As Kenny mentioned in the FATC July Newsletter, our summer weather can really stress trout (and fishermen too). Because of convenience and proximity, I, Al Harper, did several warm water fly fishing excursions in Franklin county since early April. It was very entertaining for me and others to catch bass and panfish … Read More
About 10 miles north of Columbia, MO is Finger Lakes State Park. The lakes are the result of Peabody Coal’s extensive strip-mining operations in the 1960s and represent a hugely successful reclamation and restoration effort of the pits Peabody left behind. Deep dredging here in pursuit of rich veins of coal … Read More
Here’s a trip report from Al Harper: MDC maintains many lakes statewide stocked with various species of fish. One of them near my town is Port Hudson. It’s a 55-acre lake surrounded by a 225-acre conservation area that holds largemouth (black) bass, panfish, and channel cats. I, Al Harper, fish it at … Read More