Missouribassman95 Posted December 12, 2023 Posted December 12, 2023 Hello everyone in the Smallmouth Bass forum! I discovered Bass Resource when I was first figuring out how to catch largies from farm ponds in Central Missouri over ten years ago. I moved down to Springfield for school in 2015 and got away from bass fishing. In fact, I almost sold my gear on a few occasions. Well, two summers ago I decided to get a canoe and start fishing the numerous rivers in Southern Missouri for Smallmouth. I got hooked into bass fishing all over again! But this time it's in the rivers for the brown fish. There's something so amazing about pulling a smallmouth out of crystal clear water. I don't think I can do any other fishing. I thought I would hop back onto Bass Resource and "meet" some other smallie anglers from around the country! 4 Quote
Susky River Rat Posted December 12, 2023 Posted December 12, 2023 Welcome back! You broke a major rule. Never sell fishing equipment unless it’s to get more fishing equipment. I am glad you are on the dark side of fishing. Remember the river rat life chooses you. 3 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted December 12, 2023 Super User Posted December 12, 2023 18 hours ago, Susky River Rat said: Remember the river rat life chooses you. If you're in a car and you drive over a bridge and feel the current tugging at you, that's the river choosing you. It is an honor. 3 Quote
PaulVE64 Posted December 13, 2023 Posted December 13, 2023 I admit to checking river conditions everytime I cross a bridge. 2 Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted December 13, 2023 Super User Posted December 13, 2023 So what are you floating? Several floaters hang around Phil Lillies Ozark Anglers site. Quote
Missouribassman95 Posted December 14, 2023 Author Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 9:45 PM, Susky River Rat said: Welcome back! You broke a major rule. Never sell fishing equipment unless it’s to get more fishing equipment. I am glad you are on the dark side of fishing. Remember the river rat life chooses you. Indeed 3 hours ago, Jig Man said: So what are you floating? Several floaters hang around Phil Lillies Ozark Anglers site. Oh yes that site has been a gold mine of information for me. And, I mainly float the James River outside of Springfield and Beaver Creek down by Branson. My goal this summer is to learn the Buffalo River down in Arkansas. I also try to make a trip or two up to the Namakagon River in WI. Incredible fishery. Quote
Blue Raider Bob Posted December 21, 2023 Posted December 21, 2023 Spent a couple summers near Ft. Leonard Wood when my sister was a nurse in the Army back in the 70's. Got to fish the Big Piney, and the Gasconade all summers long! 1 Quote
Missouribassman95 Posted December 22, 2023 Author Posted December 22, 2023 On 12/21/2023 at 11:24 AM, Blue Raider Bob said: Spent a couple summers near Ft. Leonard Wood when my sister was a nurse in the Army back in the 70's. Got to fish the Big Piney, and the Gasconade all summers long! Those are two rivers I really want to explore! Especially the Big Piney. Saw one of my buddies pull an absolute dinosaur of a Smallie out of the 'Nade. 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted December 30, 2023 Super User Posted December 30, 2023 Welcome to the forums. There are a lot of nice smallie streams down in southern Missouri. 1 Quote
PaulVE64 Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 Catching smallies is the best and there are some d**n fine sticks on Bass Resource. Tight lines. 2 Quote
Missouribassman95 Posted January 4, 2024 Author Posted January 4, 2024 On 12/30/2023 at 9:34 AM, Bankbeater said: Welcome to the forums. There are a lot of nice smallie streams down in southern Missouri. Indeed! 1 Quote
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted January 7, 2024 Global Moderator Posted January 7, 2024 Welcome to Bassresource 1 Quote
JimB1 Posted March 11, 2024 Posted March 11, 2024 On 12/22/2023 at 3:03 PM, Missouribassman95 said: Those are two rivers I really want to explore! Especially the Big Piney. Saw one of my buddies pull an absolute dinosaur of a Smallie out of the 'Nade. I see that you were a MP! As was I, I retired 15 years ago. I have caught some big smallies out of the Big Piney! The best river is the Gasconade for big ones for sure I have caught some in the 5 lbs range! Lake Taney Como has some nice fish in there too, my first time fishing it I caught an 8 lbs large mouth. Quote
Super User Munkin Posted March 15, 2024 Super User Posted March 15, 2024 On 3/11/2024 at 3:02 PM, JimB1 said: I see that you were a MP! As was I, I retired 15 years ago. I have caught some big smallies out of the Big Piney! The best river is the Gasconade for big ones for sure I have caught some in the 5 lbs range! Lake Taney Como has some nice fish in there too, my first time fishing it I caught an 8 lbs large mouth. Spent 17 weeks at Ft. Leonard Wood for MPOBC and usually fished 6 days a week. The Big Piney is great except being from Maryland I was not ready for the Cottonmouth encounters. I fished every pond and lake on FLW along with the Big Piney. Actually caught several meanmouth bass while I was there that I had to ask the game warden what they were? Besides my time at FLW I had a job that sent me to St. Louis for like 3 weeks at a time. Fished the Meramac and caught my first flathead on a Team Daiwa jerkbait. For all the guys that live in Missouri it is a fishing paradise. Rivers, lakes, and ponds everywhere just full of bass. I remember driving down some small country road seeing doublewide trailers on 4 acres of land with a 2 acre pond. One of the FLW Game Wardens I befriended while I was there invited me to his house for some fresh fried bass. He had about a 2 acre pond in his back yard told me we needed 8 bass and gave me a rod with a buzzbait on it. Told me to go catch 8 bass, throw back anything under 12" and over 16" while he got everything ready. He was right about the buzzbait as I had those 8 fish in about 20 casts. Allen Quote
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