By Bob Randall on Monday, July 4th, 2022 in Fishing reports, No Comments
I’ve been hearing stories about at fishing at Bennett Spring: poor fishing, good fishing, low stocking numbers, fish washed out to the Niangua, remodeling in the hatchery, bringing stock trout from other hatcheries, and finally how it will be a year and a half before the fishing will be back up to par at BSSP. […]
By Bob Randall on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, No Comments
A couple of months back, Mike Kidd from the MTFA Branson chapter sent out a message about the Missouri Blue Ribbon Trout Slam. I’m always interested in finding new places to fish, and especially those that are a little less crowded so this sounded like something that would be enjoyable to do. A blue ribbon […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, January 12th, 2020 in Fishing reports, Nature, No Comments
Kim Schultz recommended a program topic of “Best Steelhead Waters in Missouri”. I thought he was kidding or maybe testing me to see if I really read the program topic suggestions on the membership applications. I emailed him a message that was something like, “What are ya, nuts?” and “The closest place for steelhead to […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 14th, 2019 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Flies, No Comments
Attending Mike Kidd, John Bush, Bob Randall. Fly of the day was a green wispy fished on a sinking line/leader. Water was high and fast. Fish seemed to be holding in the lower section of pools. Cast quartering downstream into the pool, then strip it back. It was important to get the fly down low […]
By Dennis Stead on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 in Fishing reports, Uncategorized, No Comments
On February 23, 2019, a record brown trout was caught in Lake Taneycomo – 34 lbs and 10 oz. But check out what the State Biologist has to say in 2001…….. Neosho angler catches state
By Bob Randall on Monday, February 25th, 2019 in Fishing reports, No Comments
I’ve been pretty successful fishing Crane Creek with fox squirrel nymphs and sparkle flies.
By Bob Randall on Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 in Fishing reports, No Comments
I went fishing at Bennett Spring State Park to celebrate the winter solstice yesterday. I managed to slice my finger open with a filet knife while rummaging around in my fishing gear box. Yes, it’s catch and release season but I store the knife there and it had slipped out of it’s sheath. Another fisherman […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, April 1st, 2018 in Fishing reports, No Comments
Spent eight days at a vacation home at Belle, MO with the family, including my son from Calgary and his family. Place had a nice pond in the back yard. About an acre plus. Yesterday. I caught 42 fish. 30 crappie, eight bluegill and four bass. I am attaching some pix from the first day […]
By Bob Randall on Sunday, January 7th, 2018 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Social Events, No Comments
Ice. It was literally freezing at Roaring River Saturday morning. John Bush had offered some magic formulla to put onto my fly line guides but I declined. Later, while fishing, I discovered ice on the forward guide on my rod. I occasionally felt what seemed like ice cystals on my line and once, I was […]
By Bob Randall on Friday, June 16th, 2017 in Fishing reports, Fishing Trip, Nature, Social Events, No Comments
Text by John Bush: On Saturday, June 10th, Harry Morgan, John Dozier, and John Bush got together to float the James River from the Delaware town access down to Shelvin Rock. The water level was almost perfect, and the river had cleared up a lot from the rains. The temperature wasn’t bad most of the […]
