Grillas80

Okay. Let me clarify. The barricades are actually concrete with about 3 to 4 feet between each. You can park at the site but about 50 yards from the river. As to the trout. It must have been a chub or shad but I know it wasn't a sucker. I didn't realize that shad could get to about 10-11 inches. I really appreciate everyone's comments.

I'm pretty sure that I saw several trout in this area. They are streamline looking and about the right size. The one I caught, which swallowed the lure like they usually do when I fish on Taneycomo, didn't have the rainbow coloring but was not a brown trout either. What do you think it was?

What is the deal with all the barricades around the old Riverside Inn site? I was all excited after looking at the area via Google Earth and then I get there and there are barricades everywhere. I wanted to put my kayak in there but now I can't without dragging it at least 50 yards. Instead, I had to put in at the Ozark park and kayak along the river. The fishing is good there now that the teens are back in school. I caught a small mouth on my very first cast! I have also caught a trout which surprised me. I didn't think there were trout on this river.

After the rain this week, the river is looking good. Of course, I didn't catch anything but a small perch.

I tried this area for the first time today. No luck at all. I had to fight the current the entire time - even with an anchor!

Does anyone know if this access has any good fishing? Any tips?

Mofloatjunkie, Are the rapids too hard to come back upstream against in a kayak?

Does anyone know how the fishing is around the Shelvin Rock access area?

The river is really down. Last Sunday morning I was headed upstream from the dam and encountered a beaver. The river is so low and the beaver(s) have been moving some of the logs. I got past the log jam and caught several keeper bass (small, large and striped). Where there are usually 2 ways around an "island" there is now just one way to go. I couldn't even get to the place the high school kids usually jump off the rope and the tree house. It would have required pulling my kayak. Just praying for rain.

Has anyone been fishing this creek lately. What's biting besides the mosquitos?

I am new to kayak fishing and want to know how to get to the area below the dam at the Finley Park in Ozark. I need access that doesn't require carrying my kayak. I have been told to go to the car dealer or the Chinese restaurant. I am not sure where these places are. Does anyone out there know?