more Big Muddy big times!

went out friday after work to try for some more whisker fish, no luck. not even a bite. with the recent high water and then fast falling waters, that's no real surprise.... so today I headed out with bow in hand for some carp patrol, trying to catch fish vacating the creeks as the water recedes. just as I thought the silvers and bigheads were flocking out of the creeks. we saw and shot at a ton of fish, but our accuracy wasn't the best. in the end we managed to bring home 32 carp, (mostly asians, but a few nice grassies) and a few nice longnose gar, too. was a great afternoon on the river with my daughter and some friends! Attachment 128204
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Now that looks like it was a fun day.

Never done any bow fishing do you use those fish for fertilizer or do you eat them?

Danny, some of the grass carp and asian carp are saved for cut bait for me and some friends, the rest go to my neighbor for his garden.
the gar are actually a fine meal, you get 2 "tenderloin" strips of meat from each fish. although a bit tough to get through the skin to get to the meat, it's well worth it if the gar is over 2ft long. gar-fish nuggets fried up with garlic, onions, mushrooms, and bacon...Mmmmm!!!!

Used to do that a long time ago it was fun. Looks like you all had a great time thanks for the update.

Way to go, that looks like it would be a fun day.

Every time I cross the Missouri River, I think about it. Looking forward to a lesson? Looks like you had a really good time. I remember hearing about gar fish balls on swamp people. The two older gentlemen fixed them. It was quite the cuisine... Nice mess of fish, looks like a fun time.....

Nice job.Went last weekend when river was cresting and I got 1 bite and husband 0. We put in at Beouff Creek. Didn't even try this weekend with the way the water is. did go to local conservation lake just to get away and wet a line. Took about 4 hours but we both caught 4 bass apiece. Nothing big enough to keep. At least it was a tug on the line. It is getting so full of weeds that it is getting hard to fish and get around in.

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Every time I cross the Missouri River, I think about it. Looking forward to a lesson? Looks like you had a really good time. I remember hearing about gar fish balls on swamp people. The two older gentlemen fixed them. It was quite the cuisine... Nice mess of fish, looks like a fun time.....

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I'll be calling you guys around the end of the dog days, cats will be on the nest soon and the fishing will suck for a while. soon as summer breaks it's game on!

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Nice job.Went last weekend when river was cresting and I got 1 bite and husband 0. We put in at Beouff Creek. Didn't even try this weekend with the way the water is. did go to local conservation lake just to get away and wet a line. Took about 4 hours but we both caught 4 bass apiece. Nothing big enough to keep. At least it was a tug on the line. It is getting so full of weeds that it is getting hard to fish and get around in.

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too bad you didn't get on some better fishing, I heard that lake wasn't worth the drive again this year.... hopefully this river stabilizes soon, been tough to fish the last few weeks.

It is pole and line only but a couple of weeks ago someone had lines in with noodles attached to them. Not the first time we saw lines in there but this time they actually had nerve enough to attach yellow noodles to them. Think there is a lot of illegal fishing and keeping going on there. Never see anyone there checking anything.

We are ready for the river to drop down behind the dikes. Want to do some overnight fishing and like for the water to be DOWN. Well actually I usually fall asleep and husband watches all poles. works out pretty good until he drops a small catfish on me.

I won't go out for an all nighter until the dikes show, either. I'd guess it will be at least july before that happens.

Nice pile 'o stank there Greg!

What's Cat say/do when one of those big gar comes floppin in the boat!?

RLM

Okay, I'll bite....what are 'noodles' and what do they do? Are they illegal?

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Nice pile 'o stank there Greg!

What's Cat say/do when one of those big gar comes floppin in the boat!?

RLM

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she was hiding up on the deck... she didn't want any part of the gar! Lol!

"noodles" are swimming pool noodles that people make into trot line markers and catfish jugs. they are perfectly legal in most missouri waters but the small conservation lake that perch plucker was speaking of is strictly pole and line only. some people break the rules because the lake is off the beaten path and no one is looking...

Yep. Last year saw a couple cleaning fish in their boat on the otherside of the lake away from dock and ramp. I doubt they were leaving any skin on to identify the fish. Or how big. Bass have to 18" before keeping.