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Longview Lake I had to use my older GoPro Hero 2 due to forgetting the battery on my newest one, so the quality isn’t as great on this vdieo… Water temps started at 85 degrees around 5:30pm and moved down to just above 83 by about 8pm. Wind was out of the southwest. Threw a …
“You will have to roll cast here, Milo.” I executed what I thought was a good roll cast. “No, harder-you need to get it out there,” the voice commanded. After a couple more attempts, I surrendered the rod and asked for guidance. My guide, Damon Spurgeon, of Cardiac Mountain Outfitters, showed me exactly how to …
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Fish stories usually have one common thread between them: exaggeration. Most of us have been guilty of adding a pound or two to our catch or stretching our arms a little farther apart than we know the fish actually was. However, with social media instantly connecting us with other anglers and their fish, photographic evidence …
Jon Ungerer grew up fishing on the Big Blue River. As an avid sportsman with a lifetime of experience, it would take a pretty spectacular night of catfishing to be considered his “best ever”. So when his three boys James, Jeremiah, and Jared came in town in early July to bank line some catfish, he …
“Do they always fight this hard?” I asked. “Oh yea,” my guide snapped back with a smile. A quick picture and the 14-inch smallmouth tore back into the depths. I was happy to be once again finding bronze in the scenic Missouri Ozarks. Mostly a farm pond or big reservoir fishermen, I am always eager …
Photo courtesy of Michael Dayberry Many have never seen a sturgeon in person, much less caught one. Those lucky enough to catch one usually do so on the Missouri river or some other ancient running body of water. So when a sturgeon is caught from a local lake like Longview, a thirty plus year old …