I was raised in St Louis and have been in Texas for nearly 20 years. It's been a good ride. As much as Dallas has started to "suck", I have to say that the DFW area offers an extraordinary amount of urban (and near urban) fishing options. This is something that I will miss a lot!

Saying this, we recently bought a few acres in Missouri about an hour outside of St Louis (where the Ozarks begin) and will be moving back to enjoy the rural life. I am so happy to say that my son will be moving back too! Missouri is chuck full of bassboat fishermen, but I gather that the kayak community is small.

Is it acceptable if I lurk on the Texas forum from Missouri and participate from time to time?

There's people here from around the country. Of course you're welcomed here.


I went to basic training in Missouri. During one of y'alls famous winters.

Of course
I wish I could go with y’all

Keep staying a member and by all means keep posting. Would love to read some Missouri fishing post and seeing some pictures of some nice Missouri fishing spots.

Heck yeah! Hell half the guys on here are not even in Texas anymore... makes no difference where you sit. This is community for fisherman not just Texans

Oh man, I would welcome some posts of the Ozarks and fishing would be a bonus!! Best of luck and congrats on your journey home.

Yes; UT and Mizzou are in the SEC; thus posting here would be proper.

Thanks, Y'all!

I have not done enough fishing in the past couple of years. Once I get the new house rehabbed and land cleaned up, I plan to get back to fishing at least a couple of times per month.

Missouri is different... there are several large lakes, some of which are iconic (i.e.: Table Rock). Most of the lakes are in western Missouri. However, central and eastern Missouri has several nice rivers/streams (some trout streams!) and small lakes. I am looking forward to some clear river smallies! I might even try my hand at fly fishing.

Congratulations Mike-


I’ve enjoyed your post both here and in the OT-

You also have Truman lake and Lake of the Ozarks. Both nice places to fish.

I fished Truman once when I was a teenager - it was a very nice lake and it's on my list of lakes to hit again. Stockton is another nice one, I fished this one a few times as a teen and early 20's (best that I recall, it has a decent walleye population!).

I try to stay off of Lake of the Ozarks - it has nice areas for sure, but the boat traffic can get dangerous quickly... especially now that im bobbing around in a piece of plastic

Same here Steve. Perhaps I will stick my head in the OT again LOL