Check On River Conditions

[stream stalker]

Coming down this Weds thru Fri to float and fish, what kind of shape is the river in?

-SS

[Goggle-Eyed]

I fished from about a mile above Blue Springs down to Lead Mine yesterday. Had a decent day river was up an inch or two from recent rain. It was "less than clear", not really murky just not clear... Anyway, we fished from about 10:30am to 6:30pm. Not a great numbers day we caught between 20 - 25 fish between two of us. The highlight of the trip was a 19" smallie caught on a firetiger wiggle wart. I am a soft plastics guy and finally gave up and started throwing a crank bait after my partner caught that one... Caught a few goggle eyes also. Most all smallies came out of deeper water near the riffles. The big one was caught at 2pm at the bottom of a riffle about 6-8' of water. Next biggest fish was mine at 15"... Other than those two a few 12-13.5" and the rest were 10-12" fish.

Joe

[stream stalker]

Thanks for the report, any day that involves a 19" smallie is a good day!

Thanks again, SS

[Wayne SW/MO]

Sounds like y'all had a good day Goggle Eye. Sounds like a long shuttle though, if I'm thinking right.