World Class Smallmouth Fishing Sign Posting Project

[Dan Kreher]

Headed down to the Current for the next couple of weekends...tell me were I can pickup some signs and I'll knock a few out.

Do you have any specific accesses you'd like to post? We have it set up for 2 Teams on Current River -- #1 to do those accesses from Cedar Grove down to Paint Rock Access and #2 from Waymeyer Access down to Doniphan. I assume you'd prefer to do those accesses on the upper river. If so, I could carve out some of the easier ones to access == from Cedar Grove down to Round Spring (total of 8 accesses in that stretch including upper & lower Akers and upper & lower Round Spring).

Let me know what you want to do and we'll work it out. Send me a PM as I'll likely need to get your mailing address to send you signs and an e-mail address so I can get you the various checklists, access directions, maps, etc. needed to post these accesses.

Thanks much

[Mitch f]

As usual, great work Dan! I was planning on something a little more bold and illegal with treated lumber and cement pours, but I'll go your way. Where do you want me to go?

[Dan Kreher]

As usual, great work Dan! I was planning on something a little more bold and illegal with treated lumber and cement pours, but I'll go your way. Where do you want me to go?

Given your familarity with the Meramec, I'd suggest that you take the public accesses from Meramec State Park downstream. There are 11 public accesses in total on this stretch. Matt and I personally posted all these last year as well as those on the Bourbeuse in about 10 hours door to door so you should be able to knock just those on lower half of Meramec pretty easily.

Confirm that you are going to be joining the group in AM at Denny's on the 6th and I'll set those accesses aside for you to post. You just so happen to be Team #1 on the checklist coincidentally.

Thanks.

[Guest]

Do they have a sign written in spanish too?

I've seen them at the Beaver tailwater.

[Mitch f]

Too bad we can't fish our way down to the MDC access points

[Dan Kreher]

I have spoken to Dan and agreed to hang signs at 7 Shoal Creek accesses and one at Hickory Creek. There are several more creeks over here that need signs. I'd be glad to help anyone who picks a creek in this area. Just let me know.

We have received greate response from Ozark Anglers forum posters in helping with the Sign Project.

In SWMO we've got Buzz on Shoal Creek/Hickory Ck; Cricket on Niangua/Little Niangua; Bobby Wren on Big Sugar, Indian & Elk; MO Smallmouth Alliance Rodeo attendees will be covering the James, Finley and Flat Creek -- looks like we still need some folks for N. Fork Spring, Spring and Center Creek as well as Pomme de Terre River, Sac, Weaubleau Ck and Turnback Ck. If you leave close to these areas, please let me know if you'd be willing to post a few signs at public stream accesses. I'll mail you the materials later this month and e=mail other necessary info (maps, directions, posting instructions, etc.)

In SEMO, SIUSALUKI is covering Castor, Whitewater, Crooked Ck and Apple Ck; Ron Kruger is taking care of Marble Creek and Black River; we could still use some help with Bear Ck, Indian Ck and Cane Ck (just 3 accesses open)

Also looking for some help posting the lower Current River below Van Buren and West Fork of Black River.

Event this Sunday is expecting good attendance in St. Louis area where we should be able to cover at least 120 accesses that day.

Volunteer sign posters are eligible for no cost one-year membership in the Missouri Smallmouth Alliance as an enticement to help out.

Thanks.

[Chief Grey Bear]

North Fork (as it is called by us locals) has niether smallmouth nor MDC access.

[Dan Kreher]

North Fork (as it is called by us locals) has niether smallmouth nor MDC access.

MDC shows one called the Lamar Access. Just assumed that due to the geographic area that smallies swam there. Thanks for the clarification, Chief.

Obviously being unfamiliar with the North Fork there what is the reason for no smallmouths? Water too cold or too turbid?

When and I going to get the time to spend a week in the SW corner of MO to fish those waters? Conservation Federation holding its next Board meeting in early June in Neosho with visit to fish hatchery planned. Might need to attend if I can convince the spouse this represents fulfillment of a "responsibility".

With the NF off the list, we now just need to find some posters to do the 2 listed MDC accesses on Spring River and the two on Center Creek.

[Chief Grey Bear]

MDC shows one called the Lamar Access. Just assumed that due to the geographic area that smallies swam there. Thanks for the clarification, Chief.

Obviously being unfamiliar with the North Fork there what is the reason for no smallmouths? Water too cold or too turbid?"

North Fork is really a warm prairie stream. It is locally known as a great catfish stream. It flows through a lot of row crop territory. It has high mud banks on both sides. Just about everything opposite of what a smallmouth would like.

Actually for some odd reason, it is actually called Muddy Creek where it flows through Lamar.

When and I going to get the time to spend a week in the SW corner of MO to fish those waters?

I think you are asking.... When are you and I going..... I don't have any vaction time this year but, I am game anytime to wet a line with a fellow Smallmouth Snob.

Conservation Federation holding its next Board meeting in early June in Neosho with visit to fish hatchery planned. Might need to attend if I can convince the spouse this represents fulfillment of a "responsibility".

With the NF off the list, we now just need to find some posters to do the 2 listed MDC accesses on Spring River and the two on Center Creek.

June is a great time for some brownie fishing over here!

What 2 accesses are you looking at on Spring River?? I know one you are looking at is at La Russell. If your other is Kellogg lake at Carthage, the access to the river is City owned, as well as the lake. And for that matter the lake is not a part of the river. It is a big 25 acre pond. Near Talbot, the river takes two different routes that create a huge, many, many hundred acre "island". There are two parking lots within the vicinity of both arms of the river but no actual river access.

[OzarksRiverman]

I can hit Beaver Creek and Swan Creek this weekend. Upper Bryant next week.

I'll PM you.