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[Tmason]

Hi all, i guess I'll introduce myself to start this off.... My name is Tory Mason, and the fisheries management biologist up in the far NW corner of MO. i am housed in the NW regional office in St. Joe. I cover Andrew, Holt, Atchison, and Nodaway Counties...Mozingo Lake is in my area, as well as some smaller impoundments that might be of interest. We also take care of Smithville out of the NW regional office, and I know the biologist for it will be signing on soon. We will do our best to answer your questions, or try to find the answer for you, especially for specific lake questions. Please be patient with us, we will sometimes not be able to get to your questions right away if we are doing field work, etc. Great site, with a wealth of information, and my hopes are that we, through this thread, can help you out. Thanks!

[Joedog]

Welcome, TMason! Looking forward to your input...whether you're wearing your biologist hat or your fisherman's hat! Good to have you aboard.

[Speck]

Welcome Tory. Glad to have you on Crappie. Com. Great bunch of folks here. We really appreciate your input.

[Eric Dennis]

Hello everyone, I too will take this opportunity to introduce myself.... My name is Eric Dennis, I am a fisheries management biologist in NW MO. I work out of the NW regional office in St. Joe. I am the Fisheries Bilogist for Smithville Lake, as well as some smaller impoundments in Buchanan, Clinton, and Ray Counties. I work with a good group of biologist in the NW Region and we will do our best to answer your fisheries related questions. As TMason said, Please be patient with us, we will try to answer your questions in a timely manner but field work may take us away from the computer for several days at a time. Thank you all for the opportunity and I look forward to trying to help out!!

[Eric Dennis]

I read an article online about the elk that were brought into Missouri. The article said that some of them had died. Have not heard anything else about it. Have they figured out what caused the deaths yet?

Some info to share related to MO Elk -

Excessive heat and drought conditions coupled with the stress of capture and transport from Kentucky are the likely contributing factors.

http://www.missourinet.com/2012/08/01/tests-could-show-if-elk-deaths-are-drought-related/

[Speck]

Welcome Eric!!! We're glad to have you. Thank you for your input. We really appreciate it!!!

[Jigging15]

Welcome Eric and Tory. You will be a great addition to our group. I look forward to the information you all can provide us to learn more about our fisheries.

[Jigging15]

Forgot to add Tory and Eric that if you need anything from us on here let me or Speck know we will try and help you out.

[Birddogs54]

birddog don't be shy just come out with it. excellent idea and thanks you 2. speck is no.1 in my black book.

Never been accused of being "shy"....lol. Give it a little bit and I believe you'll see more of the MDC biologist on the site.

[MEngel]

Hello everyone! My name is Matt Engel. I am also a Fisheries Management Biologist in the NW Region of Missouri. I am responsible for many small lakes east of St. Joseph, and I have some Missouri River responsibility. I will try my best to answer what I can or get an answer for the questions you post here.