Outdoors

MDC biologists say the finding of a fungus-like infection on some trout at Lake Taneycomo is a reminder about problems caused by handling fish too much. The light-colored cotton-like growths some anglers have reported finding on trout that have been caught at Lake Taneycomo in recent weeks have been identified as saprolegnia. Although frequently referred

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Missouri hunters harvested 15 black bears during the state’s fourth bear hunting season, Oct. 21-30. More than 5,969 hunters applied during May for 400 permits for the season with the maximum total harvest being 40 bears. Of the 400 hunters selected through a random drawing of all applicants,

Missouri hunters harvested 1,857 turkeys during the firearms portion of Missouri’s fall turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Top harvest counties were Gasconade with 51 birds harvested, Osage with 48, and Cedar with 46. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that hunters checked 1,857 turkeys during the firearms portion of Missouri’s fall turkey

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 13,923 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2024 deer hunting season, Nov. 2 and 3. Top counties were Franklin with 285 deer harvested, Howell with 273, and Texas with 265. Of the deer harvested, 9,852

Taberville report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417-432-3391 We are supposed to get rain so fishing will get better. We’ll have to waint until Monday to see how much rain we get. Fishing is not bad now but it will get better. We will be closed on Sunday and Monday until next March. Caplinger

When we pulled into Canada’s Lake of the Woods country in early October, it was 70 degrees under a bright sun. Five days later it was still that way and it hadn’t changed much in the entire week we were there. In all the Octobers I have fished in northwest Ontario, I have never seen

The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) annual winter trout program begins Nov. 1 following the stocking of nearly 10,400 rainbow trout in five southeast Missouri waters – Perryville’s Legion Lake, Jackson’s Rotary Lake, Farmington’s Giessing Lake, Sikeston Recreation Complex Pond, and Cape Girardeau’s Capaha Park Pond. “Trout are not native to Missouri,” said MDC Fisheries

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 There are a few people setting trotlines. They are catching flatheads on live bait, blue cats on cut bait. Fish run 20 and 30 lbs. We will be closed on Sunday and Monday until next March. Caplinger Caplinger Woods Danny Finch We are currently in off

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 Fishing has slowed down but they are still biting on trot lines. Flatheads on live bait, blue cats on anything else. I’ve got half dozen people setting lines I’ve got perch, gold fish, crawfish. The fish and bait are not dying on the line. We will

There are two Little Piney Rivers in Missouri, one flowing into the Gasconade River near Arlington and the other flowing into the Big Piney west of Houston Missouri. Because of declining water levels and the drying up of Ozark springs you would never believe we once floated and fished the latter. Today that Little Piney