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
This is Al Harper wondering: “Do fish react to an Aurora Borealis event as they do to various phases of the moon?” Many old-time fisherman I’ve met or fished with would keep a careful watch on the moon phases and some would swear they had first-hand knowledge of a cause-and-result link between … Read More
Between 1964 and 1967, Peabody Coal extracted 1.2 million tons of coal from a site only about 10 miles north of Columbia, MO. Of course, an intensive strip-mining operation on that scale drastically altered the landscape. Peabody made some effort to address the resulting scarred land and to stock the … Read More