Missouri Spoonbill opener

[Lostinthewoods]

@Lostinthewoods - what brand boat is that?

I believe it’s called an Excel Storm cat

 

[Walkathon]

Congratulations- hope they eat well. I see them when I fish on the Missouri river, but never have tried to get a tag for one.

 

[nontyp]

You didn’t catch them all @Lostinthewoods ! We did pretty good this morning. They really seemed to be stacked up in a few spots. 13 degrees was a little brisk, but it warmed up a bit.

 

[mevertsen]

Do you eat the caviar?

Google says they are famed for the caviar. Lol.

Edit. I've never fished for them. Cool critter.

 

[nontyp]

Do you eat the caviar?

Google says they are famed for the caviar. Lol.

Edit. I've never fished for them. Cool critter.

My boys ate some fresh out of the fish this morning. I actually processed some last year. Regs are very restrictive around the caviar. It’s ok, glad I tried it once. Just sucks cause you can’t transport it, can’t give it away, etc. Most of it gets thrown away.

 

[Lostinthewoods]

You didn’t catch them all @Lostinthewoods ! We did pretty good this morning. They really seemed to be stacked up in a few spots. 13 degrees was a little brisk, but it warmed up a bit.

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Way to go!!!!!!!!
Looks like smiles all around.

The feeling of setting the hook on one and it just bending the rod is a lot of fun!

 

[Gellar]

Way to go!!!!!!!!
Looks like smiles all around.

The feeling of setting the hook on one and it just bending the rod is a lot of fun!

have you eaten any yet? I’m looking forward to you sharing pictures and recipes from the fry.

 

[Hams42]

To say I am jealous is an understatement. I didn't discover paddle fishing (we call them paddlefish up north) until about 6 years ago. It took me 5 years to draw a keep permit.

In my group of 5 we have drawn 5 tags over the last 5 years. We caught a few big ones. I also hate how little meat you get after all the trimming.

Do you ever get them aged? The male I caught last year was 30 years old and the female my wife caught the year before was 28.

 

[7mm08mo]

Lived in the spoonbill capital of the word all my life and I've only snagged once. Didn't enjoy it, nor did i enjoy eating it. The snaggers get in my way getting to my crappie spots.

 

[Mallardsx2]

That’s quite the live scope screen that guy has on his boat!

 

[Gut Shot]

They make cool European mounts.

 

[Lostinthewoods]

It’s about to go down for round 2

 

[Lostinthewoods]

To say I am jealous is an understatement. I didn't discover paddle fishing (we call them paddlefish up north) until about 6 years ago. It took me 5 years to draw a keep permit.

In my group of 5 we have drawn 5 tags over the last 5 years. We caught a few big ones. I also hate how little meat you get after all the trimming.

Do you ever get them aged? The male I caught last year was 30 years old and the female my wife caught the year before was 28.

I didn’t get it aged, but that is a really cool idea!

 

[Lostinthewoods]

Lived in the spoonbill capital of the word all my life and I've only snagged once. Didn't enjoy it, nor did i enjoy eating it. The snaggers get in my way getting to my crappie spots.

Just come clean the crappie out my farm ponds.

 

[Lostinthewoods]

That’s quite the live scope screen that guy has on his boat!

This is the back screen so we can watch along.

 

[Lostinthewoods]

 

[Lostinthewoods]

I had the splice the video together, but last night was so much fun.

We loaded the boat with fish.
One banded fish
One billless fish

And I had a very fun “clean up” catch. Probably more luck, but the way it unfolded made me look like I knew what I was doing.

Basically the girl on the right sent her set out and I went out to get a try if she missed.

She bumped him and he swam up and away towards my set.

I gave him a swipe when he hit my area and caught him!

 

[Lostinthewoods]