Brian Wise Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I totally just jinxed it though... Bear with the photos, this lens is not good in direct sunlight. The water cut 2 new channels in the riffle below the Blair ramp. The ridge in the middle was not there before it is a really good thing though becuase it is a massive dropp-off right now. Patrick has changed the most so far that I have seen (but I haven't floated yet so that will change) The bad thing is that I won't be puting in or taking the drift boat out at Patrick for a while.... Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfdhoosier Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Good pictures. Hope to make it down there again this year. Dennis Eat, Fish, Sleep,....Repeat Member: ozarkflyfishers http://www.ozarkflyfishers.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron Mills Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 thanks for the update. hopefully no more rain for a while. I haven't checked the forecast, its getting too depressing. amazing how a river changes. take care, aaron mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members huz001 Posted April 18, 2008 Members Share Posted April 18, 2008 Looks nice; hope it holds for a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muleball39 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Brian, Whats the water looking like now? Will it be fishable by this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wise Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 It is totally going to depend on how much rain we get this week. I am scheduled to be on the river Saturday and it should drift pretty well by then...unless we get quite a bit of rain. Watch the gauge and look for under 1000 cfs and more like 700 (but that is still quite a while yet) Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project Healing Waters Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Oh man, Brian, those pics suck! I can't see a darned thing due to all the glare and poor contrast. You should be ashamed of posting those. You normally do much better work than this. You got a chainsaw? Know anyone with an explosives permit? You could take a step ladder and get out there and cut that stump up to open up that ramp. A step ladder...I slay me! Seriously, I'm pretty darned busy. But Christina Taylor emailed me today and asked me to come down and help them cull the onslaught of stripers, white bass, and walleye coming over the dam to eat our precious wild rainbows. I may have to make room for a short trip down there to do my part for wild trout conservation here in the next few days. http://www.projecthealingwaters.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wise Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 I finally got a phone number to call the MDC to see how long they are planning on waiting to remove the tree and to fix the launch....if you could ever call it that. I do have to say that with the Norfork backed way up above the Dam at Dawt that I'm a little worried about the trout in the lower river. I am guessing that if you go to the first semi-shallow riffle on the river upstream of where the lake has backed in the you could get into all sorts of different species. I have heard that the stripers haven't been fishing very good up in the river arm anymore so that is a good thing. Another good thing is that when you get below Patrick Bridge the numbers of young of the year Rainbows drops significantly and the MDC will stock the browns back. We'll be cool--if this RAIN WOULD STOP!!! Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scott Allred Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 I finally got a phone number to call the MDC to see how long they are planning on waiting to remove the tree and to fix the launch....if you could ever call it that. I do have to say that with the Norfork backed way up above the Dam at Dawt that I'm a little worried about the trout in the lower river. I am guessing that if you go to the first semi-shallow riffle on the river upstream of where the lake has backed in the you could get into all sorts of different species. I have heard that the stripers haven't been fishing very good up in the river arm anymore so that is a good thing. Another good thing is that when you get below Patrick Bridge the numbers of young of the year Rainbows drops significantly and the MDC will stock the browns back. We'll be cool--if this RAIN WOULD STOP!!! Brian I don't know, I could go for some more rain. I'd keep 1500 CFS for a while. Haven't been catching the numbers of fish as when the water is low, but the last 2 trips the average fish size has been around 20 inchs (18, 19, 23, 19.5, 18). Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wise Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Dagum Scott! Sounds like that boat is getting a workout! Brian My Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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