Indian Creek

[c & r]

Help please,,,,,,,Can you float from Anderson to the Elk??? I heard about 3 yrs ago there was a hugh log jamb inbetween the low water bridge above the Lanagan City Park up river to the low water bridge. If anyone can help here I would really appreciate it.....I sure don't want to try that stretch and ware myself out making a difficult portage if I can avoid it........Thanks for any help here.....

Also,,,,,,I'm going for smallies.........CATCH AND RELEASE ONLY.......ANY RECENT FISHING REPORTS WOULD BE NICE.

Thanks,

[troutbum479]

i fished and floated from lanagan city park to mt shira on the elk river last weekend. The fishing was good on indian creek with spinner baits and plastic lizards. we caught some smallies on clouser minnows with the fly rods. The only problem we had was a tree across the river below the city park. we took the left side of the river and navigated through the tree limbs. the next float i want to do is from anderson to the city park.

[poker fisherman]

The stretch from the low water bridge to Lanagan access is impassable by canoe/kayak. There are lots of large trees laying in and across the water flow for at least a hundred yards are more. Waded this stretch a few weeks ago and did well. However, there is a large gravel bar that you can walk around it all pretty easily, if you don't mind carrying the canoe that far.

[c & r]

The stretch from the low water bridge to Lanagan access is impassable by canoe/kayak. There are lots of large trees laying in and across the water flow for at least a hundred yards are more. Waded this stretch a few weeks ago and did well. However, there is a large gravel bar that you can walk around it all pretty easily, if you don't mind carrying the canoe that far.

Thanks for that update on the log jamb........You may have save me from a heart attack.......dragging a canoe 100 yds or so may have put me under......Thanks.....

[ENVIUS]

The stretch from the low water bridge to Lanagan access is impassable by canoe/kayak. There are lots of large trees laying in and across the water flow for at least a hundred yards are more. Waded this stretch a few weeks ago and did well. However, there is a large gravel bar that you can walk around it all pretty easily, if you don't mind carrying the canoe that far.

i know this is an old topic but i just figured id reply with an update for anyone wondering the status of the jam after the low water bridge...it seems worse every year...ive floated the Indian from Town Hole in Anderson every year the past 6 years. The last 2 years have gotten worse after the bridge. This year was no different.I Was there last weekend and had to carry my flat bottom around that mess.

There is also a jam just after the beach just past Town hole. Not as bad as the one mentioned above. But you still have to carry your boat around it

[Lshack2]

I know there has previuosly been some debate as to what is "public access" on Indian Creek. Does anyone know if the access behind the funeral home in Anderson or the low water bridge above Lanagan is considered public access to park to wade or put in a canoe? That stretch was relative free from major portage last time I floated.... Any word appreciated.

Larry

[ollie]

Last I knew the access behind the funeral home has been cut off and if your talking about the bridge at Oscar Talley where the train track cross then that is a no go as well. I tried that one a couple of years ago and was told to leave by the people that owned the campground.

[Okieflyfisher53]

The people at the campground used to let us pay a small fee and park and fish. They gave us a tag to hang on the mirror. I haven't been there in several years, so maybe they don't do that any more.

Steve

[fishinSWMO]

Took my oldest boy wading this afternoon and headed out to

check out this log jamb. You could walk a canoe down thru

it fairly easy, have to slide it over a few logs.

Fishing was good, soft plastics worked the best.

[ENVIUS]

Last I knew the access behind the funeral home has been cut off and if your talking about the bridge at Oscar Talley where the train track cross then that is a no go as well. I tried that one a couple of years ago and was told to leave by the people that owned the campground.

i talked to the owners this past summer and they were ok with us launching from there...i wanted to check out access from the low water bridge to lanagan city park....which as i mentioned earlier in this post was a mistake due to having to carry my flat bottom 100 yards around that mess lol

I love that river...i plan to be down there the 1st week of june again.....