Missouri river monsters

Case Spencer struggles to hold his best-ever, 92-pound blue catfish. I met Case Spencer (Butters) about a year ago. This young outdoorsman from New Bloomfield, Mo., is good at many things, but finding huge catfish on the Missouri River in central Missouri is where his true expertise lies.   He is a monster hunter. Butters…

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His first bass

I have written articles with this same title about a dozen times. Between my 5 kids and 6 grandchildren and some of their friends, I have been blessed to teach and encourage bass fishing many times.   And so, it continues. I met Len Jackson a little over 10 years ago. Jackson is an Air…

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Osage River education

I grew up in SE Missouri fishing mostly crystal-clear Ozark Mountain streams and rivers.  Courtois Creek (Codeaway), Current River and Big River are where I learned what it took to be a successful angler. Thanks to my dad, Glen Roux, and my two grandfathers, Guy Roux and Leeman Gammon, for the time they all took…

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