Chouteau, Illinois

These large mouth have a beautiful color in this pond in the outskirts of St. Louis. You can watch them jump out of the water hunting the entire time you fish. This is relaxation at its finest.

(warning: explicit language in text and video) First, a PSA that I'm sure most folks on this app don't need; PICK UP YOUR DAMN TRASH! Catching fish today was great; spending over an hour carefully cutting a water snake free from a cast net was heartbreaking, and the poor thing'll still probably die from the injuries, exposure, and starvation that accumulated. Things live out here, pick up your fucking trash. 💜 🚨NEW SPECIES/CHILDHOOD MEMORY ALERT🚨Frustrations abounded, but we were determined to have a good time this morning, and a good time was had! 🎣 Finally knocked the river skunk out of the boat with our second ever freshwater drum, and our first goldeye! The first fish I ever caught was a drum from the Mississippi river; some 22ish years ago, with my uncle and one of my brothers out on a sandbar a few hundred miles upstream. Brought back some great memories. 💜 Also lots of cool bugs out today, like this eastern tiger swallowtail! Oh and hey, pick up your trash. (Or I will commit acts of violence against you. 🙏💜)

Little fun in Missouri.

Fought like a big one.