Stupid Vacation ?

Re: Stupid Vacation ?

Ted Shuck, Centennial, CO

>Ernie,

I don't know about fishing Lake of the Ozarks, but I do a fair amount of fishing in Colorado. I do know that most monofilament line does weaken after a few years. Some of the newer fluorocarbon stuff lasts a lot longer, but the regular stuff is pretty well shot after 5-6 years. If you don't want to keep the fish, and you are baitfishing, don't use treble hooks. Fish will often swallow the bait and hook and they will almost surely die with a treble hook in them.

Have a great time and enjoy the bank baits.

Ted

Re: Stupid Vacation ?

R.J.Whelan

>Ernie,

Like Ted, I don't have any experience with your waters but ....

When I retired and moved to Bishop one of the major attractions was living a few hundred yards from the Owens River (one of the best trout fisheries in the world). With access to the river 365 days per year one of my dumb lists was to fish every day of the year (not each year, but every date over a period of years) - I've been here three years this month and only have three days left (December 5, 6, 7 - could have fished but it snowed pretty hard and I was a wimp).

Anyway, yes mono does deteriorate with age: fishing stress and exposure to light contribute as well. Our rule up here is to replace mono every year (most guides require this before they'll put a fisherman on the water). At pennies per yard it's cheap insurance against loosing a fish to a broken line (we call this unfortunate occurance a "long release").

Good luck and enjoy the vacation.

rj

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JL

>Of course you could always just hang out a fishing pole without line. That way none of the fish would be tempted to even nibble and you wouldn't disturb your malt beverage ;).

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Patrick Gibbons, Houston

>You can never really go wrong with worms or minnows. Most species will go after both. It's cooler up there than where I fish and if the catfish are spawning still, crappie and bass will be after fingerlings but probably the fish will be deeper during the day to stay cool. The species there are black bass, smallmouth bass, striped bass, sand bass (white bass), crappie (black and white), catfish, bluegill and goggle eye (perch or sunfish) and paddlefish, which are out of season now.

I'll Never Forget Lake Of The Ozarks

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>Good Evening Ernie,

Well, I've been there more than a few times, and it gets prettier every time I go thru Missouri: I love the place. I took my very pregnant wife and first two children there for an outing back in 1971. We rented one of those bicycle peddle chain driven paddle boats and the 4 1/2 of us got out to the middle of the Lake and the wind came up. It blew against me no matter what direction I headed in. My wife's stomach acted like a big sail. It must have taken me 3 hours of peddeling to get back to where we started. Man, was I ever in need of a cold beer! The kids needed changing and my wife was real mad at me. It was a long trip home. Go for bass, crappie, and catfish. Remember how to keep the worms warm.

George

Re: flourocarbon

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Flourocarbon line as a leader is the steelheaders secret, but you do not want fluorocarbon spooled onto your reel; it is not very flexible, and will casue a large number of tangles. I use P-line brand for most of my fishing now with a fluorocarbon leader. P-line is very abrasion resistant on the rocks and has a very consistent breaking point. I replace my line every year.

Re: Stupid Vacation ?

Jeff Tapke

>Ernie, you'll have better luck and a better vacation if you aren't interuputed by having to take fish off the line, rebait, clean fish, cook fish...tsk tsk....

More relaxing if you throw the hook in the water without any bait on it, few interuptions that way.

Fishing Report *LINK*

Stephen W. Schoene

>Here is the latest fishing report from the Missouri Department of Conservation:

Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell Tailwater): 83 degrees, normal, muddy; crappie slow on minnows and jigs; catfish fair on shad, stinkbaits and worms; black bass slow on worms, plastic worms and crankbaits; white bass fair on light-colored soft plastics and light-colored Rooster Tails. (Report made on 7/13/2005)

Lake of the Ozarks (Glaize): 84 degrees, muddy; crappie fair on minnows and jigs; catfish fair on cut shad, shrimp, hotdogs and stinkbaits; black bass slow on plastic worms and buzzbaits; white bass slow on white soft plastics and crappie jigs. (Report made on 7/13/2005)

Lake of the Ozarks (Gravois): 84 degrees, normal, catfish good; crappie and black bass slow. (Report made on 7/13/2005)

Lake of the Ozarks (Niangua): 84 degrees, normal, black bass fair at night on secondary points on black or tequila sunrise Power Baits 6" to 9" long; crappie fair on minnows in brush around docks 10' to 12' deep; white bass slow on Rooster Tails off windy points; catfish good on cut shad and hotdogs off long, shallow points. (Report made on 7/14/2005)

Lake of the Ozarks (Osage): 84 degrees, normal, muddy; black bass fair at night on secondary points on black or tequila sunrise Power Baits 6" to 9" long; crappie fair on minnows in brush around docks 10' to 12' deep; white bass slow on Rooster Tails off windy points; catfish good on cut shad and hotdogs off long, shallow points. (Report made on 7/14/2005)

The Link takes you to the source of the weekly report subscriptions.


Fishing Report

Re: Fishing Report

Ernie Miller

>Thanks for the report. Heck I figured I would have to cut some livers up this weekend and let them set in a coffee can where they get morning sun for a week or so to get it ripe for fishing. I can go right to the chadd? I'm going to try them power baits for bass or go for the crappie. Although this could be getting complicated and I may go for crusing and watching the wife sun bath. Just change the angle of the cruse so she get bronsed on both sides flip her and cruse some more. This fishing idea is starting to sound like work? I will have to think about it some more. I'm getting that feeling like when you are at an auction and they hold up a #5 with a broken tote and no one is bidding at $2? do I want to? we will see.

Re: Fishing

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Fishing is really hard work; that's what makes it fun ;) Fishing occupies way to much of my time. But if you get into it, especially fly fishing, it becomes a very interesting passion. I just found a number of old maps and books at a garage sale; this man had a real passion for fishing while he was alive. A very interesting legacy, and it has been a different experience to go through the books and see what he highlighted, the maps with highlighted areas in some of my favorite rivers; I think a worthwhile pursuit when all is said and done; the experiences will last well into my old age.