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Missouri-West side 2018

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#1 ·
Anybody doing any fishing on the Mo. yet?
I fished a couple of hours today using creek chubs live. No luck.
 
#10 ·
You west side guys do not forget about the Catfish Chasers tournament at St Joe in July. There were some hawgs caught last year. Big cash and chance to win truck. Of the first 75 entry they going to do a drawing for free entry fee. Got mine sent in already.
 
#12 ·
Fished big gills under a bobber with little luck this morning. Changed over to cut gills and immediately started catching fish, though nothing over 7 lbs. Left one gill under a bobber had had a run on it that skinned all the hide off the 6inch gill but didn't get stuck.
 
#18 ·
Don't have a scale on the river so I just measure them. I did catch a 42 inch blue this morning that came home with me. It weighed 36 lbs. The MDC has a chart that tells the average weight of a blue or flathead for a length. I've noticed it to be a little lite most of the time. It showed a 42 inch blue as 32.xx lbs, a 49 inch blue at 54.96, and a 50 1/2 at 60.8.

Sam,I'm fishing them down about 5 to 6 feet just off the bottom in the rip-rap along the channel. I use a 3 inch slip bobber with 4 ounces of weight. The rig uses a 3 way swivel with a 8 inch leader to the hook and the weight is attached using 12 lb test line. The weight catches in the rocks holding it in place. This puts the bait about a foot off the bottom. When the fish hits it will usually break the weight off. If no fish bite usually the weight is able to be retrieved because of being jerked up vertically.
 
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#21 ·
Haven't been on for a while. Finally traded my glass boat in for a pontoon so can get out on the big muddy again. Went out last night will little success. Netted some really nice 10" threadfin shad Wednesday night and used them for cutbait. Had a lot of small bites and the bait was torn up a little. I suspect it was gar. Caught a Asian carp with my casting net and switched to that on one rod but no luck. Lord it was HOT!!
 
#28 ·
I've been catching some nice size blues ( 20 to 30 lbs.) at night from the bank in this high water. Just have to avoid all the trash coming down. The river here is suppose to start dropping here in a couple of days so that will probably change the locations I've been catching fish.
 
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