Mark

10/19 Hoping the water has dropped some and is clearing a little. Sure looking forward to fishing Friday and Saturday. Anyone with a newer report since Wednesday's crest??

Thanks Wayne and JD, Hey Guys, your terminology is WAY over my head - I know nothing about motors - all I know is there is a 25 HP limit on the Eleven Point - we're hoping to find used boat and used/new motor - hoping to stay under $4,500. Wayne - I'm assuming a prop guarded motor is a regular propellor motor with a guard around the propellor?? Not sure if that would work through shallow rapids like a jet propelled motor. Would it?? JD - we're from Ste. Genevieve so Bonne Terre store is close - we'll check it out. Stopping by Doniphan store Friday morning. I like what you said about them knowing exactly what we're looking for and easy to deal with. This weekend is a good example of why we would like a jon boat with jet prop vs. a canoe. It's going to be a little chilly, and even an experienced canoeist tips over once in awhile. (It's been about 4 years since I tipped) It would be awful cold getting wet this time of year. Any help you guys can give would be apreciated. Mark

Welcome Doug. Good luck with your new hobby!! In my humble opinion, skip the trout parks unless you don't mind crowds, fishing side by side with hundreds, etc. I call them the Six Flags for fishing. Sure you catch fish, you can hear them dumping them at night from inside your tent. You may as well be fishing in a 55 gallon barrel. Get out on one of the many Ozark streams, even just outside the trout parks. The quiet solitude of fishing a stream all by yourself is priceless, even if the fish aren't biting. You will learn some on your own, and then start to ask questions.

Hey, JD, we are stopping in at Doniphan Friday morning on our way to Eleven Point - thanks for the tip. Snap and I have been keeping our eyes open for the past year or so, nothing ever for sale with jet prop in our area, internet or St. Louis papers. Again, JD and OAF readers, we're 50ish and make 4-5 trips a year to the Eleven Point and have seen the river from a canoe many, many times. We're not the type that are gonna be racing up and down the river - I know from personal experience that those types can ruin a trip for others. We are wade fishermen and will use the boat as a taxi. We find that we just spend more time in a canoe than we like, especially at the end of the day we are always "making time" to get to our takeout when it's prime time for fishing. Plus we like camping for a week at a time when school let's out (we're both teachers) and a motorboat would make that much easier. (Trips to town for supplies, and eliminates the shuttling of cars and the hauling of canoes back to the nearest access upstream from camp.) I do understand and can appreciate everyone's comments about motorboat use on the Eleven Point detracting from the enjoyment and sererity of the primitive wilderness experience for others in canoes. That is what we LOVE most about the Eleven Point River and will try our best not to be a nuisance to others. Thanks JD and anyone else who can give us a lead. Mark

I'm looking for a used or new 18-21 foot jon boat with jet prop motor. Anyone know where I can find one? Any help is appreciated. Mark

Thanks, Brian, I'll look for your river conditions report. We got about 3-4 inches much needed rain in Ste. Genevieve area. I'm assuming the fly fishing event will be in the Blue Ribbon area. We fish the White Ribbon area and are ultra light fishermen, so we'll probably skip the fly fishing gathering. (We wouldn't want you guys looking down on us!! HA HA) I enjoy your reports and thanks for your posts on conditions. Mark

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St. Louis TV said parts of southern MO could get 4-6 inches of rain on Monday. Sure hope not that much, it could put a damper on my plans to fish Eleven Point this Friday and Saturday.

Thanks, JD and Carp. We are heading down next weekend to check things out. We've been told we could get set up with a jet prop and boat for about $4000. Does that sound about right?

Mark Vogt, Ste. Genevieve High school teacher and coach. Love this site Phil and thanks for straightening out my log in problems. Snap and I are Eleven Point trout fishing enthusiasts and regular OA forum readers. Together we have been travelling to the Eleven Point for the past 10 years and introducing many of our friends to the river and trout fishing. Mike and Wendy Jones at Hufstedlers in Riverton are great sources of hospitality and have been valuable to our enjoyment of the river. No place I would rather be that fishing and camping on the Eleven Point River. It is indeed the "Hidden Jewel of the Ozarks". Anyone who hasn't visited the area - make a weekday float trip sometime and you will swear you've stepped back in time 200 years.

Thanks, JD. I'm with you on being responsible and considerate of others on the river with a motor boat. Snap and I have been coming down to the Eleven Point for 10 years and love the rugged wilderness aspect of the river, and sometimes too many motor boats interrupt the isolated feel to the river. But we won't be the ones you see racing up and down the river all day. We prefer to wade fish. The shortest trip you can make is seven miles and in a canoe we find ourselves paddling or "making time" more than we want to in order to get to the takeout spot by dark. That would be the biggest advantage of a motor boat vs. a canoe to us. What's the name of the boat place in Doniphan? Thanks, Mark

I'm with you Snap. Does anybody know where we can find a boat and jet prop? Surely, someone is the Alton area knows where we could buy one.

So, it seems most of the flooding was below Riverton and the 160 bridge. Does anyone have any reports from the Turner to Riverton stretch? We do a lot of fishing and camping in that stretch. I'm kind of hoping the high water cleaned off some of our favorite gravel bars and dug out some favorite holes. Me and fellow OAF member Snap are making our annual Oct. trip on the weekend of the 20-21, and I'm kind of anxious to see if there are any subtle changes since August. I found an incredible arrowhead (sitting in my lawnchair and happened to look down at my feet) near White's Creek mouth in June. Perfect shape for spearfishing, about 3 inches long. Maybe the floodwaters churned up some more. THE ELEVEN POINT IS THE HIDDEN JEWEL OF THE OZARKS.