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[Chief Grey Bear]

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Fish the River that Bassmaster Magazine rated as the #1 Smallmouth Bass River in the country! The New River is the second oldest river in the world and one of only two that flow north. The New is our most popular destination for its shear beauty, history and tremendous fishing!

I found the above statement on a smallmouth fishing guide site from an east coast state. Now correct me if I am wrong but, don't both the Niangua and the Gasconade flow north out of the Ozarks?

I say let them keep there #1 rating though. No since in telling everyone that is really here in the Ozarks.

[tippett7]

I bet that river has nothing on the Gasconade. One of the easiest places to catch large smallmouth.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Heck, the Red River that flooded North Dakota and Minnesota earlier this year flows north

I'm with you Chief.... let 'em stay back east!

[Chief Grey Bear]

I guess it just bothers me a little that someone would, as it appears to me, put false or misleading information as fact to lure in potential clientele.

[Flysmallie]

I guess it just bothers me a little that someone would, as it appears to me, put false or misleading information as fact to lure in potential clientele.

Don't feel bad it bothers me a lot. That's all advertising is anymore.

[Al Agnew]

Yes, there are lots of rivers that flow north, all over the country and the world. Funny thing is that there are many people who think rivers CAN'T flow north...because that would be flowing UP on the map! It just happens to be a coincidence that the general drainage patterns in much of the U.S. seldom drop off to the north.

I've fished the New...beautiful river with a well-deserved reputation for big smallmouth. It's a bigger river than the Gasconade or any of the smallie rivers in the Ozarks, starts out in North Carolina, flows northward all the way across Virginia and halfway across West Virginia. It has several dams on it and lots of rapids and small falls in the free-flowing sections, and some really serious whitewater in West VA. And the smallmouths can get bigger on the New than on any Ozark river--20-23 inchers that can weigh up to 7 pounds.

When I fished it (for two days in northern VA) the river was quite clear and the fishing was tough. I didn't catch anything over 14 inches, but I did hook one big one, at least 20 inches, on a buzzbait. Problem I had was that I was used to fishing Ozark streams where you do a lot of casting to the banks. The New in most places had a solid rock bottom that was almost always shallow along the banks, and the best places to fish were mid-river ledges and rocks. Where I hooked the big one was on one of the few banks that looked like an Ozark river, vertical clay bank with lots of logs.

[ozark trout fisher]

Yes, there are lots of rivers that flow north, all over the country and the world. Funny thing is that there are many people who think rivers CAN'T flow north...because that would be flowing UP on the map! It just happens to be a coincidence that the general drainage patterns in much of the U.S. seldom drop off to the north.

I've fished the New...beautiful river with a well-deserved reputation for big smallmouth. It's a bigger river than the Gasconade or any of the smallie rivers in the Ozarks, starts out in North Carolina, flows northward all the way across Virginia and halfway across West Virginia. It has several dams on it and lots of rapids and small falls in the free-flowing sections, and some really serious whitewater in West VA. And the smallmouths can get bigger on the New than on any Ozark river--20-23 inchers that can weigh up to 7 pounds.

When I fished it (for two days in northern VA) the river was quite clear and the fishing was tough. I didn't catch anything over 14 inches, but I did hook one big one, at least 20 inches, on a buzzbait. Problem I had was that I was used to fishing Ozark streams where you do a lot of casting to the banks. The New in most places had a solid rock bottom that was almost always shallow along the banks, and the best places to fish were mid-river ledges and rocks. Where I hooked the big one was on one of the few banks that looked like an Ozark river, vertical clay bank with lots of logs.

The Big River, Little Piney River, Big Piney River, and the Meramec (although gradually) are just a few rivers in Missouri that flow north.

[RSBreth]

Bassmaster has had some of the worst fact-checking in many of their articles recently, and it's no wonder. One of the senior editors used to work for Fish and Game publications, and was notorious for hatchet jobs of freelance writers' articles, and throwing in poorly (or not at all) researched tidbits like that. Had it done to me, and worse.

Unfortunately, such behavior is not only often ignored, you can see it's often rewarded.

After seeing so-called professionals work like that, when I see a typo or small mistake in something I've done I don't sweat it as much anymore.