June 8th And 9th Trip

[snap]

Spent Sunday and Monday on the river and found the fishing to be exceptional. Sunday we shuttled to a favorite spot just below Whiten and Monday floated Turner to Whiten. The river was high and the current was swift, but the holes that usually produced rainbow did just that. Came across a group of five men. One of them had landed a 22 inch rainbow. Weighed it for him and it was 6 lbs and 4 ounces....very nice fish. He caught it on corn!!! They had other fish, and watched them catch a few more, all on corn. They told me that was all they ever used. Egg patterns bounced on the bottom worked for us. Had to find the right amount of weight, more than normally use, to get the bounce. Really wanted to stay longer but had to go! Can't wait for the next trip!!

[jdmidwest]

Was one of the group named Shivelbine from Cape Girardeau? Mr. Woods from the canoe rental in Alton used to laugh about them, all they ever used was corn. He took them out one morning after they had been drinking all night and one of them remembered he had forgot the corn. He stopped at a little store on the way so they could pick up corn, he came back with a can and Woods nicknamed him "Cream Style" after that. In his state of mind he did not read the label when he picked it up.

For some reason, alot of the locals around 11pt like to use corn, preferable Always Save. You see the cans everywhere.

[steve l]

Snap, how does gravel look - have the floods opened the gravel bars at all?

Hopefully the 22 inch rainbow is still there to be caught another day...?

[snap]

the gravel bars are still around....just in different places. Horseshoe bend, always one of the best gravel bars, has more rock than sand. Whites Creek, my favorite, has more sand than before. Camp sites are still there, just different!!! ...cream style....lol..that is a good one!!! Do not know any of the names of the group!

[Brian Sloss]

Nice report, glad you had a good trip. Corn caught fish tend to rarely be released, so I doubt he is still there. I could be wrong though.

[snap]

It was a nice fish...I agree with fish caught on corn. Hate to be the bearer of bad news!!! It looked to me that his plans were to keep it from being caught again. I might add that numerous fish I landed had been in the water a while. They had that certain colorful tint to them. The camping spots also looked to be better than I can remember...plenty of firewood, lots of sand, and, this early in the year, very little toilet paper in those idea spots to put up a tent!