Fishing Bp First Time

[jason v]

Heading down to the Big Piney with a few buddies on Monday. One of our group is from Cuba, Mo. and says it's his favorite smallie river. I just got back from the Jacks Fork and had a blast. Should I expect the same type of conditions? I used chompers on the JF. We are floating from 6x to Ross. Any tips our suggestions ?

[Al Agnew]

Depends upon where you were on the Jacks Fork. The Big Piney in that section is similar in size to the lower Jacks Fork, below Alley Spring. It'll be a little warmer this time of year, and probably a bit less clear...visibility on that section of the Piney in the summer is usually about 4 feet. It's also a little slower...longer pools, shorter riffles. But the same stuff should work.

[Andy & JoAnne]

Don't forget your camera.......

[jason v]

Had a blast on the Big Piney yesterday. We floated from 6x to Ross. We caught a ton of fish between the three of us I would put the number at 100 or above(smallies and goggleye).We fished soft plastics and rebal crawdad crankbaits. We forgot a tape measure or a way to measure the goggleye so we released everything to nervous to keep a 7 inch goggleye I think we had serval over eight though.On the smallies alot of them were between 10 and 14 inches my buddies each did get a nice one wich we thought were between 15 and 17 inches(out of same hole). I would definitly say the Big Piney is a hidden treasure.I just got back from the Jacks Fofrk wich was beautiful but the few difference were ALOT less people, water slower and clear with green stain. I also noticed the smallies on the Fork are fattier and the ones On Big PIney were longer and leaner looking. We all had serval 3 in rows wich was awesome.Looking forward to getting back!