BIG BASS

Me and my friend are thinking about floating Saturday and Sunday. Mark Oliver to Yellville. I have only started using the gauge in the last year. Right now we are at 10.1 and 92 flow. Would we be crazy to go? I am more than willing to drag and walk some for good fishing, but don’t want to be in water that is Warm/hot due to it being so low. Any input would help guys

Al i appreciate it. In your opinion what is the most scenic stretch of the eleven point? Wanting to do a 2 day 1 night next weekend

Lookin for some info on water gauges for upper eleven point. Not familiar with a good idea of what to expect reading flow of height for this river. Thanks!!

I greatly appreciate you brother

Hey guys, I’m new to here but not to the ozarks. I’m a head high school football coach and hit the smallmouth every time I can!! We usually float crooked creek, the kings, the current, the eleven point and the jacks fork. Anybody got some suggestions on others?? Looked at maybe the Courtois or Huzzah creek? Prefer Missouri or northern Arkansas. I would take any suggestions! We usually overnight on gravel bars and take our time to go after the smallmouth!

Hey guys, I’m new to here but not to the ozarks. I’m a head high school football coach and hit the smallmouth every time I can!! We usually float crooked creek, the kings, the current, the eleven point and the jacks fork. Anybody got some suggestions on others?? Looked at maybe the Courtois or Huzzah creek? Prefer Missouri or northern Arkansas. I would take any suggestions! We usually overnight on gravel bars and take our time to go after the smallmouth!

Will we be able to camp on a gravel bar at night or is this regulated by ONSR too?

Looking for info on the Courtois. Wanting to do a 2 day 1 nighter in the next couple weeks. Do you recommend a certain section? Wanting to hit the bass hard. Also, I am familiar with the gauges on several rivers. Not this one. What’s an idea on flow and height to the point it gets dangerous or too low?

Thanks guys. We are definitely wanting to do a 2 day one night trip and stay on a gravel bar.

Negative. Kayak. Fish along the way

Hey guys, so me and my brother usually hit the JF or Current. Since they are essentially shut down right now, does anyone have any input on Huzzah or Courtois creeks? Meramec? Looking for something somewhat close to that area. Any input wouldn’t be great!

We chose to push it back another 24 hours. Planning to float Sunday and Monday. Right now we are at 1000 even on flow and just above 13 ft. I imagine it’s moving pretty good. Hopefully slows down a little in the next day or so or we may have to hit a different river.

Thanks y’all. I hollered at the conservation center in yellville. The gauge is accurate on height and flow. We are at 1010 right now and just over 13 ft. Depending on how much the chocalotte milk fades the next couple days we are planning to come Saturday through Sunday.(Sunday high right now is 72 which is insane). Hoping both level and flow drop quickly the next couple days. I did see on this forum where someone floated a 2 day trip and the first day was 1100 for flow. We are gonna take our chances and see what happens. I will post an update when we finish the trip.

My app says 280, the USGS website says 860. USGS has absolutely been off before. I emailed them about the flow and will see what we get. I have talked to two people as of last night that had eyes on crooked. Both said it looked great from where they saw. I have a hard time believing its at 860 right now. Also, height is what I have gone by for years on crooked, so that is generally what i look at. I am just now starting to look and take consideration of cfs flow.

So I know that generally low water is the problem but what would you define as too high to float. We are hoping to hit crooked next weekend. Right now the level is 13 ft and flow is around 300. it looks like there is some rain coming but by the time we hit the water i expect it to be about what it is now? Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.