This Weeks Trip

[Chief Grey Bear]

Buzz and I took a little float trip today. Although it was a beautiful day, as all days are in the Ozarks, I could have done without the wind. It was a constant battle all day long. Today we ventured deep into Mac County, just above the Elk. We hit the water about 9:00 and Buzz caught two before I had everything unpacked to start the trip. You gotta watch that with him. But he needs every advantage he can get.

The water temp was warmer than we thought it would be. It seemed to be somewhere in the high 50's. Saw a few nests already too. We caught the fish on a variety of baits. I used a Yum crawdad on Spot Remover Pro Model jig, tadpolly, spinnerbait, and a stickbait. All of them produced.

We caught the majority of our fish from 11:00 to about 1:00. After that time I think we only picked up a half dozen. We got off the water at 4:30. Buzz ended up with 23 and I managed to boat 16. Not a huge day, but the quality of some of those fish was pretty good. We each had quite a few that didn't make it to the boat. If we had got them all, we would have had well over 50 fish today.

Oh and of all these fish, I caught one Kentucky and Buzz had one Largemouth. All of the others were brownies. We never even caught a goggle eye!

Even this little fella wanted in on the action today.

[Buzz]

The wind was ridiculous for sure. That is a great stretch of the creek. Lots of bluffs, some great runs, and a lot of fish. It was nice to be out of the old waders finally. The water felt great.

We also saw something rather unique. It appeared to be an eagles nest in the top of a Sycamore tree. It was huge. Probably about 4 to 5 feet across. I have never seen one other than photos and documentaries and it looked very similar.

[KCRIVERRAT]

You two continue to torture me. Maybe this is what the pubs meant by waterboarding. Great pics. Big... or Little Sugar? See ya down the road (71 hwy.)!

[Buzz]

You two continue to torture me. Maybe this is what the pubs meant by waterboarding.

We are looking forward fishing with you.

[creek wader]

Chief, Nice. Don't mess with the fish too much. I want them still in the biting mood, when I get down there in May.

[fishinSWMO]

Nice fish, you got to love them smallies.

That is cool you found a eagles nest, you will have to watch for them next time you are thru that area.

[creek wader]

Chief, I can't tell by your description. Where did you float?

[Chief Grey Bear]

Here is a shot of what we think must be an eagles nest. This is about 50' or so up.

Here are a couple of bonus shots I took while on this trip.

Sorry for the torture KC. Consider it motivation to get your butt down here!

Wader, We will try and leave a few for you. I'll send you PM with some addtional info from the last one.