Gavin

Glass containers on the river are definitely illegal in MO..Bought the only pro-environmental legislation that Sarah Steelman ever put her name on... Littering just aint right. Cheers.

Thanks...I've got the book and its a good one, but I'm thinking of something a little different. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/05/outing...unner2/free.cfm Kind of like the one above, but with a removable center rowing seat, fly rod racks, etc.

Wayne, sorry I missed it. I think the Lowe was a 32" bottom, 45" beam, and came in two versions a 15' and a 17'..Been thinking of building a 16' out of marine ply but havent gotten around to it yet. Think it would be the perfect rig to use with my 1964 Evinrude 3hp Lightwin folding motor. Rebuilt the carbs and put a new mag on it couple years ago for a trip to the UP, but havent run it since.

General attractors can work really well at times, r. leg stimulators, Humpies, Renegades, Cracklebacks, Chernobyls, etc... Not much hatch activity from here on out..but I'd carry some teeny weenies, trico's, bwo's, and some terrestrials (hoppers, crickets, beetles, green weenies, and ants). Fish your terrestrial tight to the bluff faces and under overhanging vegetation and do the hopper/cricket, beatle, ant program. If they dont take the hopper, use the beetle, and so on..Cheers.

Wish I would have known that you had one for sale...If anyone has a Lowe or G3 Paddle Jon for sale, I'd be interested.

I like to fish a bait I can see, Sammy or Spook, Buzzbait, or Fluke. If they wont come up..Spinnerbait or Wee Craw for mid water, Zoom Fat Albert, Finesse Worm, or 4" Chompers on the bottom.

Indian River Lagoon can be good..Redfish, Snook, Tarpon, Specks. Hire a guide and get some casting practice with an 8 or 9wt. Cheers.

The old Lowe or G3 paddle jons are really neat boats. Here's a pic of the one MDC uses as a shock boat on the Upper Current. I think Voyager Boats in Lebanon will build one for you, called a dealer about one last year and the said I could get one for $1800. I think Blazer Sport makes one too. Cheers.

Mike Lawson is the man on the H. Fork. Fish are spooky, use a long fine leader and pick your casts carefully..Check out the Henry's Fork Anglers website for tips, whats working, etc.. If you can afford it, do a float through the Box Canyon. Cheers.

It would be really hard to develop Greer Spring..its like a little canyon down there, lots of slippery rocks and a very high gradient a long way from the road. Think a kayaker died while trying to run it a long time ago. Its fishable though..I've never had the priveledge, but there are some folks who have permission to fish the spring and do. As for public use...there is already a public trail that takes you down to the spring head. Its a really pretty spot and I'd like to see it preserved as is...I cant see a reason to keep the public out, but I wouldnt mind if it stayed closed to public fishing. Why introduce extra traffic and the fishing litter?

Dunno but it looks like some kind of scar, hook scar, heron scar, leach, lamprey bite, net injury, something that happened at or on the way from the hatchers...They stock a ton of hatchery fish on the White, could be anything.

Depends on where your headed and what you want to catch. Good trout fishing in the Dells, and some great smallie action in the St. Croix near Danbury, or in the Upper Missippi above the Twin Cities. I dont know beans about catching walleye, but they should have those too. Cheers.

My Wife and I floated Greer to Whitten with another couple last Memorial Day and there was a ton of enforcement out on the water. They were writing lots of tickets just below the Greer Access, but they just said hellow to us. Glad to see them out, but I wish they werent running up and down so much. All the jet traffic put the brakes on the fishing. Cheers.

Chuck Tryon..his book is "200 Missouri Smallmouth Adventures" and you can get a copy here www.thargrove.com. Cheers. As for that area, Bryant Creek is about an hour east..160 east, then north on 181...MDC has some public assess points along it. Florence Cook Access, Warren Bridge, Sycamore, Vera Cruz..You might try Beaver Creek that flows into Bull, or head west and hit the James R. or Finley Creek. Cheers.

Big Fish Food: Sculpins 2-5" long Minnows 2-5"long Crayfish 2-4" long Terrestrials (Hoppers, Beetles, Ants) Fish Guts (Cream or Ginger Mohair Leach below the park) Hatches Caddis 12-20, most #16 Trico's 22 & smaller BWO 18-20 or 22 and smaller March Brown #12 Light Cahill 12-14 Hex size 4-6 Any general purpose nymph will work at times, but make sure you have some prince nymphs, golden stones, and egg patterns. Good Luck.

Not sure if were gonna get any this year but thanks for the pattern. http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/aggu...ests/g07259.htm Had a blast fishing them in 1998! The pattern I used then was a bass bug stinger hook, spun black deer hair trimmed to shape with a orange died grizzley saddle hackle wound through it. Cheers.

SeaLine for me too.

There are some good maps pegged to the top of the forum..This might help too. Cheers http://www.mdc.mo.gov/atlas/google_earth/

Ive been up a few times in August, and for the most part the trout & dollies have been on eggs. Pegged beads worked the best for me and you'll need two sizes, small ones for red salmon roe, and the big 10-12mm ones to imitate king salmon roe. The one the locals call the Claymore is a really good one, its opaque, and its supposed to look like a dead egg. Lots of pinks, oranges, reds, and some flesh tone nail polish to color them up a bit. If your going early in August, bring your regular trout nymphs, buggers, and dry flies....Theres a dead week or two between the time that the salmon fry leave, and when the salmon start dropping eggs and dying...Fish your regular trout flies at that time. If your after silvers, think pink. In moving water, I usually go with a 250-350grain shooting head, and Tom Hargrove's pink string leach. In slack water, I'd go with a floating line and a pink Sparkleminnow in size 2. Cheers.

I really couldnt care less if someone fishes for bedding largemouth or crappie, but I dont fish for bedding trout or smallmouth anymore. Been there done that and I just dont enjoy it that much. Not much skill to it. The fish arent going anywhere, so its just a matter of spotting fish and making repeated presentations till the fish bites or you give up. It seems to appeal to folks who like to catch more than they like to fish. Kind of like trout park tournaments and other forms of fun for the feable-minded. Cheers.

I rarely run mono on spin rigs anymore..4/15 Powerpro is the braid I go with and I rarely use a leader. It sinks slower than mono, so I up the size of my jig head. Cheers.

West Plains aint much to write home about, even when compared to a town as lame as Indianapolis! Your gonna be stuck in the deep dark heart of the Ozarks, but youll fit in pretty well if you start dressing the entire family in Mossy Oak Camo and learn to talk like that feller that nobody can understand on King of the Hill. Good fishing nearby though.

You need a concessionaires permit to to guide in the ONSR. Guides, Horse Outfitters, and Canoe rentals all pay a % of revenue to the NPS, and there are insurance and reporting requirements. FWIW, some of my relatives used to count canoes for the NPS. Doctor Conrad passed on to his around 25 years ago, but he taught at Missouri School of Mines and spent his summers on the Current. Intersting fellow, he ran a prison camp for German POW's in Iowa during WWII. Made great peppermint ice cream. The cabin he built is still down there, someone else owns it now, but its river left a bit south of Akers. Cheers.

The Current rises and falls a lot quicker than the bigger rivers so you should be fine by next weekend, barring a lot of rain late next week. As a rule, the fishing is usually bite best on the rise, then it slows down till water levels stabilize. Cheers.

Brian, it should be but I havent seen a map the yet.