One more newbie

[macfish]

Hey folks, macfish here. I'm new to this board but not to fishing or fishing sites. I've posted quite a bit at a couple of species specific sites but I'm glad to be on a board specific to my state where I can talk to others who fish these waters. I live in Northeastern Missouri in Monroe City. I live all of about ten minutes from Mark Twain Lake and fish there and several other places locally especially what's called the rereg dam which is on the Salt River at the tail end of Mark Twain Lake below what the Army Corps of Engineers calls the Reregulation Pool. I mainly target carp and catfish, am a catch and release man but will fish for almost anything that swims. I also fish Hunnewell Lake, Thomas Hill Lake and a local lake called South Lake. I don't have a boat so I'm a bank fisher but that's okay because carp and cats are usually within reach where ever I go. Anyway, glad to be here with you. Jonathan

[Phil Lilley]

Sounds like we have alot to learn from you, Jonathan. Everyone is valueable to the forum but your unique interests and location will add diversity. I've fished for many species of freshwater fish in my time but I'm getting more and more interested in fishing for carp and catfish... am even thinking about hiring a guide and fishing for big cats on Truman this summer..

Welcome!

[macfish]

macfis here. Lilley, thanks for the welcome. It seems to be a very friendly group of folks. I'm looking forward to meeting more people and learning more about fishing in our wonderful state. Jonathan

[MTM]

Welcome aboard Sir. Lots of nice folks here. Ron

[Danoinark]

Macfish

Welcome aboard, a great place to share and get info.

Dano

[MoCarp]

Glad to see you here Jonathan--lots of really go folks here

Mo

[gonefishin]

Hello and welcome macfish. Like you I am mostely a bank fisherman and will fish for just about anything that swims. I have even fished for Gar a few times. There are a lot of good people here and some useful information. One thing though you gotta watchout for that MOcarp guy. He will have you fishing for those forign euro carps if you aint careful

Hope you enjoy it here.

Bud

[gonefishin]

Sounds like we have alot to learn from you, Jonathan. Everyone is valueable to the forum but your unique interests and location will add diversity. I've fished for many species of freshwater fish in my time but I'm getting more and more interested in fishing for carp and catfish... am even thinking about hiring a guide and fishing for big cats on Truman this summer..

Welcome!

Phil:

You gotta watch out if you go after those big cats. It is habit forming. What kind of cats do you want to focus on? I assume when you talk about big cats you mean Flats or Blues? You have to target different areas and use different baits depending on the kind of cat you want. I know a few places to get into big ones of both kinds. I would be happy to take you after some if you want to give them a shot.

Bud

[Bill Butts]

I also fish Hunnewell Lake, Thomas Hill Lake and a local lake called South Lake. I don't have a boat so I'm a bank fisher but that's okay because carp and cats are usually within reach where ever I go. Anyway, glad to be here with you. Jonathan

Macfish,

Welcome to the Forum. I've lived in southern MO all my life and didn't know we had a Salt River.

Anyway, my question for you is are you familiar with and do you fish the warm-water discharge area at Thomas Hill for Hybrid Stripers or other species in the winter.

The nice article in the MDC Conservationist, recently, is probably attracking plenty of attention to that.

If you do fish that lake for Hybrids, could you please post some info about your experiences in the Striper Family category on this Forum?

The warm-water discharge fisheries are somewhat unique and present some winter fishing opportunities that are greatly overlooked.

Thanks in advance for any input you can provide.

[macfish]

macfish here. Hey Butts (and all others as well), thanks for the welcome. I've only made it over to Thomas Hill one time so far which was on January 2nd, Monday. I know because I had off work that day so went fishing there with a friend. We went to catch carp and did, but there were quite a few other people there fishing for largemouth and catching a few from the bank, catching a few crappie (seemed to be mostly small ones from boats) and a few guys who were in a boat staying pretty close to the boat ramp which is in the warm water arm. These last two seemed to be targeting stripers and catching them. I don't think they were very large, maybe a few pounds, but what they lacked in sze they seemed to make up for with fight. Now actually, truth be told, I can't positively say they were stripers because they could have been white bass, that's just my guess. I forgot to say these guys stayed about twenty or thirty yards off shore then cast some type of white pastics toward the rip rap which is where the fish were. They cast right up to the shore itself and were getting good strikes and catching. It's a nice looking lake from what I saw of it and I definitely want to go back. The warm water discharge is wild. You can fish directly in it but there is a lot of current so I'm not sure if the fish are really in there or farther out when the water enters the larger lake body. Guys in boats were anchoring pretty far out directly in line with the warm water flow and seemed to be catching. I'm guessing crappie but who knows. There were even a couple of guys set up with long surf rods (10') with heavy spinning reels fishing for big cats, probably big channels and blues. Jonathan