Great Time On Jack's Fork

[RSBreth]

Wow, great pictures, looks like you got into some nice fish.

I love the upper Jacks Fork for the same reasons you said - it reminds me of my home streams, but with less people.

I haven't been over there in over a year, and it's killing me.

[smallmouthjoe]

I wish I could go back now and stay. Responsibility sucks. Out of all the rivers I've ever been on, Jack's Fork and The Current are my new favorites. I love The James and Finley but they seem rather tame to me now.

[KCRIVERRAT]

I agree Joe... those two rivers have the clearest, most beautiful waters in the state. EXCEPT... I haven't floated the Eleven Point yet. I've gotta get that done. Guess I need to call Brian down there.

The North Fork is very nice water too. I like the smallmouth water. But have floated the lower river plenty in my younger days. If i wanted to fish down there, I'm glad to have another Brian to get info from!

This forum is great (for us city boys especially).

Thanks to all of you guys!

KC

[smallmouthjoe]

  KCRIVERRAT said:

I agree Joe... those two rivers have the clearest, most beautiful waters in the state. EXCEPT... I haven't floated the Eleven Point yet. I've gotta get that done. Guess I need to call Brian down there.

The North Fork is very nice water too. I like the smallmouth water. But have floated the lower river plenty in my younger days. If i wanted to fish down there, I'm glad to have another Brian to get info from!

This forum is great (for us city boys especially).

Thanks to all of you guys!

KC

I really need to hit The Elven Point and Upper North fork. I hear nothing but good things about both of them. My trips next summer most likely.

[ozark trout fisher]

  smallmouthjoe said:

I really need to hit The Elven Point and Upper North fork. I hear nothing but good things about both of them. My trips next summer most likely.

The Eleven Point is great. The clearest, cleanest water you could hope for, and few people. The trout fishing is truly world class, and there are quite a few smallies too.

The Jacks Fork is pretty awesome too. That's sure a nice stream. I've only floated it twice, but the smallmouth fishing has been pretty impressive both times. By far the best I've had in Missouri.

[eric1978]

  ozark trout fisher said:

The Eleven Point is great. The clearest, cleanest water you could hope for, and few people. The trout fishing is truly world class, and there are quite a few smallies too.

The Jacks Fork is pretty awesome too. That's sure a nice stream. I've only floated it twice, but the smallmouth fishing has been pretty impressive both times. By far the best I've had in Missouri.

I have trouble getting away during the week in the summers, and I have to say that one of your best chances at being semi-alone on a weekend in the summer is on the upper Jack's Fork. I've never fished the Eleven Point, but I have to agree that the JF is a VERY impressive stream. Beautiful, big enough to hold big fish, but small enough to keep out the masses. The last time I was there in summer (last year), we floated from Buck Hollow to Alley Spring in two and a half days. We saw only two other canoes the first day and a half until we got past Bay Creek. It's about the most isolation I've found for summer weekend floats. The canoe rentals just stop putting in that far up once the spring water drops. Perfect for me, I don't mind dragging some. My favorite Ozark stream.

[ozark trout fisher]

  eric1978 said:

I have trouble getting away during the week in the summers, and I have to say that one of your best chances at being semi-alone on a weekend in the summer is on the upper Jack's Fork. I've never fished the Eleven Point, but I have to agree that the JF is a VERY impressive stream. Beautiful, big enough to hold big fish, but small enough to keep out the masses. The last time I was there in summer (last year), we floated from Buck Hollow to Alley Spring in two and a half days. We saw only two other canoes the first day and a half until we got past Bay Creek. It's about the most isolation I've found for summer weekend floats. The canoe rentals just stop putting in that far up once the spring water drops. Perfect for me, I don't mind dragging some. My favorite Ozark stream.

It's a good one... Too bad it's so far away for me.... Almost a two hour drive.

I'll tell you what, if I could ever get the permits, and the river experience I needed, I'd put everything aside, move down to that area, and guide on the Jacks Fork, Current, and the Eleven Point. But if that ever happens, it'll be quite a few years off.

It's always been a dream of mine.

I've spent extensive time fishing streams from Montana to Colorado to New York, and the Ozark streams in that area are my favorite, anywhere in the country. There's just something about them that not even a mountain stream can compare to.

Heck, everybody out here envies those who live in rocky mountain states like Colorado.I lived there, in the heart of trout country for five years, and the Ozark streams are still my favorite. What we have is truly special here.

Sorry. I'm way off topic here.

[eric1978]

  ozark trout fisher said:

It's a good one... Too bad it's so far away for me.... Almost a two hour drive.

I'll tell you what, if I could ever get the permits, and the river experience I needed, I'd put everything aside, move down to that area, and guide on the Jacks Fork, Current, and the Eleven Point. But if that ever happens, it'll be quite a few years off.

It's always been a dream of mine.

I've spent extensive time fishing streams from Montana to Colorado to New York, and the Ozark streams in that area are my favorite, anywhere in the country. There's just something about them that not even a mountain stream can compare to.

Heck, everybody out here envies those who live in rocky mountain states like Colorado.I lived there, in the heart of trout country for five years, and the streams in that part of the Ozarks are still my favorite. What we have is truly special here.

Sorry. I'm way off topic here.

No, I'm totally with you, man. I've only been to the Rockies once, on a backpacking trip (no fishing...stupid, I know). And while the place was unspeakably beautiful, and simply more majestic than the Ozarks, the rivers there, at least up in the mountains, just seemed so cold and sterile. You look into an Ozark stream and it's also crystal clear (some are at least, at times) but it's abounding with life. The only place I feel I could fall in love with more than the Ozarks is the Smokey Mountains. It kind of blends the enormity of a true mountain system with the lushness of hardwood forest and the temperate feel of the Ozarks (and they have smallmouth).

[ozark trout fisher]

  eric1978 said:

No, I'm totally with you, man. I've only been to the Rockies once, on a backpacking trip (no fishing...stupid, I know). And while the place was unspeakably beautiful, and simply more majestic than the Ozarks, the rivers there, at least up in the mountains, just seemed so cold and sterile. You look into an Ozark stream and it's also crystal clear (some are at least, at times) but it's abounding with life. The only place I feel I could fall in love with more than the Ozarks is the Smokey Mountains. It kind of blends the enormity of a true mountain system with the lushness of hardwood forest and the temperate feel of the Ozarks (and they have smallmouth).

You've hit it exactly on the head. It took me a while, but I have absolutely fallen in love with this part of the country. Didn't think it would happen, but it did.