mdolomieu1

To add to Al's comments: When the upper reaches of Wilson's Creek above the Springfield Treament Plant go dry in the summer, the treatment plant becomes the main source of water in Wilson's Creek. If you take a walk along Wilson's Creek at the South Creek Greenway (across the creek from the treatment plant), you can see that above the outflow, the creek essentially remains dry throughout the summer. Additionally, has anyone noticed all the warning signs regarding the water in Wilson's Creek inside Wilson's Creek National Battlefield?

Smoke20: Thanks a bunch!

Oneshot: Yep, those are the folks I'm talking about. I meant to stop and jot down their number last time I went by there, but forgot to do so.

Does anyone have the phone number of the outfitter at the K-P Bridge near Windyville? Thanks!

I was probably about two miles above Moon Valley when I hooked the rainbow, so figure about ten miles above Bennett--that guy was a traveler! I caught a rainbow just above Moon Valley about five years ago, too, so while it seems to be rare for them to come that far upriver, it does occasionally happen. Maybe it has something to do with the high water? BTW, I caught that bow on a crayfish imitation. I was fishing a gravel bar chute, throwing into the heavy current with a sink tip and letting it get deep and drift into the eddy on the inside of the bend, where smallies normally like to hang close to the fast water. This guy was out in the rip, presumable behind some sort of current break and nailed it hard as it swung through.

I floated the Williams Ford to Moon Valley section over the weekend. Water levels were high but okay, though it was awfully murky (like about six inches worth of visibility). Fishing was very tough--caught maybe half a dozen smallmouth and one lonely sixteen inch rainbow.

I have done the float from Charity to Hico, and it is a good one, but I've always been curious about the stretch below Hico, down to Big John. Has anyone every floated this stretch that could provide us with some info? What's the distance down to Big John? Are there any accesses between Hico and Big John? And, of course, how's the fishing? (Though I certainly don't expect anyone to give up a secret spot!)