Gavin

Looks nice!

Know a guy who goes up there for crappie quite a bit.. It's kind of a mud hole IMO.

Think the bottoms will have no sunflowers or corn by Sept 1 this year. Might head elsewhere on a Monday-Wednesday timeframe. Need to go shoot some clay birds.

Your vehicle will get checked out. Don’t leave anything of value in it. Same rules apply in town. The hoods will break your window for $1 worth of change.in your cup holder. The cops don’t care.

Wonder if these will work. Only in for a $10 sheet of coroplast and a can of primer so far.

Statewide limits apply on the Niangua. Usually fishes pretty well in spite of the abuse it receives.

Nice!

Its been pretty nice so far this year...Getting hot today though. Should be a good time to pick some Chanterelles.

Have a great time! Looking forward to your reports.

You should take a weekend and scout it first. Usually check out at least 1 possible access on the way home from someplace else.

Looked a bit muddy when I drove over it Sunday. Take a look at the maps on the Ozark Anglers Main Page, and look at the maps on Missouricanoe.org. Get a paddlers guide from the MDC store too. It’s more up to date.

Will be looking in STC too when the water goes down. Should be some vacancy with this years flooding. The MDC reports say that they’ve don’t kill ducks at MTC, Leach, or CB and they are always full.

Thanks Wily, on the river all weekend. Have a 17’ paddle jon with a 55lb thrust Trolling Motor,17’ canoe, and 12’ kayak. Work for a living so I won’t drive to poor line unless I can pair it with reservation hunt.Was planning to apply for 4 rivers, Grand Pass, and Shanks through MDC res draw, and quick draw, plus Swan’s draw. My Schedule is very flexible between 10/15 and 1/2/20. Have been looking up open public spots. Plan to take 3-5 days in October to burn gas, scout, and do some fishing.

Good job, both of you!

Will have to take you on a trip in it sometime. It's paddles differently than a canoe...You really need two people paddling on a designated side when its loaded. The oars work if solo, or with two and a light load for a day trip. Forget the oars when its loaded.

Had a really nice float this weekend. Met Mike at 6am in Gray Summit, drove to destination, ran our shuttle, and on the water by 9am. Beautiful day...but fishing was slow. Through the tackle box at them, but they wanted none of the fancy junk we like to throw. A small Zoom Lizard and a Zoom Fat Albert Grub were the ticket for both numbers and size, followed by a small twin spin, and shallow cranks. Fished till around 8pm on Saturday, (we covered about 12 miles) and set camp..Wicked hot during the day, but it cooled off nicely, and Mike made some awesome Shrimp Boil Foil packs for dinner. Big bright full moon overhead. Broke Camp and on the water by 7am on Sunday. Some minor jet boat traffic, but not much. Lizard and Grub ruled the day again. Covered the remaining 8 or so miles and off at 2pm. Home for dinner. No giant fish, but good quality. Great trip.

Saw a big object shining to the right and slightly lower than the full moon last night From a gravelbar camp near Rolla.

Just got back from a 20 mile overnight float. Tossed a whole box of lunker candy at them and caught a few. Swimming a curly tailZoom Fat Albert or a Baby brush hog got eaten 8-1. 1/8 and 1/4 oz weedless heads. Anything with current. Anything with cover after jet boat wake( not many 3).

You usually want to fish in or near moving water this time of year. Usually where the current speeds up or slows down. Sometimes in the fast water in between.Wood, rock, current breaks where faster meats slower, changes in bottom or bank structure can hold fish. Throw at everything for the first mile or two and you will probably notice a pattern.

The Quarry Park campground on Norfork is nice. Water & Electric hookups.

Chartreuse Lindy fireball style jig heads and minnow for the Walleye. Hook goes in the mouth, out the gill, then centered through the flat side so the dead minnow flaps like a Ned Rig. Fish it same as a Ned. CA Outfitters will provide you with plenty of Minnows if you want. Most have minnow tanks with thousands old hand.

Move over to the Current and average size and catch rate will increase. No Frank sized tanks available though.

You might catch a 27” walleye and a 40” plus pike! Jealous!

15 hrs to Atikokan area is about right. Stop in the twin cities on the way up, head to International Falls. Buy your booze and tobacco on the American side and pay the duty at the border. It’s allot cheaper.Maybe another 1.5-2 to Atikokan from Intl Falls. We did the Grand Slam American plan at Camp Quetico a couple years ago. 3 guide days, 5 oyo days. Boats & Motors + Breakfast, shore lunch kit or sack lunch, dinner, and Cabin. Was about $2,000 a man plus, gratuities, gas money, booze, and duty at the border. Passport required, and if you have a DWI or other blips on your record in the past 10 years, get pre approved to enter CA or you might get turned away.

Moguy, if they say the lake doesn't have smallmouth it probably doesn't have them. Pike will smack bass lures though. Smallmouth bass were introduced to S. Ontario and they are not found everywhere. Most of the northern lakes are pike & walleye only and some of the deeper clear water lakes have lake trout too. You will have a great time!