Walleye On The Gasconade?

[Kc River Ratt]

Was down fishing from Boiling Springs too Jerome weekend before last, and spoke with a fella that was pulling out at the MDC access in Jerome and he said he had caught a walleye. Was just wondering if he was pulling my leg or if others have caught them in the Gasconade aswell.

Thanx for your time.

Keep Casting...

[creek wader]

Was down fishing from Boiling Springs too Jerome weekend before last, and spoke with a fella that was pulling out at the MDC access in Jerome and he said he had caught a walleye. Was just wondering if he was pulling my leg or if others have caught them in the Gasconade aswell.

Thanx for your time.

Keep Casting...

I personally have never caught any, there. But, the Gasconade flows into the Missouri river, so it's highly possible. It was probably a sauger. They are easily confused with walleye. Sauger is what you usually catch on the Missouri and it's tributaries, like the Lower Osage. In fact, anything in the Lower Osage could possibly be in the Gasconade. I just don't think there is a large population of them. But, you never know.

[smalliestug]

I have caught a few around that stretch. Not very many or often

[rangerman]

From winter to spring, you can target saugers and some eyes where the gasconade and missouri meet. If you catch it right, you can generally catch quite a few.

[Al Agnew]

Yeah, there are walleye in the Gasconade, but not enough that catching one is LIKELY above Jerome. But certainly possible. I don't think anybody actually targets them on the middle Gasconade, but they are caught incidentally there.

[Kc River Ratt]

I caught this fish on the Casconade this last weekend on the run from Hiway 28 too Boiling Springs.

It sure looks like a walley and not a sauger. You can see some tubers across the ramp at the Boiling Springs.

Edit: 21" 3.5lbs

[Al Agnew]

Yep, nice walleye.

All the larger Ozark streams hold some walleye, and some streams that aren't so big. They seem to get bigger in the south-flowing streams like the Current and Black, but I've caught them in the middle Bourbeuse, upper Big River, Meramec, Castor, Saline Creek, Establishment Creek (both of those flow directly into the Mississippi), the Eleven Point above Riverton, and the Little Black.

[Kc River Ratt]

Musta got into there during the flood last year.

IMHO would be great if they became a regular fish along that stretch. Maybe the meat eaters would leave the smallies. During my float I came across some boys that where keeping some fish that where under the 18". Makes me sad that the locals are doing that, yet I understand if you need too eat you need too eat.

Keep Casting....

[creek wader]

Nice walleye, kc ratt, I stand corrected.

[BobK]

Nice Walleye. Have been fishing the Gasconade for the last 35 years and have caught several Sauger but never a walleye.