Trips: Bass on the Fly!!

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

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Trips: Cicada Madness

Missouri is part of an historic cicada emergence going on this month (May 2024), in which two major broods numbering more than a trillion bugs are involved. I, Al Harper, had some success with fish feeding on cicadas that I thought I’d share in this trip report.  Not since 1803 have … Read More

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Trips: Headwaters of the Missouri

Recently got back from fishing & camping along the headwaters of the Missouri River in MT.  This is where the Missouri (longest river in the US) begins.  It’s where the Jefferson, Madison & Gallatin Rivers merge to form the MO River.  Spent 4 days jet rafting back and forth a … Read More

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