ShareHi Emery,
I just had to comment on Bill Cooper’s editorial about smallmouth regulations (May issue, River Hills Traveler).
There is no doubt that we have a myriad of opportunities for excellent river smallmouth angling in Missouri, both in terms of places to go and regulatory constraints. However, I disagree with his contention that with each new [...]

ShareAnglers who find a small yellow tag on smallies caught on select southern Missouri streams may find their bass tags legal tender for cool cash.
Sixteen hundred legal-sized smallmouth bass on five rivers in southern Missouri will be tagged as part of a black bass research project. Anglers who catch tagged bass can [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
A crowded room packed the Missouri Smallmouth Alliance (MSA) meeting at Powder Valley Nature Center on November 17 to hear Missouri Department of Conservation fisheries officials discuss the next phase of their smallmouth management assessment plan and to answer questions from MSA members about the department’s position on the MSA smallmouth management plan [...]

ShareWhile fishing the Mineral Fork in Washington County on Saturday, my father remarked repeatedly how beautiful the landscape and clear the creek is.
“Dad, this is why I fish,” I said.
He’s relatively new to Missouri and very new to the creek fishing many of us enjoy in the Ozarks. It has taken me quite some time [...]

ShareI’m a little disappointed that RHT would publish an article that is extremely misleading and completely off base. Mr. Todd has the right to believe what he wants but to say the Smallmouth Management Areas that we have in this state are having a negative impact on fishing and then try to compare the [...]

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Members of The Missouri Smallmouth Alliance (MSA) will be in Springfield Saturday, February 20, 2010 to speak on smallmouth bass conservation and formation of a Southwest Missouri chapter. A brief stream smallmouth fishing seminar is included. All persons interested in joining or helping set up a group are invited.
Where: The Story Hour Room [...]