Fishing Report

[c & r]

We floated Thur afternoon from Hooten Town Canoe rentals downstream 6 miles. I have never fished that river before, as the Elk River is my favorite and much closer. We boated 30 + smallies with the largest being a whopping 18 3/4 ". The only thing was, the fish was quite skinny,,,,,,,probably hadn't been to long off of the bed. We could only imagine what she would have weighed pre-spawn.....Had a strong one break me off too. 1/2 were in the 12 to 14 1/2 range with the others typical 8" to 12 ". Had hoped for more large fish, but since it was our first trip on a new river, I guess it could have been worse.

All fish were sent back to the river,,,,,,as they all should be.........

[fishinSWMO]

Sounds like a pretty good day fishing to me.