By Bill Cooper I have enjoyed float-fishing trips in the Ozarks with people from all walks of life. Most proved enjoyable. A handful did not. Recently, however, I enjoyed a day-long float on the Meramec River with Air Force veteran Travis Tackett. Tackett grew up on the Gasconade River, about 40 miles away, and knows…
Four newly-purchased state parks remain closed after heavy debates sprang up immediately after their purchase by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources last year. Eleven Point State Park is one of four newly-purchased Missouri state parks which remains closed until further decisions are made about their fate. Eleven Point State Park includes six miles of…
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Fly fishing offers the ultimate in trout fishing adventure at Missouri’s trout parks. It is one thing to catch a limit of four rainbow trout on baits, or even artificial lures such as spinners, jigs and minnow imitators, but it is an entirely different ball game to fool trout into taking a tiny fly which…
The thermometer read 22 degrees when I left the house at 6 a.m. The weather report the night before predicted 41 degrees. Regardless, I headed toward Lake of the Ozarks to spend the day with bass and crappie fishing guide Jack Uxa. We planned to put together a video about cold weather bass fishing techniques….
Garry Mason leaned into a stiff wind to pick up a duck decoy. Thirty-five mile an hour winds during the night had toppled dozens of decoys. Mason, the owner of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame, was hosting his first “Legends of the Outdoors” Media Waterfowl Hunt in southeast Missouri near Kennett. Attendees included Ray…
Epic floods have been the norm in 2017. Several 500-year floods rocked the Midwest and the Ozarks last spring and Texas recently faced the ravages of a 1,000-year flood. The White River Basin in Arkansas faced heavy flooding in April and May. Flood records which stood for over 100 years toppled. The North Fork of…
Waterfowl biologists have claimed that bluebird days are the best flight days for migrating waterfowl. That claim held true during our recent annual teal season here in Missouri, which ended last Sunday. I skipped the opening weekend of teal season, because a lot of fair weather hunters crowd the lakes and streams for the opener….
