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Post by Warmouth » April 20th, 2006, 2:40 am

Cut the BS, where are you catching fish, ya Jabronies?

I tore 'em up at Truman last weekend. Is anyone else catching any, or planning to?
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Re: Where?

Post by Outdoorsfool » April 20th, 2006, 4:15 am

I'm planning to....I'm just waiting for my scout (BornBad) to post up where the fish are holding and the best colors for the Niangua. Drinking, fishing, eating, floating (in that order) is what spring is made for! If anything will bring us rain, it'll be our April float trip....works about 70% of the time! Image
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Post by Warmouth » April 20th, 2006, 4:28 am

Sounds like fun. I'm going to be busy having my daughter, and doing what fishin' we can at Truman. I'm sure there will be a few tourny's going on there this weekend. Image
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Post by Outdoorsfool » April 20th, 2006, 5:08 am

Don't have too much fun!! Image My boy stays home this weekend, so we are going to hit the ponds at the farm pretty hard and maybe even wander over to the CA a couple miles over. Already got nightcrawlers and chicken livers in the farm. Thinking about picking up some minners on the way home tomorrow night.
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Post by Warmouth » April 20th, 2006, 5:19 am

You can't go wrong with marabou jigs in brown, olive, and white. Black over yellow aint too bad either.
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Post by Outdoorsfool » April 20th, 2006, 5:31 am

True...but I don't know if jigs got enough life to keep the boy interested, if the fish aren't biting. Minners are cheap entertainment for him! Image

Hey, speaking of minners....Anybody kniow what the live bait situation like around Diggs, where the hodown is? Are there shops close by or is planning ahead necessary?
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Post by fishin » April 20th, 2006, 5:48 am

Going to Mark Twain hoping to tear them up this weekend because last was less than spectacular. I am with ODF on the minnows they sure keep me 5 yo entertained.
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Post by Swamp_Fox » April 20th, 2006, 6:45 am

Outdoorsfool said:

True...but I don't know if jigs got enough life to keep the boy interested, if the fish aren't biting. Minners are cheap entertainment for him! Image



Hey, speaking of minners....Anybody kniow what the live bait situation like around Diggs, where the hodown is? Are there shops close by or is planning ahead necessary?


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Post by Warmouth » April 20th, 2006, 7:02 am

That is a good plan Swamp. Image
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Re: Where?

Post by BornBad » April 20th, 2006, 3:55 pm

ODF, I have never fished the Niangua. Doubt I'd drive that far for a trout. Got an itch to angle some strange, would like to try Sims Valley Community Lake for a Pickerel.



I also heard-tell cut 'maters are great bait for grass carp and I'd sure like to hook into one of them moving logs with medium gear Image I snagged one once while bass fishing and it was a fugging powerhouse. I could not even slow it down on it's run, then my hook came off. Wipers/Stripers are awsome to get the drag singing, but nothing compaired to the song that grassy played on my drag.
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Post by Duck Me Runnin » April 21st, 2006, 1:21 am

BB,

They'll eat a cocktail mater that's hangin' about 6" under a small float. And you're right, they're strong as a mofo. Image

Believe it or not, them things are dayum fine vittles. Just fleece 'em like you would a sucker. Image
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Re: Where?

Post by Outdoorsfool » April 21st, 2006, 2:07 am

We bait around the dock at LO with soured corn. It's not uncommon to hook into a 20-30 #er. I hooked one last year that felt like I had hooked the neighbor's dock....until it decided to swim off. There was no stopping or turning that hoss.
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Re: Where?

Post by Outdoorsfool » April 24th, 2006, 6:17 am

Got out to a local CA yesterday. Action was pretty slow, but the boy managed to bring in some gills for the skillet. I had 2 strikes on Sonny's...only one of them whiskers made it to the stringer...about a 4#'er.
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