TroutRinger

Have you done the lower Buffalo? Rush to the White River is a 2 night 3 day float in decent water conditions or go up one more access to Buffalo Point to add a day or you can camp near the mouth of the White River. We did really well in the last two miles and you could easjly paddle upstream to hit it two days in a row. The smallmouth fishing is probably a notch below the Gasconade but the setting (scenery, seclusion, etc.) is second to none. There are BIG fish there. We saw several big mommas on beds that we decided to leave alone last May. Even if you have been on the Buffalo, something about that last 25 miles is just special with the quiet seclusion. Even on a late May weekend we only saw about ten groups in three days. It would probably be almost 0 during the week.

Gavin’s post made me think of something. You’ll want to consider the distance. 26 miles on the Current below Round Spring is much faster than the last 25 miles of the Buffalo unless the river is up. 25 miles floating and fishing is easy on the lower Buffalo with decent flows in three days. That’s two days worth of floating and fishing on the Current unless you want to go really slow. ...actually, forget all that. You’re going in October so the days are shorter. 26 miles is probably about right that time of year.

I have not floated that section but I cannot imagine that water levels would be an issue. Plenty of springs along the way, unlike the Buffalo. It should also have plenty of gravel bars. I’m sure that section of river is nice. I really enjoy the Current between Round Spring and Two Rivers. Very scenic, deep valley similar to the Buffalo River, though just not quite as majestic, but no river in this region is quite like the Buffalo.

So the only thing I took from this report is that I need to stalk you for the week so I can follow you to your secret stream 👍

Congrats. I got a 19.5” 7.5# a couple weeks ago but she’s already gained a pound and is rocking the fishing onesie.

I have “missed” a lot of smallies with the 90, but I would say at least 75%...maybe 90% will hit it again on the same cast or the subsequent cast. If they don’t hit it on the second cast, I make 3-4 casts somewhere else and then go back to where I missed them. That works almost everytime. I have caught a crap ton of smallies on the Plopper.

Pig!

I love my Old Town Predator MX. Gets me to places I could never go by foot or boat. Saves about $40/float trip too if you self shuttle with a friend. I have a lot of advice I could give to new kayak fisherman, but number one would be to buy something that you can carry by yourself for your first kayak. If you need to trailer it or use a cart, it starts to defeat the purpose, and you may not have as much interest. Fall in love with the sport first, and then you may be more willing later to mess with that stuff. And don’t worry about buying a kayak to just sell later. If you get into the sport, you’ll go through several models before you find one that works best. I’m on my 6th different boat. Buy used so you don’t lose money (or much money) when reselling.

My relatively uneducated guess is that it could be some type of leak in the vacuum system for the fuel...if not the pump itself.

Ya. It seemed pretty silly. Just some good ol’ taxpayer dollars down the drain (pun intended).

I’m going to have respectfully disagree a bit. I don’t condone a group of kayaks or any other group of boats choking off a passage. That said, they have as much right as anybody to be in the middle, side, or wherever as someone in a boat (again, this assumes a large group isn’t blocking the way). Now, the kayakers also need to accept the risk with being on the same water as motor boats so it cuts both ways.

When I was on the Lower Buffalo a few weeks ago, we saw several Jon boats with 9.9HP motors. As Al said, they were about useless in the fast riffles. A couple of them tried to do it and made all kinds of god aweful sounds as the prop whacked on the rocks.

You can get a bed extender to haul a 14’ boat in a short bed...maybe a tad longer depending on weight and weight distribution.

I have seen that on Facebook. Let us know how it works!

Hog!

I pick the second response every time regardless of the question.

I didn’t think Party Cove was even that popular anymore, especially with all the new, fancy bars with big pools and beaches. Plus, that no wake zone to get to the Glaize is a drag. I remeber 3-5 years ago, it would be crazy. Seems like the last 2 years, you go by on a holiday weekend, and there is like 30-50 boats. That first big cove out of the no wake zone has more traffic.

It is a pretty amazing place. Would love to go back during the week and probably have the place to ourselves. Not to say that it was crowded as we only saw 5 other groups in three days.

I guess I will have to try to snag a pair somewhere before they are all gone. In your experience, does the size match your regular shoes or is it bigger/smaller?

Looks like they are discontinued.

These?: https://www.backcountry.com/five-ten-guide-tennie-mid-approach-shoe-mens?CMP_SKU=FVT000Q&MER=0406&skid=FVT000Q-BKASP-S8&mr:trackingCode=3CFCDC03-8453-E411-B200-BC305BF82376&mr:referralID=NA&mr:device=m&mr:adType=plaonline&CMP_ID=PLA_GMm001&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PLA&k_clickid=eff7506c-d0d1-4d27-8860-5fc6731a4854&rmatt=tsid:1042790|cid:213417997|agid:46477390319|tid:pla-419473879391|crid:225785933472|nw:g|rnd:5548068969125124830|dvc:m|adp:1o1|mt:|loc:1016367&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3dnktteo2wIVyCWBCh2V8gB9EAQYASABEgK7WPD_BwE

They are crapping where they eat. First they stopped selling “assault weapons” then they hired anti-gun lobbiest. They have the right to do both things, but many see it as hypocritical for a company to profit off selling firearms, ammo, and accessories while simultaneously lobbying against the laws that make it possible to own them. Now back to the topic 👍

4-miles is a LONG wade!

Nice! Where and when was this?

Following. I know there are places that rent kayaks. Call them up. They’ll either know a public ramp or a private ramp that you can pay a small fee to use.