Kayaking and fishing on Stockton Lake
We took it quite easy, and I spent a fair time fishing – catching three fish. There was hardly anyone on the lake. We stopped here for lunch and to have a swim. It may not look like it but the lake drops to over fifty feet deep very quickly at this point. Very quickly being about ten feet from the shore.
I’m looking forward to changing the color of my paddles to something a little darker.
Note: I sprayed them camo green a week or so later. Here’s the result and some notes on the modifications and additions I’ve made to my Ascend FS10 kayak.
20 September 2010 | Copyright © 2010 Gary Allman
Sunset on Stockton Lake, Missouri
02 July 2010 | Cedar Ridge, Stockton Lake, Missouri | Copyright © 2010 Gary Allman
Sunrise and fishing on Table Rock Lake
The peace, tranquility, light and mist on the water more than made up for being up at six-thirty.
20 June 2010| Big Bay Recreation Area | Copyright © 2010 Gary Allman
Fishing lures
I went to Bass Pro with Tom and his son Dash to get some fishing tackle ready for the season. There is so much stuff there it’s impossible to know where to start – their angling catalogue alone has 325 pages!
With help I selected a couple of rods and some lures. Tom gave the advice of ‘Think like a fish and what you think a fish might fancy’ to be honest I’m not sure his advice was all that useful for me. I think maybe I got too many large lures, and I’ve no idea what will look like an excellent dinner to the local fish but heigh ho, if nothing else I can get loads of practice at casting and reeling in the lures.
So, if you were a fish do you think these would look yummy?
13 February 2010 | Copyright © 2010 Gary Allman | Bass Pro, Springfield Missouri
Fishing on Table Rock Lake
Keith and Jon arrived back in Springfield on a surprise (for me only it seems) visit while crossing the country en route to Florida.
I wanted to show them a bit more of the mid west way of life, and my friend Tom volunteered to take us all out fishing on Table Rock Lake.
29 August 2009 | Table Rock Lake | Copyright © 2009 Gary Allman
