| http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/19/2738608/outdoors-digest-catch-of-the-week.html Catch of the week Kirsten Bartlow already has a 2011 fish story about the big one that didn't get away. Bartlow, who originally lived in Overland Park but has since moved to Little Rock, Ark., caught a 33-pound, 2-ounce striper on Feb. 28 at Beaver Lake in northern Arkansas. She was fishing with her father, Charles, who lives in Overland Park, and guide Joel Gabel of the Beaver Striper Service. The fish hit a live shad that was being trolled in the Prairie Creek portion of Beaver Lake. Then the fight was on. It took Bartlow 25 minutes before the giant fish was finally landed. "We were fishing in a steady rain, the wind was blowing and it was pretty darned cold," dad said. "But it was a day we'll never forget." Kristen is the watchable wildlife coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Time to get snagged The paddlefish snagging season is under way In Missouri and Kansas, hundreds of fishermen are digging out their heavy-duty tackle and going after some of the region's biggest fish. In Missouri, Table Rock, Lake of the Ozarks and Truman reservoirs and their tributaries attract most of the fishing pressure. In Kansas, posted areas on the Neosho River, such as Chetopa and Burlington, Kan., and parts of the Marais des Cygnes River produce good snagging. The season opened Tuesday in both states. So how has the snagging been? Slow. Water temperatures are still too cold to get the big paddlefish moving. But fisheries officials say it will only be a matter of time. Championship performance David Ryan of Levasy, Mo., had a fishing trip to remember last weekend. Using a lure that he custom designed, he caught 15 bass weighing 52 pounds, 7 ounces in three days of fishing and won the championship in an FLW EverStart Central Division tournament at Lake of the Ozarks. Ryan used a custom-painted Black Market stickbait that he sells through his Dave's Custom Baits business and worked steep banks in creeks. The old college try MidAmerica Nazarene University of Olathe is on top of the collegiate world … for fishing. Competing in a National Guard FLW College Fishing tournament at Lake of the Ozarks, Brandon Owen and Jacob Johnson teamed to catch five bass weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces last Saturday — enough to give their school the championship. The victory earned the team $10,000 to be split between the school and the school's bass fishing club. It also gave Owen and Johnson a berth in the Central Division Regional Championship. ================================================ Fishing reduces stress and gives you a break from our modern world where everything is going a million miles per hour 73 Check & Clear 6 LOC: 38-54-14.60N / 097-14-09.07W |
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