Hi, I'm Ed Alt from KCMO (KC North area). I've been lurking here on cc for awhile, figure it's time to speak up and meet some fellow fishermen. My cc handle was a nickname a neighbor kid called me when I was growing up in NW Indiana. Worked on a farm in SW Iowa for awhile, then moved to Missouri. I'm married to a wonderful outdoorsy lady (Sandi) who has been on all sorts of adventures with me. I have a 22 yr old daughter who's graduated from Park U and is working. I've been an occasional fisherman all my life. As a teen fishing with a friend out of a canoe in Iowa, we caught a mess of bluegill and crappie, filleted them all, and had fish for supper and breakfast the next morning. Last year I took a canoe out on Smithville with a trolling motor from the W ramps, and managed to catch a few fish and not get swamped. I learned alot just reading the Missouri forum and following what other people were using. I'm 50 yrs young now, and just picked up a 14' Lowe jon boat with a 10 HP Honda motor and trailer, along with a Humminbird 581i finder/gps. Hoping to learn more and to get to know some of the fine folks who's posts I've been reading for awhile now. And as always, just to get outdoors and enjoy ...