Good Gill For Finley

[OzarkFishman]

I caught 8 bluegills and 2 chubs this evening. Just on worm and bobber (size 6, thin wire). I think I will try to float some tubes and hair jigs next time. The gills were holding VERY close to cover. I knew I was going to get a bite if I got the cast perfect (I was wade fishing). Needless to say, I had only 8 - 10 perfect casts (I missed a few bites). Here is a picture of the best gill.

[yakfisher]

I started to head down to the park in Ozark this afternoon but went to Lake Springfield instead. How is the water level for the Finley after last weeks rains, Springfield is up. I like fishing that stretch up to Riverside Inn, good water. Looks like you had a good outing.

[OzarkFishman]

Water is still up around a foot. With the rain this weekend it will be up well into next week. Makes it a little tough to wade fish, but that is part of the fun.

OzarkFishman

[RSBreth]

The water is only up a little, and not really off color. It's still a little cold, but if it stays warm this week everything will kick into spawn mode.

The cold rain that's forecast for today may put the fish off, though.

Yakfisher, if you click the Finley from the main page of Ozarkanglers, above the topics is the link to the USGS river flow gauge that's over at Riverdale. (South of Nixa) If you look at it often enough, you'll get a feel for normal flows and what different river levels look like. Before or after you go to a river you can check the nearest gauge and compare it too what you saw when you were on the water.

A super tool for the river rat.

UPDATE: As of 8:00 A.M. Sunday the Finley is up, and light mocha colored. Sorry folks.