 21 smallmouth and only 5 largemouth.  I hate it that they now outnumber the smallmouth up there.

 

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1 hour ago, Al Agnew said:

I love spotted bass where they belong, and it's sad that they have been such a disaster to smallmouth in the Meramec system (and the Gasconade, for that matter).  Yup, they ARE fun on topwater...I was on upper Big River day before yesterday and caught 28 of them on top...along with 21 smallmouth and only 5 largemouth.  I hate it that they now outnumber the smallmouth up there.

 

Yep I totally get it Al, I was slaughtering these things for 2 years here and someone called the MDC on me so I let them go now. I don’t know many people catching as many Spots over 18 inches like I am. They are fun but, a menace.

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12 hours ago, Al Agnew said:

I love spotted bass where they belong, and it's sad that they have been such a disaster to smallmouth in the Meramec system (and the Gasconade, for that matter).  Yup, they ARE fun on topwater...I was on upper Big River day before yesterday and caught 28 of them on top...along with 21 smallmouth and only 5 largemouth.  I hate it that they now outnumber the smallmouth up there.

 

How far up? I don't think that I have ever caught any above leadwood.  

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Man, I’ve got to try that Teckel

"Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor

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41 minutes ago, top_dollar said:

How far up? I don't think that I have ever caught any above leadwood.  

Above the Big conference at one very specific little ripple

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13 hours ago, top_dollar said:

How far up? I don't think that I have ever caught any above leadwood.  

I've caught two or three above Leadwood.  But from Leadwood downstream they now outnumber smallmouth, or at least that's how the numbers of those I catch shake out most days.  The Leadwood low water bridge is the final barrier to upstream spread of spots, and it's mostly held for many years.

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Most of the bigger spots I’ve caught were between Cooks Station and River Round. 

"Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor

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Those are awesome fish!

I'm ready for the Part 2-Hybrids! 😁

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Whew, $20 for a walk the dog, but I guess if they work...

 

Nice fish.

-- Jim

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson

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