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02-20-2020, 10:33 AM
Thread: Livescope impact
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I definitely am most concerned with smaller...
I definitely am most concerned with smaller crappie fisheries....armed with livescope, anglers with the 'harvest everything i can before someone else does' mentality can and will have dramatic impacts
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common carp were the only species that were...
common carp were the only species that were affected by the fish kill...the cause is still undetermined
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07-17-2018, 02:52 PM
Thread: Walleye at Stockton Lake
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Truman gets fish every other year as well as...
Truman gets fish every other year as well as surplus when available....so....although its 9th on the list....when there are multiple consecutive years of surplus walleye available (which has been the...
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06-14-2018, 10:30 AM
Thread: Walleye at Stockton Lake
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long branch has been stocked in the past with...
long branch has been stocked in the past with very limited results...most likely due to water clarity....lakes in the top 7 on the list should all provide decent chances if you are targeting...
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06-14-2018, 09:30 AM
Thread: Walleye at Stockton Lake
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Stockton, Smithville, Bull Shoals, LOZ, Norfork,...
Stockton, Smithville, Bull Shoals, LOZ, Norfork, Mozingo, Longview, Jacomo, Truman, Show Me, Harrison Co. Lake, Pomme, Table Rock, Forest Lake, Long Branch, are all in the walleye plan.
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02-01-2018, 10:18 AM
Thread: Crappie in NW Missouri
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Bilby Ranch Lake allows gas motors at no wake...
Bilby Ranch Lake allows gas motors at no wake speed....Belcher (55 acres), all the Cameron lakes, Jamesport Community (27acres), Limpp (29acres) are electric only. Basically, any MDC lake over 70...
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01-30-2018, 03:34 PM
Thread: Crappie in NW Missouri
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you cannot get a boat on mozingo at the moment
you cannot get a boat on mozingo at the moment
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01-30-2018, 03:32 PM
Thread: Crappie in NW Missouri
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smithville and mozingo are popular....but small...
smithville and mozingo are popular....but small lakes like Pony express, nodaway county lake, willowbrook, happy holler, Belcher branch, all have good to excellent populations and will produce if you...
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01-11-2018, 10:56 AM
Thread: draining the pond
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If you purchased the fish, they are yours to do...
If you purchased the fish, they are yours to do with what you wish...do you have the receipt? The only problem I could foresee is proving you bought the fish if the agent came looking
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07-14-2017, 02:29 PM
Thread: mozingo crappie regulation
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mozingo crappie regulation
Mozingo crappie regulation is now 15 crappie per day instead of 30. There is still no minimum size limit.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me at the NW regional office in St. Joseph
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11-14-2016, 04:24 PM
Thread: Crappie pond population question
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what a problem to have! this is the exact reason...
what a problem to have! this is the exact reason that the old adage of no crappie in small bodies of water is definitely....old...the bass are keeping the young of year in check for sure...but im...
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07-05-2016, 04:07 PM
Thread: Ballooning whites
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Sorry, was out of the office....fishing....:) I'm...
Sorry, was out of the office....fishing....:) I'm a fish biologist, not an agent...:)...sorry for the confusion...like beagle man says...its fine to throw your fish back at the end of the day if you...
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06-23-2016, 08:22 AM
Thread: Ballooning whites
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hogster is correct...once you put a crappie in...
hogster is correct...once you put a crappie in the livewell, you may not legally throw it back...the bass culling rule for tournaments is different...then you may, at times, cull
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06-20-2016, 01:33 PM
Thread: Help identifying this fish
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ugh...out of a pond? looks like an orange bighead...
ugh...out of a pond? looks like an orange bighead carp to me
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06-16-2016, 08:32 AM
Thread: Ballooning whites
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I'll chime in...the wildlife code in MO is a...
I'll chime in...the wildlife code in MO is a permissive code...and it doesn't specifically say that you can tether a fish and tie a balloon to it entice and or follow the fish to find other fish...I...
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05-01-2016, 07:58 PM
Thread: stocking crappie in small lakes
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There are a bunch of questions to be answered to...
There are a bunch of questions to be answered to give the correct reply....what is the current status of other species (predator and prey) in the pond? Are these 1 yr old crappie or 5 yr old?....How...
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01-25-2016, 03:08 PM
Thread: ice fishing!
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This event has been cancelled until further...
This event has been cancelled until further notice....temperatures in the 50's at the end of the week have made the ice conditions a little too iffy.....will try to reschedule if and when the next...
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01-21-2016, 01:06 PM
Thread: ice fishing!
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ice fishing!
St. Joseph, Mo. – The Missouri Department ofConservation (MDC) will offer a free ice fishing workshop 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. onSaturday, Jan. 30, at Happy Holler Lake Conservation Area. This workshop...
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11-20-2015, 04:08 PM
Thread: Just an idea for a Tournament
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Mozingo tournament
If you plan on a tournament at Mozingo, pick a date early...the Bass tourneys fill up most weekends, and they only allow one tournament per day to keep the traffic at ramps to a minimum...also, the...
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06-16-2015, 08:36 AM
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You'll find the crappies on the chip along weed...
You'll find the crappies on the chip along weed edges using minnows or twisters, suspended on the edge of floating bogs, or over one of the 1000s of cribs dotting the lake....find a good map if you...
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we use the ear bones, or otoliths out of...
we use the ear bones, or otoliths out of harvested fish...its a lethal method of aging, but works very well...you can count the annuli on the scales, but it takes a trained eye and a microscope to...
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very good guesstimate, but only way to know for...
very good guesstimate, but only way to know for sure is to age some of the bigger fish...
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05-12-2014, 03:25 PM
Thread: Any recent Mozingo reports?
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Crappie were really on the banks around the time...
Crappie were really on the banks around the time it really warmed up last week...may6-10th was really fantastic...there are quite a few throwbacks this year, but you can still catch some really good...
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11-06-2013, 03:29 PM
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bovairean..I asked our wildlife biologist, Josh...
bovairean..I asked our wildlife biologist, Josh Heintz to comment on your questions for the areas for which I am assuming your are concerned with (i.e. the corps land along the river in NW MO)..here...
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09-05-2013, 09:18 AM
Thread: Not a question, but rather a comment
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Great post....many times anglers forget what...
Great post....many times anglers forget what fishing is all about...thx for the reminder
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07-12-2013, 08:33 AM
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like ghost said, they can be in the same...
like ghost said, they can be in the same livewell...just be able to identify who caught what....you can have 5 different people throwing fish in the same cooler...just put an identifier on the fish...
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01-10-2013, 12:29 PM
Thread: It's All About the Shad...
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Fish recruitment, whether its shad or other...
Fish recruitment, whether its shad or other gamefish, is highly variable and usually at the mercy of environmental conditions during the time the spawn happens, so not a whole lot you or a group of...
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Takes, on average, around 2 years to get to 15"...
Takes, on average, around 2 years to get to 15" in MO reservoirs...which is extremely fast growth. Those little guys...if they make it through the initial stocking, are 9-10"ers by october (5...
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Stockton gets stocked with 750,000 small (
Stockton gets stocked with 750,000 small (<2") walleye fingerlings every other year, and sometimes gets more if there is surplus from the hatchery. Small fingerlings (<2") are what all the MO...
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10-09-2012, 04:23 PM
Thread: Spider rigging
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Use can use up to 33 labeled hooks on those lakes...
Use can use up to 33 labeled hooks on those lakes that allow up to 33 hooks, smithville, Truman, or any large ACOE reservoir that allows other methods like jugs or bank lines, is an example. Wanted...
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